Field Level Media
Jan 8, 2021
David Singleton made two 3-pointers in overtime and finished with 14 points to spark UCLA over short-handed Arizona State 81-75 in a Pac-12 game Thursday night at Tempe, Ariz.
The Sun Devils (4-4, 1-1 Pac-12) played without Remy Martin (family funeral for his grandfather), Jalen Graham (mononucleosis), Taeshon Cherry and Jaelen House (COVID-19 contact tracing). They average a combined 29.9 points per game with Martin at 16.9 a game.
ASU lost two more players to fouls as Kimani Lawrence fouled out with 3:50 left in regulation and Chris Osten reached five fouls with 3:52 left in overtime, leaving ASU with only six scholarship players down the stretch.
UCLA (8-2, 4-0) played its second game without veteran guard Chris Smith, who is out with a season-ending knee injury.
Singleton's second 3-pointer in overtime put UCLA ahead 75-69. After ASU failed on two attempts, Cody Riley extended the lead to 77-69 with 2:27 remaining with a shot in the lane.
Riley finished with a career-high 22 points with 13 rebounds. Jules Bernard added nine points and 10 rebounds.
ASU was led by Alonzo Verge Jr.'s 25 points, seven rebounds and four assists and Josh Christopher had 22 points and 11 rebounds. Marcus Bagley added 11 points and 11 rebounds.
At the end of regulation, Christopher made a layup to cut the lead to 64-63 with 37 seconds left.
After a timeout, UCLA's Tyger Campbell was fouled with 9.9 seconds left and he made only the second attempt to give the Bruins a 65-63 lead.
Verge was fouled with 5.8 seconds left on a shot attempt and he made both free throws to tie the game at 65.
Campbell could not connect Jalen Hill on an alley-oop attempt with 0.5 seconds left.
Bagley missed a jumper close to midcourt as time expired.
Neither team led by more than five points in the second half until Riley made a layup with 6:15 left to put UCLA ahead 58-52.
ASU rallied right back to cut the lead to 60-59 on Verge's 3-pointer with 4:59 remaining.
The game had 19 lead changes and six ties.
UCLA overcame 18 turnovers and 14-of-24 shooting from the free-throw line in the game by making nine 3-pointers with 17 assists. The Bruins' bench had a 25-4 edge over ASU's reserves.
--Field Level Media