The Bruins are headed to the Elite Eight after defeating the Texas Longhorns, 84-75, tonight in Kansas City.
UCLA controlled the tempo of this game from the get-go by jumping out to a 12-6 lead with 2:41 left in the first quarter. But, the Longhorns weren’t going to go away that easily and Texas responded with a 5-0 run to pull within one with just over a minute to go in the first.
But, in that last minute, the Bruins responded big time with an 7-0 run of their own to open the lead up to 8 after one.