Los Angeles • Utah guard Sedrick Barefield shot an airball, with his team trailing by four points in the last 37 seconds Saturday.
UCLA guard Prince Ali escaped a trapping defense in the backcourt and passed the ball ahead to Cody Riley for a dunk that restored his team’s four-point lead with 16 seconds remaining.
“Everything kind of our went our way,” Ute guard Parker Van Dyke said, explaining his team's rally for a 93-92 victory at Pauley Pavilion. “They missed just enough free throws.”
He's partly wrong, but mostly right. As those examples show, the Utes didn't completely overwhelm the Bruins at the end, with a rally from 22 points behind topped by Van Dyke 28-foot, buzzer-beating 3-pointer.