NCAAB

Minnesota Golden Gophers at UCLA Bruins

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Final
64 - 61
19-8, 13-2 Home

Garcia 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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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

Pauley Pavilion

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
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