Overview
- Tyler Bilodeau scored a career-high 34 points on 12-of-19 shooting, including 4-for-7 from deep and 6-for-6 at the line, the most by a UCLA player since 2019.
- UCLA never trailed and used a 24-9 first-half surge to seize control, finishing with a season-high 12 steals and 23 points off 22 UC Riverside turnovers.
- Trent Perry added 14 points and seven assists, Skyy Clark had 14 points and three steals, and Eric Dailey Jr. posted 13 points and nine rebounds.
- The win moves UCLA to 10-3 and extends its streak to three games, a span in which the Bruins are averaging 98.3 points per game.
- UC Riverside falls to 6-8 despite 20 points from Osiris Grady, and next hosts Hawaii on Jan. 1 while UCLA visits No. 25 Iowa on Jan. 3.