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UCLA guard Eric Dailey Jr., right, drives on Purdue guard Myles Colvin during the first half of the Bruins’ 76-66 loss Friday night. (Doug McSchooler / Associated Press)
An arena known for noise was oddly quiet when a referee, unhappy with all the contact between the post players, reached his arm out to separate UCLA’s Tyler Bilodeau from Purdue’s Trey Kaufman-Renn.
Seizing upon the moment with his team needing a boost, Kaufman-Renn waved his arms to raise the decibel level inside Mackey Arena and the fans complied.
With one move after another, Kaufman-Renn provided all the more reason to rock the place.
He made a tough, contested baseline jump hook. Then another jump hook.
What had been a taut, back-and-forth battle was suddenly tilting heavily in the Boilermakers’ direction.
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When Camden Heide added a three-pointer, No. 20 Purdue was ahead by nine points and well on the way to a 76-66 victory on Friday night that essentially ended the Bruins’ hopes of a top-four finish in the Big Ten and an accompanying double bye in the conference tournament.
Kaufman-Renn was a menace no matter who the Bruins assigned to defend him, finishing with 29 points on 11-for-15 shooting to help Purdue (20-9 overall, 12-6 Big Ten) end its four-game losing streak. He sparked the Boilermakers’ 12-0 run that transformed a one-point deficit into an 11-point lead with two free throws and his jump hooks.
Meanwhile, the Bruins kept shooting jump shots that were off the mark. UCLA missed six of seven shots before Aday Mara made a jump hook with 3:23 left and the Bruins went the final 2:33 without a field goal.
Bilodeau finished with 15 points and Sebastian Mack scored all 10 of his points in the first half for the Bruins (20-9, 11-7), who shot 48% to the Boilermakers’ 51.9%. UCLA outrebounded Purdue by eight but largely offset that margin by committing five more turnovers.
UCLA could not conjure any magic in its return…
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Author : LA Times
Publish date : 2025-03-01 03:22:00
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