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Tyger Campbell lifts No. 2 UCLA Bruins past Oregon in Pac-12 semis
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tyger Campbell scored a career-high 28 factors, together with all seven throughout a key second-half run, and No. 2 UCLA beat Oregon 75-56 on Friday evening within the Pac-12 Convention Match semifinals.
The Bruins (29-4) will play No. 8 Arizona or Arizona State in Saturday’s title sport. UCLA has gained 12 straight and 26 of 28, and another victory possible would safe a No. 1 seed within the NCAA Match.
Oregon (19-14) had gained 4 in a row. The Geese are on the NCAA bubble.
Campbell’s private seven-point run gave UCLA a 57-46 lead. The 5-foot-11 level guard capped the spurt by dribbling close to the important thing, backing up, wanting on the shot clock after which charging forward for a pull-up 16-footer over Oregon 7-footer Kel’el Ware.
Campbell’s earlier finest was a 27-point efficiency Feb. 12, 2022 towards Southern California.
UCLA misplaced an enormous defensive presence inside when Adem Bona injured his left arm whereas diving for a free ball. He grabbed his arm and shortly afterward was taken to the locker room with 16:14 left within the sport. Bona had finished just a little little bit of every part with 4 factors, 4 rebounds and two blocked pictures.
Bona returned to the bench however didn’t re-enter the sport. Mac Etienne and Kenneth Nwuba performed in his place.
UCLA was already enjoying the match with out Pac-12 Defensive Participant of the 12 months Jaylen Clark.
Campbell helped the Bruins overcome these losses. Jaime Jaquez Jr. added 18 factors and David Singleton had 12.
Quincy Guerrier and Will Richardson every scored 10 factors for Oregon.
BIG PICTURE
Oregon: The Geese bumped into one of many nation’s high defenses, they usually particularly struggled from outdoors, capturing 3 of 19 from 3-point vary. Oregon managed to hold round due to a bench that outscored UCLA 26-4.
UCLA: The Bruins have managed to win each video games within the match with out Clark and received by with out Bona within the second half towards the Geese. They possible might want to get more healthy to make a deep run within the NCAA Match.
UP NEXT
Oregon: The Geese will discover out Sunday if they’re headed to the NCAA Match or NIT.
UCLA: The Bruins need the No. 1 seed within the West, which might put them again in Las Vegas in two weeks for the regional. They have to win Saturday to make sure that.