UCLA Bruins vs. UConn Huskies

Mar 22, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
UCLA	33	24	57
CONN	38	35	73

Game Recap

Karaban scores 27 points and sends UConn back to the Sweet 16 with 73-57 win over UCLA. An outlier in the modern college basketball game, Alex Karaban flirted with the idea of leaving UConn for the NBA each of the last two seasons.

Player Stats

UCLA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
1Xavier Booker	33	4-7	2-3	3-6	5	1	0	1	0	1	13
2Donovan Dent	37	2-9	1-3	6-6	2	10	1	0	2	1	11
55Skyy Clark	34	5-8	1-3	0-0	3	0	2	0	3	3	11
0Trent Perry	32	2-8	0-2	1-2	3	1	1	0	2	3	5
3Eric Dailey Jr.	27	5-12	1-2	1-3	5	1	0	0	2	3	12
24Steven Jamerson II	7	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2
4Jamar Brown	7	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
5Brandon Williams	10	0-1	0-0	3-4	2	0	0	0	1	1	3
8Eric Freeny	12	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
30Jack Seidler	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0


TOTAL	-	19-4938.8%	5-1338.5%	14-2166.7%	23	14	4	1	11	16	57

UCONN	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
11Alex Karaban	36	9-16	4-8	5-5	5	1	0	1	2	2	27
5Tarris Reed Jr.	29	3-8	0-0	4-5	13	2	1	3	3	2	10
24Braylon Mullins	32	5-9	2-6	5-5	4	1	0	0	5	4	17
1Solo Ball	13	0-5	0-5	0-0	2	1	1	0	1	3	0
0Malachi Smith	32	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	6	1	0	2	2	2
23Jayden Ross	22	3-4	2-3	3-4	3	1	2	1	0	5	11
4Dwayne Koroma	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12Eric Reibe	11	2-3	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	2	1	4
77Uroš Paunovic	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
7Jacob Furphy	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9Alec Millender	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2Silas Demary Jr.	21	0-2	0-2	2-2	3	4	2	0	0	1	2
TOTAL	-	23-4946.9%	8-2433.3%	19-2190.5%	34	16	7	5	15	20	73

