Ucla Penn State Men’s Basketball routes for 7 direct victory – San Bernardino County Sun

The Los Angeles-male basketball team of UCLA relies on ruthless defense to force the turnover and stop a scandalous team of the Penn State 78-54 on Saturday afternoon at Pauly Pavilion.

The victory extends the winning series of Bruins to seven games – a series that comes after the team had previously lost four in a row – while passing on Nitani Lions his fifth straight loss.

Kobi Johnson had a team of 15 points and dropped 13 victory fights. Sky Clark added 14 points and went 6-for-7 shooting. Tyler Bilodo scored 11 points to surpass 1000 for his career.

“Huge,” Mick Cronin told Johnson. “He gave us a senior leader who was the winner. Which means he is a winning player. It can help your team win the pass. Obviously with a rebound. Obviously with defense and then he can score. He does all four things. “

UCLA (18-6, 9-4 Big Ten) had 13 thefts as Penn State made 18 rpm until Bruins turned the ball only three times. It was also the few points the Nitani Lions set after they scored 52 against Illinois on January 8th.

“We have put a lot of stocks in our deviations and we are trying to put our hands on the ball,” said Kronin, who has two wins from 500 career victories. “We practice it, we’re talking about it, and we show a movie on it. We believe in this. If you move the departure board, you will move the dashboard to your advantage. “

Nittany Lions, which fell to 13-11 as a whole and 3-10 per second to continue in the large ten, took the lead 13-10 with 12:50, remained in the first half when arranging the summit by 6 feet with 6 feet- 8 Forward kachi nzeh. They clogged the paint on the defense while the crime made easy buckets at close range.

UCLA created a multiple turnover to continue by 11-0 and take 23-16 with less than 10 minutes in the first half. Sebastian Mak, who scored 14 points, grabbed the theft and threw Clark’s ball, which broke away for immersion, followed by Johnson’s theft and immersion.

“It was both our first sank of the year,” Johnson said. “So, so that I can turn it back and engage with the crowd, I think this changed the tone of the game. He scored the crowd into it, reviving energy. “

Focusing on the game, Ucla was 11th on a national scale with 16.2 rpm, forced to a match.

Bruins pulled 41-33 ahead and fired 58.6%, with five players recorded theft.