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 Askia Booker scored 20 points as Colorado (8-5) took control with
a 10-1 run late in the second half and defeated UCLA for the first
time in five tries since joining the Pac-12. Xavier Johnson
registered 14 points and six rebounds for the Buffaloes, who were
dominated 16-6 on the offensive glass.
Norman Powell scored 22 points to go over 1,000 for his career for
the Bruins (8-6), who lost their fourth straight game. UCLA's Isaac
Hamilton added 16 points while Bryce Alford registered eight points,
five rebounds, four assists and four steals, but was 2-for-16 from
the field and 0-for-9 from 3-point range.
The Bruins trailed 28-27 at the break before scoring the first seven
points of the second half - five by Hamilton - and UCLA
re-established a six-point lead at 43-37 following a strange
sequence which yielded five points on one possession. Powell scored
and was fouled, and when Thomas Welsh grabbed the rebound off the
missed free throw, an inadvertent whistle stopped play and Powell
drained a 3-pointer after officials ruled the Bruins should maintain
possession.
Colorado answered with an 11-0 run - highlighted by seven points
from Johnson - before the Bruins scored six in row on Kevon Looney's
dunk and four free throws by Alford to take a 49-48 lead with 5:47
to go. Booker nailed a 3-pointer, Gordon made five free throws
before blocking Looney's shot and Jaron Hopkins dunked Booker's
alley-oop pass on the ensuing possession to give the Buffaloes a
58-51 lead with 2:01 remaining, and UCLA didn't get closer to four
the rest of the way.
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GAME NOTEBOOK: Scott, who averages 14.8 points and a team-best 7.7
rebounds, sat out with back spasms. ... Colorado improved to 5-0 in
Pac-12 openers and 67-10 at home under coach Tad Boyle, who is
100-55 with the Buffaloes. ... Looney, who entered the game
averaging 12.8 points and 10.4 rebounds, recorded six and eight, and
has scored a combined 19 points in his last three games.
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