Rutgers Scarlet Knights vs. UCLA Bruins

Mar 12, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
RUTG	24	35	59
UCLA	30	42	72

Game Recap

Dent's triple-double helps UCLA beat Rutgers 72-59 at Big Ten Conference Tournament. Donovan Dent had 12 points, 12 assists and a career-high 10 rebounds — the first triple-double in the history of the Big Ten Conference Tournament — to help sixth-seeded UCLA beat No. 14 seed Rutgers 72-59 on Thursday night in the third round.

Player Stats

RUTGERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
9Dylan Grant	18	1-6	1-2	2-2	3	0	0	2	3	3	5
21Emmanuel Ogbole	31	4-5	0-0	0-0	5	1	0	2	1	4	8
2Lino Mark	29	6-11	1-3	4-5	5	5	1	0	1	2	17
0Tariq Francis	26	2-11	0-5	2-2	1	5	2	0	2	2	6
5Darren Buchanan Jr.	36	4-11	0-1	1-1	9	3	1	0	3	4	9
13Harun Zrno	31	3-5	3-5	0-0	3	0	1	0	1	1	9
3Kaden Powers	7	0-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
1Jamichael Davis	22	2-7	1-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5


TOTAL	-	22-5837.9%	6-1931.6%	9-1090.0%	28	14	5	4	13	17	59

UCLA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
34Tyler Bilodeau	29	5-11	3-7	8-8	5	0	0	0	2	2	21
2Donovan Dent	39	6-14	0-1	0-0	10	12	1	0	2	0	12
55Skyy Clark	31	2-7	1-4	0-0	2	2	1	0	1	2	5
0Trent Perry	34	2-8	2-5	6-7	4	4	1	1	2	3	12
3Eric Dailey Jr.	25	3-7	0-1	4-6	6	0	0	0	0	2	10
24Steven Jamerson II	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1Xavier Booker	15	2-5	1-4	1-2	2	0	0	2	1	2	6
4Jamar Brown	7	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
5Brandon Williams	10	1-3	0-0	0-0	4	0	3	0	0	1	2
8Eric Freeny	10	1-3	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	1	1	1	2
TOTAL	-	23-6038.3%	7-2330.4%	19-2382.6%	35	18	7	4	9	14	72

