No. 4 UCLA overcomes a sluggish start to defeat Colorado 60-56 and clinch the regular-season Pac-12 championship for the first time since 2013.
UCLA senior forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. probably will end his career as an All-American. How he became a co-favorite for Pac-12 player of the year award.said after his team overcame an early 10-point deficit to prevail despite making only one of 14 three-pointers.with two games to play before the conference tournament.
Everything remained in play thanks to the Bruins’ latest closeout special. Campbell scored 13 of his 14 points in the second half, including two tricky shots in the final minutes. The first came on an acrobatic scoop layup around 7-foot-1 center Lawson Lovering before the point guard made a step-back jumper that gave UCLA a 56-53 lead.“Tyger brought us home late,” Cronin said. “We were searching for offense, I put the ball in his hands.
“Not a shock,” Cronin said. “I mean, you can’t just drive it there and shoot it in Bona’s face. That doesn’t work.”fouled out while fighting for a rebound gave the Buffaloes renewed hope. But Jaquez crushed it with a long inbounds pass to Bailey for a breakaway that was thwarted with a foul. Cronin called the play in the timeout huddle and Jaquez executed it to perfection after reading the defense.
“I think we would have loved to have all the marbles on the line the last game of the season, I think that would have been fun,” Jaquez said, “but obviously we wanted to get it done as fast as we can.”Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 23 points as No. 4 UCLA held off a late Utah rally to win 78-71 and inch closer to their first Pac-12 regular season title since 2013.
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