Lu’Cye Patterson drove for the go-ahead layup with seven seconds remaining and Minnesota recovered from a 17-point first-half deficit to publish a surprising 64-61 victory over UCLA on Tuesday night time in Massive Ten play at Los Angeles.
Dawson Garcia scored 27 of his season-best 32 factors within the second half for the Golden Gophers (14-12, 6-9 Massive Ten), who led for simply 26 seconds whereas pulling off their second consecutive late-game comeback victory.
UCLA’s Sebastian Mack was referred to as for an offensive foul with 1.7 seconds left earlier than Garcia made two free throws with 0.9 seconds left as Minnesota spoiled Bruins coach Mick Cronin’s bid for his five hundredth profession victory.
Mike Mitchell Jr. added 14 factors and Patterson scored 11 for the Golden Gophers, who received for the sixth time of their previous 9 video games.
Mack had 13 factors and Kobe Johnson and Tyler Bilodeau added 12 factors apiece for the Bruins (19-8, 10-6). UCLA misplaced for simply the second time in its previous 10 video games.
The Bruins had been simply 5 of 15 from the free-throw line within the second half to assist Minnesota’s comeback bid. Bilodeau missed two foul photographs with 1:25 left, and Eric Dailey Jr. missed two with 17 seconds to play. UCLA led by one on each events.
Patterson’s layup with 1:02 remaining gave Minnesota its first lead of the sport at 60-59.
Mack then drove to the basket for UCLA, and his layup hit the rim 3 times earlier than dropping by means of with 44.5 seconds remaining.
Patterson later transformed what ended up being the game-winning basket for the second straight stellar comeback. On Saturday, Minnesota closed the sport with an 8-0 burst to register a 69-66 victory over host Southern California.
The Golden Gophers related on 45.8 p.c of their photographs, together with 8 of 24 from behind the arc.
UCLA shot 45.1 p.c from the sector and knocked down 6 of 15 makes an attempt from 3-point vary. The Bruins had been 9 of 19 from the free-throw line, whereas Minnesota made 12 of 13 foul photographs.
Minnesota trailed by eight with beneath 4 minutes remaining earlier than Garcia scored six straight factors.
Johnson made a jumper to provide UCLA a 59-55 lead with 2:36 left earlier than Garcia drilled a 3-pointer with 2:05 left to make it a one-point sport.
The Golden Gophers trailed by 17 within the first half earlier than trimming their deficit to 11 at halftime after which to a few early within the second half.
Minnesota opened the second half with a 10-2 spurt, with Frank Mitchell’s layup reducing its deficit to 36-33 with 15:17 remaining.
Skyy Clark’s steal and layup gave UCLA a 57-49 lead with 4:18 remaining earlier than the Golden Gophers made their cost.
Bilodeau scored 9 first-half factors, and UCLA led 34-23 on the break.
–Area Stage Media