National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
UCLA 71, Arizona St. 53
When: 11:00 PM ET, Thursday, February 24, 2011
Where: Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, California
Officials: # Bruce Hicks, # Don McAllister, # Michael Reed
Attendance: 8080

Malcolm Lee led five players in double figures with 16 points as UCLA overcame a sluggish start to rout Arizona State 71-53 in a Pac-10 game at the Pauley Pavilion Thursday night.

UCLA, which had its six-game winning streak stopped on Sunday night, fell behind by 12 midway through the first half but finished the half on a 30-8 run to take a 39-29 lead at the break.

Reeves Nelson had 12 points and 12 rebounds for the Bruins (20-8, 11-4). With the win UCLA moved to within a game of conference-leading Arizona, which lost to USC on Thursday. Lazeric Jones had 10 points and 10 assists for UCLA.

The Sun Devils (10-17, 2-13) played without senior forward scorer Rihards Kuksiks (concussion) for the third straight game. Arizona State has lost 10 of its last 11 games.

Chanse Creekmur led the Sun Devils with nine points.
Top Game Performances
 
Arizona St.   UCLA
Chanse Creekmur 9 Scoring Malcolm Lee 16
Ty Abbott 4 Assists Lazeric Jones 10
Ruslan Pateev 5 Rebounds Reeves Nelson 12
Keala King 2 Free Throws Made Malcolm Lee 3
Corey Hawkins 2 Steals Lazeric Jones 3
Jordan Bachynski 1 Blocks Reeves Nelson 3
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Arizona St. 53 42.0 7-15 4-9 12 25 2 6
UCLA 71 52.0 8-19 11-17 22 27 10 11