Ucla avoids unhappy collapse to pull out 73-69 victory over northwest

Ucla Seemed to have been set up to win the blower NorthwestBut then Wildcats scheduled the press and kept their backs. Bruins survived a late rush to throw out a 73-69 victory, avoiding catastrophic collapse.

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The teams went back during the second half until Bruins started a 12-2 race. Dunks for the back Tyler Biladeau He gave UCLA a lead of 68-54 with the remaining 3:07. Desperately, Wildcats pressed the length of the court, captured Bruins, and forced a trio of expensive turnaround.

Guardian point Dylan Andrews threw a couple of passes and both turned to the northwests of the northwest Ty Berry. Then, with the remaining 26 seconds, Biladeau traveled, and the northwest took advantage of the capital in the next possession when Berry cut the back to the setting that reduced the result to 68-67.

Berry scored nine points in the last 2:13 to give Wildcats the opportunity. Northwest had a shot to bind him 69 but forward Nick Martinelli turned the ball to the ride to the basket and then KJ Windham committed a clear path that broke against Eric Dailey Jr. Dailey hit both offenses to give UCLA an advantage in four points with the remaining eight seconds, basically sealing the game.

Biladeau, who runs with 14.1 points per game, scored 19 points on Monday for UCLA’s lead. Dailey added 12 and Spanish center Aday Mara He had his second double double in the season (11 points, 10 rebounds). She is 7-0 this season when Mara achieves two-core figures.

Berry led Wildcats with 22 at senior Night, while Martinelli had 20 northwestern (16-14 total, 7-12 Big Ten) sits only half of the games on Iowa and southern California for 15th place in Big Ten, which is the last qualifying place for the Big Ten tournament.

UCLA won 10 of its last 13 games and improved 8-3 in games that decided five points or less. Bruins (21-9, 12-7 Big Ten) Sit half of the Wisconsin, Maryland and Purdue match for the final double bye in the Big Ten.

Northwestern saw the winning series of three games approaching and ending on Saturday 13 Maryland.

UCLA ends a regular season at home against USC on Saturday.

Associated Press contributed to this report.

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