UCLA 57, at Connecticut 73

PHILADELPHIA (Interstat) — The Connecticut Huskies, leveraging a dominant defensive performance and a game-high 27 points from Alex Karaban, ended UCLA’s season with a methodical 73-57 victory in a men’s NCAA Division I playoff game Sunday at a sold-out Xfinity Mobile Arena. A crowd of 19,279 watched the Huskies, now 31-5, advance by clamping down on the Bruins after halftime, holding them to 24 points on a series of contested shots in the second half. UCLA, which finished its season at 24-12, could not sustain its early momentum against Connecticut’s size and persistent pressure. The most critical phase of the… Read more...