Play-by-Play

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1st halfRUTGUCLA

(20:00) Start game.
(19:54) Jump Ball won by Rutgers.
(19:54) Jump Ball lost by UCLA.
(19:47) Foul on Trent Perry.
+1 (19:47) Dylan Grant makes free throw 1 of 2.
10
+1 (19:47) Dylan Grant makes free throw 2 of 2.
20
(19:35) Tyler Bilodeau bad pass turnover.
(19:06) Lino Mark misses driving layup.
(19:03) Emmanuel Ogbole Offensive Rebound.
+2 (19:02) Emmanuel Ogbole makes layup.
40
+2 (18:37) Tyler Bilodeau makes 15-foot jumper (Donovan Dent assists).
42
(18:23) Darren Buchanan Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(18:20) Tyler Bilodeau Defensive Rebound.
(18:11) Tyler Bilodeau misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(18:07) Trent Perry Offensive Rebound.
(18:07) Trent Perry misses 17-foot jumper.
(18:07) UCLA Offensive Rebound.
(17:55) Foul on Dylan Grant.
+1 (17:55) Tyler Bilodeau makes free throw 1 of 2.
43
+1 (17:55) Tyler Bilodeau makes free throw 2 of 2.
44
(17:35) Emmanuel Ogbole traveling turnover.
(17:19) Trent Perry misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(17:19) Rutgers Defensive Rebound.
(17:02) Tariq Francis misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(16:59) Tyler Bilodeau Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:44) Donovan Dent makes 6-foot turnaround jump shot (Skyy Clark assists).
46
(16:15) Lino Mark misses 16-foot pullup jump shot.
(16:10) Eric Dailey Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(16:07) Foul on Tariq Francis.
+1 (16:07) Eric Dailey Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2.
47
+1 (16:07) Eric Dailey Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2.
48
(15:46) Tariq Francis misses 8-foot floating jump shot.
(15:42) Eric Dailey Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(15:33) Eric Dailey Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(15:30) Lino Mark Defensive Rebound.
(15:22) Tariq Francis misses 14-foot jumper.
(15:22) Eric Freeny Block.
(15:22) UCLA Defensive Rebound.
+3 (14:57) Skyy Clark makes 23-foot three point jumper (Donovan Dent assists).
411
+3 (14:32) Harun Zrno makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tariq Francis assists).
711
(14:19) Foul on Lino Mark.
(14:13) Skyy Clark misses driving layup.
(14:10) Lino Mark Defensive Rebound.
(14:07) Foul on Skyy Clark.
(14:07) Lino Mark misses free throw 1 of 2.
(14:07) Rutgers Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (14:07) Lino Mark makes free throw 2 of 2.
811
(13:55) Brandon Williams misses 16-foot jumper.
(13:53) Darren Buchanan Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (13:42) Darren Buchanan Jr. makes 8-foot jumper (Lino Mark assists).
1011
(13:26) Donovan Dent misses 6-foot floating jump shot.
(13:23) Harun Zrno Defensive Rebound.
(13:08) Harun Zrno traveling turnover.
(12:39) Eric Freeny misses 14-foot pullup jump shot.
(12:39) Rutgers Deadball Team Rebound.
(12:39) Foul on Xavier Booker.
+2 (12:18) Lino Mark makes layup (Darren Buchanan Jr. assists).
1211
+2 (11:52) Brandon Williams makes layup (Donovan Dent assists).
1213
(11:33) Dylan Grant misses 7-foot hook shot.
(11:30) Brandon Williams Defensive Rebound.
+3 (11:22) Xavier Booker makes 24-foot three point jumper (Donovan Dent assists).
1216
(10:58) Jamichael Davis misses 10-foot step back jumpshot.
(10:54) Darren Buchanan Jr. Offensive Rebound.
(10:54) Darren Buchanan Jr. misses tip in layup.
(10:53) Skyy Clark Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:38) Donovan Dent makes driving layup.
1218
+2 (10:26) Jamichael Davis makes driving layup (Lino Mark assists).
1418
(10:11) Donovan Dent misses driving layup.
(10:11) Dylan Grant Block.
(10:08) Dylan Grant Defensive Rebound.
(10:07) Dylan Grant bad pass turnover.
(10:07) Brandon Williams Steal.
(9:51) Skyy Clark bad pass turnover.
(9:51) Tariq Francis Steal.
(9:46) Tariq Francis bad pass turnover.
(9:46) Jamar Brown Steal.
(9:36) Skyy Clark misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(9:33) Kaden Powers Defensive Rebound.
(9:33) Foul on Eric Dailey Jr..
(9:19) Jamichael Davis misses 13-foot jumper.
(9:19) Xavier Booker Block.
(9:15) Donovan Dent Defensive Rebound.
(9:12) Jamar Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(9:09) Xavier Booker Offensive Rebound.
(9:09) Xavier Booker traveling turnover.
(8:49) Foul on Xavier Booker.
(8:40) Foul on Darren Buchanan Jr..
(8:40) Darren Buchanan Jr. turnover.
(8:29) Tyler Bilodeau misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(8:28) UCLA Offensive Rebound.
(8:24) Eric Dailey Jr. misses layup.
(8:24) Emmanuel Ogbole Block.
(8:21) Darren Buchanan Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(8:16) Darren Buchanan Jr. misses 4-foot floating jump shot.
(8:12) Trent Perry Defensive Rebound.
+3 (8:00) Trent Perry makes 24-foot three point jumper (Donovan Dent assists).
1421
(7:34) Kaden Powers misses 14-foot jumper.
(7:31) Kaden Powers Offensive Rebound.
(7:28) Tariq Francis misses layup.
(7:25) Donovan Dent Defensive Rebound.
(7:19) Foul on Kaden Powers.
+1 (7:19) Tyler Bilodeau makes free throw 1 of 2.
1422
+1 (7:19) Tyler Bilodeau makes free throw 2 of 2.
1423
+2 (6:55) Lino Mark makes driving layup.
1623
(6:33) Foul on Tyler Bilodeau.
(6:33) Tyler Bilodeau turnover.
+3 (6:09) Harun Zrno makes 24-foot three point jumper (Lino Mark assists).
1923
(5:54) Donovan Dent misses driving layup.
(5:52) Darren Buchanan Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(5:42) Lino Mark misses driving layup.
(5:37) Donovan Dent Defensive Rebound.
+2 (5:23) Eric Dailey Jr. makes 19-foot jumper (Donovan Dent assists).
1925
(5:03) Tariq Francis misses 12-foot jumper.
(5:03) Xavier Booker Block.
(4:59) Donovan Dent Defensive Rebound.
(4:45) Xavier Booker misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(4:40) Lino Mark Defensive Rebound.
+3 (4:22) Harun Zrno makes 25-foot three point jumper (Darren Buchanan Jr. assists).
2225
(3:56) Foul on Tariq Francis.
(3:56) Trent Perry misses free throw 1 of 3.
(3:56) UCLA Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (3:56) Trent Perry makes free throw 2 of 3.
2226
+1 (3:56) Trent Perry makes free throw 3 of 3.
2227
(3:28) Lino Mark misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(3:24) Eric Dailey Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(3:18) Eric Dailey Jr. misses 21-foot pullup jump shot.
(3:15) Darren Buchanan Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(2:56) Dylan Grant misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(2:53) Tyler Bilodeau Defensive Rebound.
+3 (2:47) Tyler Bilodeau makes 26-foot three point jumper (Skyy Clark assists).
2230
(2:20) Dylan Grant misses 12-foot turnaround jump shot.
(2:20) Rutgers Offensive Rebound.
(2:05) Jamichael Davis misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(2:02) Tyler Bilodeau Defensive Rebound.
(1:38) Tyler Bilodeau misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(1:33) Brandon Williams Offensive Rebound.
(1:30) Skyy Clark misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(1:27) Darren Buchanan Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(1:19) Darren Buchanan Jr. misses 6-foot floating jump shot.
(1:15) Emmanuel Ogbole Offensive Rebound.
+2 (1:15) Emmanuel Ogbole makes 0-foot tip in layup.
2430
(0:57) Tyler Bilodeau misses 10-foot turnaround jump shot.
(0:50) Emmanuel Ogbole Defensive Rebound.
(0:28) Jamichael Davis bad pass turnover.
(0:28) Brandon Williams Steal.
(0:01) Donovan Dent misses 19-foot pullup jump shot.
(0:00) Lino Mark Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

RUTG

UCLA

59Points72

22-58(37.9%)Field Goal(%)23-60(38.3%)

6-19(31.6%)3-Point(%)7-23(30.4%)

9-10(90.0%)Free Throw(%)19-23(82.6%)

30(7)Rebounds(Offensive)40(12)

14Assists18

5Steals7

4Blocks4

13Turnovers10

17(0)Fouls(Technical)14(0)

4Largest Lead15

Game Details

Thursday, March 12, 2026 · 9:00 PM

Pauley Pavilion · Los Angeles, CA

attendance: 16,861 (122.2%)

tv: BTN

spread: UCLA -10.5

over/under: 141.5