Sunday, May 5

UCLA men’s basketball falls to Stanford 83-74


Junior guard Norman Powell and redshirt senior forward Travis Wear guard Stanford's senior forward Dwight Powell. Norman Powell said he and his teammates were frustrated when their defense didn't stop Stanford from shooting over 60 percent in the game. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)


STANFORD, Calif. — Coming out of halftime trailing Stanford by eight points, UCLA men’s basketball was looking to do what it has done so many times this season: outperform its opponent en route to a win. Instead the Bruins were met with something they have never seen before.

With 16:06 left in the game, Stanford junior guard Chasson Randle dribbled down the court on a fast break and tossed a lob to redshirt junior guard/forward Anthony Brown. But rather than finishing the alley-oop, Brown, in midair, threw a second lob to senior forward Dwight Powell, who slammed the ball home emphatically, converting on the elusive double alley-oop.

With Stanford’s lead at 13, its largest to that point, UCLA took a timeout to regroup and recover but never could, losing the back half of its Bay Area road trip 83-74 on Saturday.

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Story by: Kevin Bowman


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