The offense runs dry at the worst time, UConn ends the Bruins season
UCLA needed a much better game from their offense on Sunday against the UConn Huskies. The Bruins offense scored their second-fewest points this year.
For a second-straight season, the UCLA Bruins saw their season end in the Round of 32. UCLA fell 73-57 to UConn on Sunday as the Bruins offense crumbled without Tyler Bilodeau . The 57 points was the second-fewest by UCLA in a game this season.
This wasn't an anomaly for Donovan Dent Familiar issues arose for Donovan Dent , who went 2-9 from the field, being unable to get UCLA buckets when they needed them most. Dent didn’t have a ton of help out there either, Xavier Booker scored a team-high 13 points but did most of his work in the first half. Falling back to Earth After a very quiet first half for Eric Dailey Jr.
, the junior ended up finishing with 12 points and five rebounds. Dailey had stringed together some strong showings but he struggled against UConn in the higher pressure environment. Trent Perry’s struggles were even worse, scoring five points on 2-8 shooting.
0th Man of the Year UCLA’s bench didn’t provide a boost at all on Sunday. The Bruin reserves managed to score only five points, with Eric Freeny and Jamar Brown not scoring in 19 combined minutes. UConn’s bench scored 17 points, with Jayden Ross scoring 11 by himself.