UCF Knights vs. UCLA Bruins

Mar 20, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
UCF	27	44	71
UCLA	35	40	75

Game Recap

UCLA overcomes broken tooth and stubborn UCF 75-71 to advance in the NCAA Tournament. Mick Cronin raised a plastic cup to another NCAA Tournament victory for UCLA with an energy drink he brought with him to the podium.

Player Stats

UCF	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
4Jamichael Stillwell	28	3-8	0-1	4-9	13	0	0	0	3	1	10
99Jordan Burks	32	8-15	6-11	0-0	6	2	0	1	1	3	22
7John Bol	20	1-3	0-0	0-5	6	0	0	1	1	2	2
2Riley Kugel	28	5-15	2-7	1-2	5	2	1	0	2	3	13
1Themus Fulks	34	5-13	0-2	0-0	3	8	1	0	6	4	10
35Devan Cambridge	15	2-5	2-3	0-0	5	1	1	0	1	1	6
9Elijah Hulsewe	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
11Carmelo Pacheco	17	1-4	1-3	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	1	3
22Chris Johnson	14	0-3	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
3George Beale Jr.	10	2-6	1-4	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	0	5
TOTAL	-	27-7237.5%	12-3237.5%	5-1631.3%	43	15	3	2	16	17	71

UCLA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
1Xavier Booker	26	6-12	2-4	1-1	8	0	0	4	0	1	15
2Donovan Dent	40	4-17	0-3	2-2	5	5	6	1	0	0	10
55Skyy Clark	20	3-5	1-3	1-3	1	2	2	0	3	3	8
0Trent Perry	37	4-12	0-4	7-10	5	0	0	1	1	0	15
3Eric Dailey Jr.	32	8-17	2-6	2-2	5	2	2	2	0	4	20
24Steven Jamerson II	12	1-1	0-0	0-0	4	0	2	0	0	4	2
4Jamar Brown	8	1-1	1-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3
5Brandon Williams	10	0-1	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	1	0	3	0
8Eric Freeny	15	0-2	0-0	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0

