Overview
- Tyler Bilodeau and Trent Perry scored 18 points apiece, with Bilodeau hitting all six first-half shots including four threes to build a 41-31 halftime lead.
- Donovan Dent contributed 13 points and five assists, following his 23-point, 13-assist performance in the upset of No. 4 Purdue four days earlier.
- UCLA tightened its defense, holding Northwestern to about 37% shooting and forcing a second-half field-goal drought of more than nine minutes.
- The Bruins improved to 14-6 overall and 6-3 in the Big Ten, have won four of their last five games, and remain unbeaten at Pauley Pavilion.
- Northwestern’s Nick Martinelli scored 20 points as the Wildcats fell to 9-11 (1-8 Big Ten), and UCLA next visits Oregon on Wednesday.