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LOS ANGELES – Thomas Welsh totaled 20 points and eight rebounds as UCLA dropped a 68-59 decision to Colorado before 10,164 in Pauley Pavilion in a Pac-12 game on Saturday night.
Colorado (11-7, 3-3) led from start to finish in the program's first-ever win in Pauley Pavilion. UCLA's loss came two days after the Bruins handed Utah an 83-64 victory.
"That's probably as disappointing as we've played all year," said UCLA head coach Steve Alford. "Our effort was poor, we were flat. I give Colorado an awful lot of credit that really played hard and executed better."
Welsh made 9 of 10 shots for UCLA (13-5, 4-2) and was 2-for-3 from three points range. Aaron Holiday and Kris Wilkes each scored 10 points in Saturday night's loss. UCLA was limited to its lowest point total in a game in Pauley Pavilion since Feb. 7, 2013, when the Bruins defeated Washington, 59-57, on a buzzer-beating jump shot by Larry Drew II.
"Outside of Tom [Welsh] we really just didn't have much as far as a good concentrated effort," Alford said. "I take responsibility for that. It's our job as coaches to make sure we are ready to play. And it's not just that we weren't ready to play, we had low energy and low effort. That's hard to watch."
The visiting Buffaloes were paced by senior guard George King, who led all scorers with a game-high 26 points, which included a 6-for-10 performance from the three-point line. King also posted a game-high 10 rebounds.
UCLA scored the game's first basket but never led after that point. The Buffaloes pushed their margin to 31-17 with 4:39 to play before UCLA reduced Colorado's cushion to 34-26 with 1:16 to play.
Colorado entered the locker room at halftime with a 39-29 advantage.
The Bruins opened the second half with a jump shot from Welsh and a layup from Wilkes to slice Colorado's advantage to 39-33 at the 17:56 mark. The Buffaloes responded, building their cushion up to 12 points in the next minute.
UCLA closed the second-half deficit to as few as four points after Welsh connected on back-to-back three-pointers with under six minutes to play. Welsh's consecutive threes pulled UCLA to within 55-51 at the 5:20 mark.
Colorado answered with a 7-0 scoring run, securing a 62-51 lead against UCLA with just 3:42 to play.
"They did a good job of mixing things from zone to man," Alford said. "They were really pushing it with their man defense. They trapped Aaron [Holiday] trying to get it out of his hands. I thought they did a really good job of that. I thought we had some looks too. Some looks at the bucket from three and we just didn't make them."
UCLA will return to action at Oregon State (10-7, 2-3) on Thursday, Jan. 18. Game time is 8 p.m. UCLA's game in Corvallis, Ore., will be nationally televised on FS1.
Colorado (11-7, 3-3) led from start to finish in the program's first-ever win in Pauley Pavilion. UCLA's loss came two days after the Bruins handed Utah an 83-64 victory.
"That's probably as disappointing as we've played all year," said UCLA head coach Steve Alford. "Our effort was poor, we were flat. I give Colorado an awful lot of credit that really played hard and executed better."
Welsh made 9 of 10 shots for UCLA (13-5, 4-2) and was 2-for-3 from three points range. Aaron Holiday and Kris Wilkes each scored 10 points in Saturday night's loss. UCLA was limited to its lowest point total in a game in Pauley Pavilion since Feb. 7, 2013, when the Bruins defeated Washington, 59-57, on a buzzer-beating jump shot by Larry Drew II.
"Outside of Tom [Welsh] we really just didn't have much as far as a good concentrated effort," Alford said. "I take responsibility for that. It's our job as coaches to make sure we are ready to play. And it's not just that we weren't ready to play, we had low energy and low effort. That's hard to watch."
The visiting Buffaloes were paced by senior guard George King, who led all scorers with a game-high 26 points, which included a 6-for-10 performance from the three-point line. King also posted a game-high 10 rebounds.
UCLA scored the game's first basket but never led after that point. The Buffaloes pushed their margin to 31-17 with 4:39 to play before UCLA reduced Colorado's cushion to 34-26 with 1:16 to play.
Colorado entered the locker room at halftime with a 39-29 advantage.
The Bruins opened the second half with a jump shot from Welsh and a layup from Wilkes to slice Colorado's advantage to 39-33 at the 17:56 mark. The Buffaloes responded, building their cushion up to 12 points in the next minute.
UCLA closed the second-half deficit to as few as four points after Welsh connected on back-to-back three-pointers with under six minutes to play. Welsh's consecutive threes pulled UCLA to within 55-51 at the 5:20 mark.
Colorado answered with a 7-0 scoring run, securing a 62-51 lead against UCLA with just 3:42 to play.
"They did a good job of mixing things from zone to man," Alford said. "They were really pushing it with their man defense. They trapped Aaron [Holiday] trying to get it out of his hands. I thought they did a really good job of that. I thought we had some looks too. Some looks at the bucket from three and we just didn't make them."
UCLA will return to action at Oregon State (10-7, 2-3) on Thursday, Jan. 18. Game time is 8 p.m. UCLA's game in Corvallis, Ore., will be nationally televised on FS1.
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