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Bryce Alford had 13 points and four steals as UCLA (18-12,
10-7) moved into fourth place in the Pac-12. Kevon Looney added
12 points and seven rebounds for the Bruins, who forced 16
turnovers.
Josh Hawkinson had 21 points and 14 rebounds for Washington
State (12-16, 6-10), which dropped to 2-55 when playing at UCLA.
DaVonte Lacy scored 19 points and made three 3-pointers to raise
his career total to 243, breaking the school mark set by Klay
Thompson (242 from 2008-11).
Lacy hit two free throws to pull Washington State within 62-59
with 3:05 remaining but Powell responded with a 3-pointer to
make it a six-point margin. The Cougars were again within three
on Ike Iroegbu’s basket with 15.2 seconds left but Alford split
a pair with 14.3 seconds to go to make it a two-possession game.
Washington State led for most of the first half and was up seven
after a 3-pointer by Brett Boese with 5:37 remaining. UCLA
closed strong to trail 34-32 at the break and the Bruins finally
went ahead at 46-45 on Parker’s dunk with 11:42 remaining and
increased the lead to seven on Powell’s layup with 7:18 left.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Powell has scored 20 or more points 13 times this
season. … Hawkinson notched his 18th double-double of the
season, breaking the school record held by Jim McKean (1966-67).
… UCLA leads the series 103-16.
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