TOTAL	-	27-6839.7%	6-2128.6%	13-1872.2%	35	11	13	9	4	15	73

Play-by-Play

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1st halfUCFUCLA

(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by UCLA.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by UCF.
(19:39) Eric Dailey Jr. misses 18-foot jumper.
(19:36) Jamichael Stillwell Defensive Rebound.
(19:21) Riley Kugel bad pass turnover.
(19:21) Donovan Dent Steal.
(19:17) Donovan Dent misses driving layup.
(19:14) Jamichael Stillwell Defensive Rebound.
+2 (19:08) Themus Fulks makes driving layup (Riley Kugel assists).
20
(18:56) Trent Perry misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(18:53) UCLA Offensive Rebound.
(18:41) Skyy Clark misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(18:37) Jordan Burks Defensive Rebound.
(18:28) Themus Fulks misses 7-foot jumper.
(18:28) Xavier Booker Block.
(18:28) UCF Offensive Rebound.
+2 (18:20) Themus Fulks makes 15-foot pullup jump shot.
40
(17:55) Eric Dailey Jr. misses 16-foot jumper.
(17:51) John Bol Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:32) Riley Kugel makes 14-foot pullup jump shot.
60
(17:10) Eric Dailey Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(17:07) John Bol Defensive Rebound.
(16:55) Themus Fulks bad pass turnover.
(16:55) Donovan Dent Steal.
(16:51) Trent Perry misses driving layup.
(16:45) Eric Dailey Jr. Offensive Rebound.
+2 (16:45) Eric Dailey Jr. makes 0-foot tip in dunk.
62
(16:40) Themus Fulks misses 18-foot turnaround jump shot.
(16:36) Eric Dailey Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:33) Eric Dailey Jr. makes driving layup.
64
+2 (16:15) Jordan Burks makes 0-foot alley oop dunk (Themus Fulks assists).
84
+2 (15:55) Eric Dailey Jr. makes 13-foot pullup jump shot.
86
(15:37) Jordan Burks misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(15:33) John Bol Offensive Rebound.
(15:32) John Bol bad pass turnover.
(15:32) Skyy Clark Steal.
+2 (15:28) Skyy Clark makes driving layup.
88
+2 (15:16) John Bol makes layup (Themus Fulks assists).
108
+2 (14:49) Eric Dailey Jr. makes 17-foot step back jumpshot.
1010
(14:28) Riley Kugel misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(14:25) Donovan Dent Defensive Rebound.
+3 (14:20) Skyy Clark makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot.
1013
(13:59) Riley Kugel misses 20-foot pullup jump shot.
(13:54) Jamichael Stillwell Offensive Rebound.
(13:54) Jamichael Stillwell misses tip in layup.
(13:53) Jamichael Stillwell Offensive Rebound.
+2 (13:52) Themus Fulks makes 12-foot pullup jump shot.
1213
(13:18) team shot clock turnover .
(13:02) Jordan Burks misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(12:59) Xavier Booker Defensive Rebound.
+3 (12:48) Xavier Booker makes 26-foot three point jumper (Donovan Dent assists).
1216
(12:39) Elijah Hulsewe traveling turnover.
+2 (12:28) Skyy Clark makes 9-foot pullup jump shot.
1218
(12:05) Devan Cambridge misses driving layup.
(12:02) Themus Fulks Offensive Rebound.
(11:59) Foul on Steven Jamerson II.
(11:50) Jamichael Stillwell bad pass turnover.
(11:50) Steven Jamerson II Steal.
(11:18) Trent Perry misses 11-foot turnaround jump shot.
(11:15) Jamichael Stillwell Defensive Rebound.
(11:08) Jamichael Stillwell misses 13-foot jumper.
(11:03) Steven Jamerson II Defensive Rebound.
(10:45) Trent Perry misses 15-foot pullup jump shot.
(10:42) UCF Defensive Rebound.
(10:29) Themus Fulks bad pass turnover.
(10:29) Donovan Dent Steal.
(10:24) Eric Freeny misses 14-foot jumper.
(10:20) John Bol Defensive Rebound.
(10:15) Themus Fulks bad pass turnover.
(10:15) Eric Dailey Jr. Steal.
(10:15) Foul on Themus Fulks.
+2 (10:07) Donovan Dent makes driving layup.
1220
(9:44) Jamichael Stillwell bad pass turnover.
(9:44) Donovan Dent Steal.
+2 (9:21) Trent Perry makes 12-foot pullup jump shot.
1222
(9:05) Chris Johnson misses driving layup.
(9:05) Eric Dailey Jr. Block.
(9:03) UCF Offensive Rebound.
(9:02) Riley Kugel bad pass turnover.
(9:02) Steven Jamerson II Steal.
+2 (8:50) Eric Dailey Jr. makes 19-foot pullup jump shot.
1224
(8:40) Foul on Skyy Clark.
+1 (8:40) Riley Kugel makes free throw 1 of 2.
1324
(8:40) Riley Kugel misses free throw 2 of 2.
(8:40) Xavier Booker Defensive Rebound.
(8:27) Xavier Booker misses 14-foot jumper.
(8:25) UCLA Offensive Rebound.
(8:23) Foul on Carmelo Pacheco.
+2 (8:08) Donovan Dent makes driving layup.
1326
+3 (7:49) Jordan Burks makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot (Chris Johnson assists).
1626
(7:24) Donovan Dent misses 18-foot pullup jump shot.
(7:21) Chris Johnson Defensive Rebound.
(7:19) Carmelo Pacheco misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(7:19) Foul on John Bol.
(7:18) UCLA Defensive Rebound.
+3 (7:13) Jamar Brown makes 23-foot three point jumper.
1629
(6:50) Jordan Burks misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(6:46) Jamichael Stillwell Offensive Rebound.
(6:46) Foul on Skyy Clark.
+1 (6:46) Jamichael Stillwell makes free throw 1 of 2.
1729
+1 (6:46) Jamichael Stillwell makes free throw 2 of 2.
1829
(6:13) team shot clock turnover .
(5:52) Jordan Burks bad pass turnover.
(5:52) Donovan Dent Steal.
+2 (5:48) Eric Dailey Jr. makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Donovan Dent assists).
1831
(5:35) Jordan Burks misses layup.
(5:35) Xavier Booker Block.
(5:30) Trent Perry Defensive Rebound.
(5:25) Donovan Dent misses driving layup.
(5:21) Xavier Booker Offensive Rebound.
(5:21) Xavier Booker misses tip in layup.
(5:21) Jordan Burks Defensive Rebound.
(5:13) Themus Fulks misses 12-foot turnaround jump shot.
(5:10) Eric Dailey Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(4:57) Donovan Dent misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(4:55) UCF Defensive Rebound.
+3 (4:28) George Beale Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Themus Fulks assists).
2131
(3:55) Donovan Dent misses 9-foot pullup jump shot.
(3:51) Steven Jamerson II Offensive Rebound.
+2 (3:50) Steven Jamerson II makes 12-foot turnaround jump shot.
2133
(3:33) Chris Johnson misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(3:31) UCF Offensive Rebound.
(3:31) Foul on Steven Jamerson II.
(3:10) Themus Fulks misses 38-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(3:10) UCF Deadball Team Rebound.
(3:10) team shot clock turnover .
(2:46) Xavier Booker misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(2:43) Devan Cambridge Defensive Rebound.
(2:35) George Beale Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(2:31) Xavier Booker Defensive Rebound.
(2:15) Brandon Williams misses 7-foot jumper.
(2:15) John Bol Block.
(2:14) UCLA Offensive Rebound.
(2:01) Donovan Dent misses 29-foot three point step back jumpshot.
(1:54) Xavier Booker Offensive Rebound.
(1:54) Xavier Booker misses tip in layup.
(1:35) Xavier Booker Offensive Rebound.
(1:35) Xavier Booker misses tip in layup.
(1:28) UCLA Offensive Rebound.
+2 (1:28) team makes 82-foot shot.
2135
+3 (1:21) Devan Cambridge makes 27-foot three point jumper (Themus Fulks assists).
2435
(1:09) Eric Dailey Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(1:09) UCLA Deadball Team Rebound.
(1:09) team shot clock turnover .
+3 (0:59) Carmelo Pacheco makes 24-foot three point jumper (Themus Fulks assists).
2735
(0:33) Donovan Dent misses 5-foot floating jump shot.
(0:29) Themus Fulks Defensive Rebound.
(0:02) Carmelo Pacheco misses 18-foot jumper.
(0:00) Donovan Dent Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

UCF

UCLA

71Points75

27-72(37.5%)Field Goal(%)27-68(39.7%)

12-32(37.5%)3-Point(%)6-21(28.6%)

5-16(31.3%)Free Throw(%)13-18(72.2%)

53(25)Rebounds(Offensive)41(15)

15Assists11

3Steals13

2Blocks9

17Turnovers8

17(0)Fouls(Technical)15(0)

6Largest Lead14

Game Details

Friday, March 20, 2026 · 7:31 PM

Xfinity Mobile Arena · Philadelphia, PA

attendance: 19,636 (95.9%)

tv: TBS

spread: UCLA -5.5

over/under: 151.5