National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
UCLA 80, Arizona St. 75
When: 3:00 PM ET, Thursday, March 14, 2013
Where: MGM Grand Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Officials: # Mike Eggers, # Randy McCall, # Tommy Nunez Jr.
Attendance: 12915

No. 25 UCLA 80, Arizona State 75: Larry Drew II scored a season-high 20 points and the top-seeded Bruins rallied from a 15-point second-half deficit to advance to the Pac-12 semifinals in Las Vegas.

Shabazz Muhammad overcame foul trouble to score 12 of his 16 points in the second half for UCLA (24-8), which will play fourth-seeded Arizona in Friday’s semifinals. Travis Wear contributed 15 points, including two clutch baskets in the final minute, and Jordan Adams finished with 10 points and four steals for the Bruins.

Jordan Bachynski matched his career high with 22 points, Jahii Carson had 21 points and seven assists and Jonathan Gilling finished with 17 points and seven rebounds, but missed two key 3-pointers in the final minute for ninth-seeded Arizona State (21-12).

Kyle Anderson scored the first five points of the second half to pull UCLA within three points, but Arizona State came back with a 12-0 run to go up 53-38 with 16:43 remaining.

The Bruins chipped away behind Drew, Wear and Muhammad, who took six of his nine rebounds on the offensive end. Wear’s baseline jumper gave UCLA a 76-75 lead with 1:02 remaining and he hit another shot with his toe on the 3-point line to extend the lead to 78-75 with 11 seconds left.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Bachynski set a Pac-12 single-season record for blocks during the game. He has 116, bettering the previous mark of 115 set by Mario Bennett of Arizona State in 1994-95. Arizona State also broke the conference team record of 199 blocks, set by UCLA in 2010-11. The Sun Devils blocked five against the Bruins, giving them 203 on the season. … Bachynski played eight minutes in Wednesday’s first-round overtime win against Stanford because the Sun Devils stayed with a small lineup most of the game. He played 37 against the Bruins. … The Bruins improved to 10-2 in games decided by five points or fewer this season.
Top Game Performances
 
Arizona St.   UCLA
Jordan Bachynski 22 Scoring Larry Drew II 20
Jahii Carson 7 Assists Kyle Anderson 4
Jonathan Gilling 7 Rebounds Shabazz Muhammad 9
Jordan Bachynski 6 Free Throws Made David Wear 7
Evan Gordon 3 Steals Jordan Adams 4
Jordan Bachynski 3 Blocks Jordan Adams 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Arizona St. 75 45.6 6-17 17-22 15 28 5 4 8
UCLA 80 42.6 7-17 15-17 14 36 1 6 6