Men's Basketball Falls at UCLA, 71-40

Monday, November 11

Los Angeles, CA

10 PM ET

Boston University

0-3,0-0Patriot

UCLA

2-1,0-0Big Ten

Boston U.

UCLA

November 11, 2024 | Men's Basketball

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LOS ANGELES – Wrapping up the West Coast trip, the Boston University men's basketball team fell at UCLA, 71-40, on Monday night.

Ranked No. 22 nationally one day prior, the Bruins (2-1) only shot 40.0 percent from the field but remained undefeated at home by tripling the Terriers (0-3) in made free throws, 18-6, and outscoring BU off turnovers, 36-12, with their consistent ball pressure.

Sophomore Kyrone Alexander led BU at 10 points with a pair of 3-pointers and two steals. Graduate student Miles Brewster and junior Ben Roy both dished out three assists and tied Alexander at two steals apiece.

For the Bruins, Eric Dailey Jr. and Lazar Stefanovic both posted 13 points, while Sebastian Mack earned 12 points. Aday Mara and William Kyle III tallied seven points apiece and combined for 13 rebounds to help UCLA win the battle at the boards, 36-28.

HOW IT HAPPENED

After the teams exchanged defensive stops, Stefanovic opened the scoring with a 3-pointer to give UCLA the lead for good.
Skyy Clark converted on Dailey's steal with a layup to push the Bruins' advantage to 16-5 at 13:29.
UCLA extended its lead to 21-7 on a 3-pointer two minutes later, but BU chipped away and eventually pulled within nine, 28-19, at 2:56.
The Bruins though scored nine straight points and ended the half with a buzzer-beating dunk to enter the locker room leading, 39-22.
BU started the second half with a defensive stop but traveled when corralling the rebound, which led to UCLA pushing its lead to 20 on a 3-pointer.
The Terriers held the Bruins to 35.7 FG% in the second half, but UCLA went 10-of-12 from the charity stripe to prevent any chance of a rally attempt.

GAME NOTES

BU earned a season-high nine steals after combining for 10 over the first two games.
Freshman Ben Defty was a perfect 2-for-2 from the field and earned his second career block but was plagued by foul trouble alongside senior Malcolm Chimezie (five rebs.), as they finished at four fouls apiece.
UCLA improved to 3-0 all-time in the series in the teams' first meeting since 1988.

UP NEXT

BU will return home to host Dartmouth on Saturday (Nov. 16) at 1 p.m.
The teams have met five times since 2018 after previously playing in 2002 with BU posting a 3-2 record, including 2-0 home mark.
The Big Green pulled out a 63-54 victory in Hanover, New Hampshire, last December to avenge the Terriers' 67-59 win from a year prior.