UCLA Iphumelela e-Arizona Ngokuphambene Nokunqoba Kwakhe Okungaphezulu
I-UCLA ephakanyiselwe ku-22 ibetha i-Arizona ephakanyiselwe ku-5 ngo-84-75 emdlalweni wokuqala wekhola yasebusika. Nakuba u-Ivan Kharchenkov enikeze amaphuzu angu-38, abadlali be-Bruins babambe iqhaza elibalulekile ekunqobeni.
I-UCLA ephakanyiselwe ku-22 ibetha i-Arizona ephakanyiselwe ku-5 ngo-84-75 emdlalweni wokuqala wekhola yasebusika ebusuku bangoMsombuluko. Lo mdlalo, owawuhlanganisa izitha zakudala ze-Pac-12 Conference, ubekwe ngaphandle kokunqoba okukhulu kwabadlali be-Wildcats.
U-Trent Perry unikeze amaphuzu angu-21 kwi-UCLA, enza umsebenzi omkhulu ekubopheleleni emdlalweni. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, u-Ivan Kharchenkov we-Arizona wenze umlando ngokuthola amaphuzu angu-38, okuyisibalo esiphezulu kakhulu empilweni yakhe yobuchwepheshe. Lokhu kwephula isibalo sakhe sangaphambili sengu-20 owawifinyelele eDenver ngoNovemba 24. U-Kharchenkov futhi nothole amabhola angu-10 okubuyisela.
U-Derek Dixon unikeze amaphuzu angu-18 kwi-Wildcats, kanti u-Jaylen Petty no-Eric Dailey Jr. baqeda ngamaphuzu angu-13 ngamunye kwi-Bruins. Lo mdlalo ubekuyi-hlangana lokuqala phakathi kwalezi zinkundla ezimbili e-T-Mobile Arena kusukela ekutheni i-Arizona ibetha i-UCLA ekugcineni kwe-Pac-12 tournament ngo-2023.
Ngaphambi kwalokho, lezi zinkundla zazihlangene kabili ngamunye emidlalweni engama-14 edlule, futhi i-Wildcats yathola umdlalo wamuva ngenyanga edlule e-Intuit Dome e-Inglewood, e-California. I-Arizona yayizame ukwenza ukubuyela emuva okukhulu njengoba ibheke phambili ngo-16 amaphuzu, yaze yafika kude ngamunye kuphela uma u-Kharchenkov ethola amabhola amabili okukhulula ngesikhathi esisele soku-3:11.
I-UCLA ithathe isikhundla sokuqala ngokwenza umugqa wamaphuzu angu-14 ukuthi ifike ku-27-13, yaze yafika ku-43-29 ekuhlukanisweni kwesigamu. Isihlalo esijulile se-Bruins siphumelela kakhulu kunamasisekelo e-Wildcats ngo-17-4 esigabeni sokuqala, lapho umkhiqizo we-Wildcats wawunamkhawulo ku-Kharchenkov onamaphuzu angu-18. I-Wildcats yathola inkinga ekutholeni amabhola amade, ithola u-1 kuphela kuma-13 e-3-pointers esigabeni sokuqala.
Kubonakala sengathi i-Arizona iphuthelwe u-RJ Godfrey, ongadlali ngemuva kokwenqatshwa kwecala alidlalela ekufinyeleleni isikhathi sokudlala sesihlanu. I-Arizona yaphucula ukudlala kwakhe esigabeni sesibili kodwa ayikwazanga ukunqoba umkhondo wamaphuzu owawusungulwe.
I-Arizon izodlala ne-Cal Poly ngeLwesine ebusuku, kanti i-UCLA izodlala ne-North Florida ngoMgqibelo.
(A.Mathebula--TPT)