Jaylen Clark scored 24 points and Jaime Jaquez Jr. added 18 to help No. 19 UCLA extend its winning streak to five games with an 87-64 victory against visiting Denver in a nonconference game Saturday at Los Angeles.
The Pac-12’s Bruins (8-2) scored the first 17 points of the second half to turn a nine-point halftime lead into a 61-35 advantage with 14:25 to go.
The Summit League’s Pioneers (8-3) never got closer than 21 points after that and trailed by as many as 32 points.
Clark sank 10 of 13 shots, and Jaquez was 9 of 11 as the Bruins shot 48.1 percent overall and 24 percent (6 of 25) from 3-point range. Ten different UCLA players scored.
Denver’s Touko Tainamo finished with 16 points and seven rebounds, and Justin Mullins scored 14 points.
UCLA outscored Denver 31-8 off turnovers. The Pioneers committed 24 turnovers and the Bruins had six.
The Bruins also dominated in the paint, outscoring Denver 56-30.
Jaquez scored eight points on 4-for-4 shooting and Clark had six points to fuel UCLA’s second-half-opening run.
The Bruins led by as many as 12 points on the way to taking a 44-35 halftime lead.
UCLA committed just three first-half turnovers and forced 12, which led to 15 points.
The Bruins scored 10 straight points to go ahead 12-3 with 14:53 left in the half. Clark had a short hook-shot jumper and a 3-pointer to fuel the spurt.
Ben Bowen’s 3-pointer pulled Denver within 29-25 with 5:08 remaining. UCLA then went on an 11-4 run to go ahead by 11 points when Dylan Andrews hit a 3-pointer with 1:49 to go.
Denver sank 4 of 6 from behind the arc, from where UCLA was just 4 of 14, to avoid falling farther behind during the first 20 minutes.
–Field Level Media
