UCLA Athletics didn't have much to say on this debacle in the windy city. No videos, folks. Short and bittersweet, I guess. What could have been if Kyle, LZV and Jordan were still with us. Oh, vhell...
Kevon Looney totaled nine points and nine rebounds on Saturday afternoon (AP photo)
Courtesy: Associated Press
UCLA Falls to No. 1 Kentucky, 83-44, in Chicago
Courtesy: UCLA Athletics
Release: Saturday 12/20/2014
Release: Saturday 12/20/2014
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CHICAGO - Devin Booker scored a game-leading 19 points to lead No. 1 Kentucky past UCLA, 83-44, at the United Center in a CBS Sports Classic game Saturday afternoon.
Kentucky (12-0) led from the start, scoring the game’s first 24 points before racing to a 41-7 halftime lead. The Wildcats also received 15 points from Aaron Harrison.
Isaac Hamilton scored a team-leading 14 points for UCLA (8-4), as the Bruins faced their third top-10 ranked opponent in the last four weeks.
Bryce Alford finished with 13 points for the Bruins as the team’s only other player to score in double figures. Kevon Looney, who entered Saturday’s game with seven double-doubles in 11 games, finished with nine points and nine rebounds.
Saturday’s meeting in Chicago marked the first matchup between the two storied programs in eight years. Kentucky limited UCLA to its lowest first-half point total on record (seven).
The Wildcats made four of their first six shots in the game’s opening three minutes to secure a 9-0 cushion with 17:41 to play. After staking a 24-0 lead with 12:40 remaining before halftime, Looney scored UCLA’s first points on a layup at the 12:17 mark.
Booker finished the game having made 5 of 6 3-point shots and 7 of 10 field goal attempts overall, while Harrison nailed three 3-pointers for Kentucky.
UCLA, currently on a stretch of four consecutive games away from home, will return to action at Alabama on Sunday, Dec. 28. Game time in Tuscaloosa, Ala., is 3:30 p.m. (PT).
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