No. 15 UCLA overcomes West Georgia's early 3-point barrage to win 83-62 without Donovan Dent

Tyler Bilodeau scored 21 points arsenic No. 15 UCLA bushed West Georgia 83-62 and improved to 3-0 connected the season

LOS ANGELES -- Tyler Bilodeau scored 21 points and No. 15 UCLA overcame the lack of prima defender Donovan Dent and West Georgia's beardown 3-point shooting to bushed the Wolves 83-62 connected Monday night.

Dent was held retired successful a precautionary determination due to the fact that of a musculus strain. The New Mexico transportation averaged 16.5 points, 6.5 assists and 3 rebounds successful the Bruins' archetypal 2 wins of the season.

Bilodeau changeable 7 of 12 from the tract and made each six of his escaped throws. Trent Perry added 17 points, 9 assists and 5 rebounds, and Eric Dailey Jr. had 14 points.

Sheldon Williams-Dryden scored 16 points to pb West Georgia (1-2), which lost to Big Ten hostile Nebraska 86-53 successful its play opener. The Wolves changeable 13 of 25 from 3-point range, led by Brady Hardewig with four.

The Wolves' archetypal 5 made baskets were 3-pointers astir an 11-0 spurt by the Bruins. From there, the Wolves outscored UCLA 23-17 to way 37-32 astatine halftime.

Perry scored 5 of UCLA's archetypal 7 points successful the 2nd half, extending the pb to 44-34. The Wolves deed 3 3s successful a enactment — 2 by Chas Lewless — to adjacent wrong five.

That's erstwhile UCLA scored 10 successful a row, including 5 by Bilodeau and a 3-pointer from Jamar Brown, for a 58-43 lead. The Bruins picked up their shooting successful the 2nd half, making 15 of 25 from the floor.

The Wolves cooled mode down, going 4 of 12 connected 3-pointers and 11 of 26 from the level successful the 2nd half.

West Georgia hosts The Citadel connected Friday.

UCLA plays erstwhile Pac-12 rival and fifth-ranked Arizona connected Friday arsenic portion of a doubleheader astatine Intuit Dome successful Inglewood, California.

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