
Minnesota Golden Gophers at UCLA Bruins
· NCAA Men's BasketballGarcia scores season-high 32 points and Minnesota completes L.A. rally beating UCLA 64-61
Lu’Cye Patterson's layup with eight seconds left gave Minnesota the lead for good at 62-61. Garcia made two foul shots with .9 seconds to go to seal it. UCLA's desperation heave wasn't close.
Down 62-61, UCLA's Sebastian Mack was called for a charge trying to drive the lane with 1.3 seconds to go.
Minnesota took its first lead of the game when Patterson drove the lane to make it 60-59 with 1:02 remaining capping an 11-2 Minnesota run.
Mike Mitchell Jr, scored 14 points and Patterson 11 for Minnesota (14-12, 6-9 Big Ten).
Mack, a reserve, scored 13 points and Tyler Bilodeau and Kobe Johnson scored 12 each for UCLA (19-8, 10-6).
Lazar Stefanovic's jump shot midway through the first half gave UCLA its first double-digit lead at 18-7. Fueled by Mack, the Bruins then went on a 9-0 run in which he started it with a layup and a 3-pointer and UCLA extended its lead to 29-12. Minnesota responded by outscoring the Bruins 11-5 over the final five minutes of the first half to get within 34-23.
Out of the break, Garcia and Mitchell each made 3s in consecutive possessions and Minnesota drew within five. Mitchell's layup with 15:17 left reduced the Gophers's deficit to 36-33.
In its 69-66 win over USC on Saturday, Minnesota overcame a 14-point deficit, trailed for 35:48 and scored 40 points in the second half. Against UCLA, Minnesota overcame its largest deficit of 17 points, trailed for 37:41 and scored 41 points after halftime.
Minnesota hosts Penn State on Saturday.
UCLA hosts Ohio State on Sunday.
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Recent Plays
2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 64 - 61 |
2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 64 - 61 |
2nd 0:00 | Dawson Garcia made Free Throw. | 64 - 61 |
2nd 0:00 | Dawson Garcia made Free Throw. | 63 - 61 |
2nd 0:00 | Foul on Dylan Andrews. | 62 - 61 |
Statistics
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22-48 | FG | 23-51 |
45.8 | Field Goal % | 45.1 |
8-24 | 3PT | 6-15 |
33.3 | Three Point % | 40.0 |
12-13 | FT | 9-19 |
92.3 | Free Throw % | 47.4 |
29 | Rebounds | 28 |
8 | Offensive Rebounds | 12 |
21 | Defensive Rebounds | 16 |
12 | Assists | 13 |
7 | Steals | 7 |
3 | Blocks | 1 |
16 | Turnovers | 9 |
4 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
16 | Total Turnovers | 9 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
7 | Points Off Turnovers | 23 |
2 | Fast Break Points | 11 |
20 | Points in Paint | 26 |
17 | Fouls | 17 |
3 | Largest Lead | 17 |
Game Information

Location: Los Angeles, CA
Attendance: 7,523 | Capacity:
2024-25 Big Ten Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
---|---|---|---|
Michigan State | 17-3 | - | 30-7 |
Maryland | 14-6 | 3 | 27-9 |
Michigan | 14-6 | 3 | 27-10 |
Wisconsin | 13-7 | 4 | 27-10 |
UCLA | 13-7 | 4 | 23-11 |
Purdue | 13-7 | 4 | 24-12 |
Oregon | 12-8 | 5 | 25-10 |
Illinois | 12-8 | 5 | 22-13 |
Indiana | 10-10 | 7 | 19-13 |
Ohio State | 9-11 | 8 | 17-15 |
Rutgers | 8-12 | 9 | 15-17 |
Nebraska | 7-13 | 10 | 19-14 |
Northwestern | 7-13 | 10 | 17-16 |
Iowa | 7-13 | 10 | 17-16 |
USC | 7-13 | 10 | 17-17 |
Minnesota | 7-13 | 10 | 15-17 |
Penn State | 6-14 | 11 | 16-15 |
Washington | 4-16 | 13 | 13-18 |