Despite lacking its main scorer, No. 7 seed UCLA superior to the second spherical of the NCAA tournament on Friday.
UCLA star Tyler Bilodeau was dominated out with a knee sprain shortly earlier than the Bruins’ first-round sport towards No. 10 UCF, regardless of a UCLA spokesperson telling reporters earlier he would play. He was beforehand listed as questionable to play on the staff’s harm report.
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The Bruins defeated the Knights 75-71, with Eric Dailey Jr. main the scoring with 20 factors. They will face the winner of No. 2 UConn and No. 15 Furman within the second spherical.
Bilodeau sustained the harm in a sport towards Michigan State final week throughout UCLA’s Big Ten Tournament run. An MRI later revealed a mild sprain, sufficient to knock him out for his or her subsequent sport towards eventual convention tournament champion Purdue. He was anticipated to be out there for the NCAA tournament, however that didn’t come to cross.
Bilodeau was an All-Big Ten third-team choice this season and paced the Bruins with 17.6 factors per sport, plus 5.6 rebounds and 1.1 assists per sport. He was essentially the most environment friendly 3-point shooter within the convention amongst gamers with a minimum of 2.0 makes an attempt per sport, making 46.4% from deep.
