LOS ANGELES (Interstat) — Donovan Dent scored 23 points and dished 13 assists to lead UCLA to a 69-67 men’s basketball victory over Purdue on Tuesday night at Pauley Pavilion.

The Bruins, who improved to 13-6, outscored the Boilermakers 37-35 in the second half after the teams were tied at 32 at halftime. Dent, a guard from Riverside, California, added three blocks in 38 minutes for UCLA.

CJ Cox led Purdue with 16 points. The Boilermakers, who entered as favorites, fell to 17-2 despite getting 12 points from Braden Smith and 10 from Trey Kaufman-Renn. An announced crowd of 10,235 watched the nonconference game organized by the Big Ten.