9:05 pm
January 22

#9 UCLA @ Colorado

Who will WIN this matchup?

#9 UCLA Bruins (12-2)

@ Colorado Buffaloes (12-5)

 

Current odds:

UCLA Bruins: (-170)

Colorado Buffaloes: (+145)

 

• The spread for the game is UCLA by 3.5 points.

• Pac-12 Conference foes Colorado and No. 9 UCLA meet Saturday in Boulder, Colo., each coming off close decisions in their last outings. While Colorado (12-5, 4-3 Pac-12) lost a tight game to Southern Cal, UCLA (12-2, 4-1) overcame sluggish shooting from the floor and a late deficit to hold off Utah, 63-58, Thursday in Salt Lake City. With that win, UCLA remained unbeaten in four true road games this season.

• Johnny Juzang accounted for half of all the Bruins’ 18 made field goals, en route to a season-high 28 points. Juzang and Jules Bernard, who scored 14 points, were the only Bruins to score in double-figures. The 63 points the Bruins scored tied their second-lowest point total of the season, and marked the second time since returning from a more than three-week COVID-19 pause that they scored in the 60s.

• The Buffaloes held No. 16-ranked USC to just 37.1 percent shooting from the floor, but went 16 of 51 on their own end of a 61-58 loss. Although the Buffaloes committed 16 turnovers, they forced the same number from the Trojans. A rebounding disparity of 47-32 cost Colorado, as USC finished with a 15-5 advantage in second-chance points.

• Both points allowed off of turnovers and second-chance points surrendered plagued Colorado in its last meeting with UCLA, a 73-61 road loss on Dec. 1. The Bruins converted 12 Colorado turnovers into 23 points while the Buffaloes managed just nine points on nine UCLA turnovers. And UCLA enjoyed a 15-5 advantage for second-chance points.

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#9 UCLA Bruins
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