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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
UCLA 77, Colorado 60
When: 4:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 28, 2012
Where: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California
Officials: # Rick Batsell, # Randy Burkhart, # Chris Rastatter
Attendance: 9253

Lazeric Jones had 17 points and nine assists as UCLA shot nearly 60 percent from the floor – including 9 of 13 from three-point range – en route to a 77-60 victory over Colorado on Saturday.

Travis Wear scored seven of his 14 points during a decisive run in the second half and Tyler Lamb added 13 points, seven rebounds and six assists for UCLA (12-9, 5-4 Pac-12), which seemed one step ahead of Colorado’s defense all game and didn’t miss many open looks.

Andre Roberson had 12 points and 10 rebounds for his conference leading 13th double-double of the season and freshman Askia Booker scored 13 as Colorado (14-7, 6-3 Pac-12) fell to 1-3 on the road and out of a first-place tie in the Pac-12.

After Roberson’s 3-pointer brought Colorado to within 44-41 early in the second half, the Bruins went on a 25-5 tear, capped by seven straight points by Wear, including four on alley-oops. One of the passes was by Jerime Anderson, who had eight points and eight assists.

Colorado opened the game with a 12-4 run before UCLA answered with a 22-4 burst featuring seven different scorers.

After the Buffaloes scored 19 of the next 27 points to retake the lead, Lamb and Norman Powell hit back-to-back 3-pointers to put the Bruins in front 40-36 at halftime.

Jones scored a game-high 11 points in the first half as the teams combined to shoot 56 percent from the field, including six-for-eight from 3-point range by the Bruins.

UCLA, which finished 31 for 52 from the field (59.6 percent), had a season-high 26 assists.
Top Game Performances
 
Colorado   UCLA
Askia Booker 13 Scoring Lazeric Jones 17
Spencer Dinwiddie 3 Assists Lazeric Jones 9
Andre Roberson 10 Rebounds Tyler Lamb 7
Carlon Brown 2 Free Throws Made Lazeric Jones 2
Andre Roberson 4 Steals Tyler Lamb 3
Andre Roberson 2 Blocks Norman Powell 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Colorado 60 46.0 7-15 7-14 11 24 2 6 14
UCLA 77 59.6 9-13 6-9 26 25 6 10 12