LAS VEGAS — Angela Dugalic tied a career-high with 17 factors and No. 7 UCLA downed No. 22 Utah 67-57 in a Pac-12 Match quarterfinal sport on Thursday night time.
Charisma Osborne added 16 factors whereas Kiki Rice had 13 for the Bruins (25-5).
“Our workforce is so deep,” Dugalic stated. “All 12 gamers, it’s important to guard us. All of us have various things that we’re actually good at. You’re taking away one factor, we’ve bought one other factor.”
Alissa Pili led the Utes (22-10) with 16 factors, whereas Kennady McQueen added 14. Ines Vieira had 11 and Matyson Wilke contributed 10 factors and 7 rebounds.
“What a hard-fought sport,” Utah coach Lynne Roberts stated. “Extremely bodily. I feel that’s probably the most bodily sport I’ve ever been part of. They made performs. I felt like we had been proper there. They hit a few massive pictures. They play exhausting. They’re disciplined. They’re the entire package deal. And so they have the flexibility to win a nationwide championship for certain. So loads of respect for them.”
UCLA outscored the Utes in every quarter, and completed the sport hitting 25 of 52 (48.1%) from the sphere together with 47.1% (8 of 17) from 3-point vary.
Utah shot simply 35% within the sport, connecting on 21 of 60 shot makes an attempt. The 57 factors had been the fourth-fewest scored by the Utes this season.
The Bruins improved to 16-0 all-time within the Pac-12 Match when holding an opponent to below 37% taking pictures from the sphere.
Osborne paced UCLA within the first half with 12 factors, serving to the Bruins to 44.8% (13-of-29) taking pictures.
Main by two after the primary quarter, the Bruins shot 50% within the second body behind 7-of-14 taking pictures for a 32-27 halftime lead.
Utah stayed inside hanging distance, regardless of poor taking pictures in each quarters, hitting simply 38.5% (5 of 13) within the first quarter and 35.3% (6 of 17) within the second. The Utes struggled from distance within the first half, hitting simply 4 of 14 (28.6%) from 3-point vary.
“I feel we’re constructed on the correct issues, though I wish to see us play just a little extra fluid offensively,” UCLA coach Cori Shut stated. “Our protection has been primary within the Pac-12. Our rebounding has been fairly unflappable for probably the most half. We didn’t begin out the third quarter very effectively rebounding the basketball. However I feel we did an awesome job.”
BIG PICTURE
Utah: The Utes got here into the sport ranked nineteenth within the nation with a plus-18 rebounding margin, partially to 27.2 defensive rebounds per sport (sixtieth). However the Utes had been outrebounded 42-27.
UCLA: The Bruins ranked twenty second within the nation with 78.3 factors per sport in the course of the common season, however have averaged 62.7 factors over their final 4 video games.
UP NEXT
Utah: With this week’s NET rankings putting the Utes at No. 9, they need to count on an invite to the NCAA Match.
UCLA: Will meet USC in Friday’s semifinal spherical.
___
Get alerts and updates on AP High 25 basketball all through the season. Join right here ___ AP ladies’s faculty basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-womens-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/womens-college-basketball