Play-by-Play

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1st halfUCLACONN

(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by UConn.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by UCLA.
(19:44) Malachi Smith bad pass turnover.
(19:44) Skyy Clark Steal.
+2 (19:40) Skyy Clark makes layup.
20
(19:22) Solo Ball misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(19:18) Malachi Smith Offensive Rebound.
(19:17) Alex Karaban misses 29-foot three point jumper.
(19:13) Xavier Booker Defensive Rebound.
(18:50) Foul on Solo Ball.
+1 (18:50) Donovan Dent makes free throw 1 of 2.
30
+1 (18:50) Donovan Dent makes free throw 2 of 2.
40
(18:33) Braylon Mullins bad pass turnover.
(18:19) Eric Dailey Jr. bad pass turnover.
(18:19) Solo Ball Steal.
+2 (18:13) Alex Karaban makes 2-foot dunk (Solo Ball assists).
42
+2 (17:57) Xavier Booker makes 3-foot alley oop dunk (Donovan Dent assists).
62
(17:24) Foul on Skyy Clark.
+1 (17:24) Tarris Reed Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2.
64
+1 (17:24) Tarris Reed Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2.
63
(17:12) Donovan Dent misses layup.
(17:12) Tarris Reed Jr. Block.
(17:08) Eric Freeny Offensive Rebound.
(16:57) Eric Dailey Jr. misses 5-foot hook shot.
(16:53) Tarris Reed Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(16:46) Foul on Tarris Reed Jr..
(16:46) Tarris Reed Jr. turnover.
(16:32) Foul on Alex Karaban.
+1 (16:32) Xavier Booker makes free throw 1 of 2.
74
+1 (16:32) Xavier Booker makes free throw 2 of 2.
84
(16:13) Foul on Eric Freeny.
+1 (16:13) Tarris Reed Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2.
85
+1 (16:13) Tarris Reed Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2.
86
+3 (15:47) Donovan Dent makes 26-foot three point jumper (Eric Freeny assists).
116
+3 (15:23) Alex Karaban makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tarris Reed Jr. assists).
119
+3 (15:06) Xavier Booker makes 26-foot three point jumper (Donovan Dent assists).
149
(14:41) Braylon Mullins misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(14:38) Eric Dailey Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(14:26) Donovan Dent misses layup.
(14:23) Jayden Ross Defensive Rebound.
(14:16) Tarris Reed Jr. misses layup.
(14:15) Alex Karaban Offensive Rebound.
+2 (14:15) Alex Karaban makes 0-foot tip in layup.
1411
(14:15) Foul on Eric Freeny.
+1 (14:15) Alex Karaban makes free throw 1 of 1.
1412
(14:11) Foul on Jayden Ross.
(13:50) Eric Dailey Jr. misses 11-foot jumper.
(13:44) Silas Demary Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(13:26) Silas Demary Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(13:24) Trent Perry Defensive Rebound.
(13:19) Donovan Dent turnover.
(12:53) Solo Ball bad pass turnover.
(12:53) Skyy Clark Steal.
(12:53) Foul on Solo Ball.
(12:36) Brandon Williams misses layup.
(12:34) Steven Jamerson II Offensive Rebound.
(12:33) Steven Jamerson II bad pass turnover.
(12:33) Silas Demary Jr. Steal.
(12:20) Alex Karaban traveling turnover.
(12:04) Trent Perry bad pass turnover.
(12:04) Silas Demary Jr. Steal.
(11:47) Eric Reibe bad pass turnover.
(11:24) Eric Dailey Jr. misses layup.
(11:21) Eric Dailey Jr. Offensive Rebound.
+2 (11:20) Eric Dailey Jr. makes 13-foot jumper.
1612
(11:02) Alex Karaban misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(10:59) Jayden Ross Offensive Rebound.
(10:56) Braylon Mullins misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(10:56) UConn Offensive Rebound.
(10:56) Foul on Eric Dailey Jr..
(10:45) Braylon Mullins out of bounds bad pass turnover.
+2 (10:20) Xavier Booker makes 4-foot dunk (Eric Dailey Jr. assists).
1812
+3 (10:03) Alex Karaban makes 24-foot three point jumper (Malachi Smith assists).
1815
(9:36) Eric Dailey Jr. misses layup.
(9:36) Tarris Reed Jr. Block.
(9:32) Skyy Clark Offensive Rebound.
(9:31) Skyy Clark bad pass turnover.
(9:31) Tarris Reed Jr. Steal.
(9:26) Braylon Mullins misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(9:23) Jamar Brown Defensive Rebound.
(9:14) Eric Dailey Jr. misses layup.
(9:14) Tarris Reed Jr. Block.
(9:13) UCLA Offensive Rebound.
+2 (9:08) Skyy Clark makes 19-foot jumper (Donovan Dent assists).
2015
(8:42) Tarris Reed Jr. misses 9-foot hook shot.
(8:39) Tarris Reed Jr. Offensive Rebound.
(8:35) Jayden Ross misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(8:33) Xavier Booker Defensive Rebound.
(8:30) Jamar Brown misses layup.
(8:30) Jayden Ross Block.
(8:26) Solo Ball Defensive Rebound.
(8:23) Alex Karaban misses layup.
(8:20) Tarris Reed Jr. Offensive Rebound.
(8:19) Tarris Reed Jr. misses layup.
(8:19) Xavier Booker Block.
(8:16) Brandon Williams Defensive Rebound.
(7:49) Donovan Dent misses layup.
(7:47) Alex Karaban Defensive Rebound.
+2 (7:38) Malachi Smith makes layup.
2017
(7:13) Skyy Clark bad pass turnover.
(7:13) Malachi Smith Steal.
+3 (6:53) Jayden Ross makes 26-foot three point jumper (Malachi Smith assists).
2020
(6:51) Foul on Jamar Brown.
(6:51) Jayden Ross misses free throw 1 of 1.
(6:51) Skyy Clark Defensive Rebound.
(6:27) Foul on Malachi Smith.
(6:27) Foul on Tarris Reed Jr..
(6:27) Brandon Williams misses free throw 1 of 2.
(6:27) UCLA Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (6:27) Brandon Williams makes free throw 2 of 2.
2120
(6:00) Foul on Trent Perry.
+3 (5:58) Jayden Ross makes 24-foot three point jumper.
2123
(5:36) Foul on Eric Reibe.
+1 (5:36) Brandon Williams makes free throw 1 of 2.
2223
+1 (5:36) Brandon Williams makes free throw 2 of 2.
2323
(5:23) Foul on Donovan Dent.
+1 (5:23) Jayden Ross makes free throw 1 of 3.
2324
+1 (5:23) Jayden Ross makes free throw 2 of 3.
2325
+1 (5:23) Jayden Ross makes free throw 3 of 3.
2326
+3 (5:04) Xavier Booker makes 27-foot three point jumper (Donovan Dent assists).
2626
+2 (4:45) Eric Reibe makes layup (Alex Karaban assists).
2628
(4:26) Donovan Dent misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(4:23) Braylon Mullins Defensive Rebound.
+2 (4:10) Braylon Mullins makes 14-foot jumper (Silas Demary Jr. assists).
2630
+2 (3:53) Donovan Dent makes layup.
2830
+2 (3:38) Eric Reibe makes 4-foot dunk (Malachi Smith assists).
2832
(3:14) Foul on Alex Karaban.
+1 (3:14) Donovan Dent makes free throw 1 of 2.
2932
+1 (3:14) Donovan Dent makes free throw 2 of 2.
3032
+3 (2:49) Braylon Mullins makes 26-foot three point jumper.
3035
+2 (2:14) Trent Perry makes driving layup.
3235
(1:41) Malachi Smith misses layup.
(1:37) Eric Reibe Offensive Rebound.
(1:37) Eric Reibe misses tip in layup.
(1:37) Xavier Booker Defensive Rebound.
(1:22) Foul on Silas Demary Jr..
+1 (1:22) Trent Perry makes free throw 1 of 2.
3335
(1:22) Trent Perry misses free throw 2 of 2.
(1:21) Jayden Ross Defensive Rebound.
+3 (0:54) Braylon Mullins makes 30-foot three point jumper.
3338
(0:31) Eric Dailey Jr. bad pass turnover.
(0:31) Jayden Ross Steal.
(0:03) Eric Reibe traveling turnover.
(0:03) Donovan Dent misses 33-foot three point jumper.
(0:03) Solo Ball Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

UCLA

CONN

57Points73

19-49(38.8%)Field Goal(%)23-49(46.9%)

5-13(38.5%)3-Point(%)8-24(33.3%)

14-21(66.7%)Free Throw(%)19-21(90.5%)

24(8)Rebounds(Offensive)36(11)

14Assists16

4Steals7

1Blocks5

11Turnovers16

17(0)Fouls(Technical)20(0)

6Largest Lead16

Game Details

Sunday, March 22, 2026 · 9:10 PM

Xfinity Mobile Arena · Philadelphia, PA

attendance: 19,279 (94.1%)

tv: TNT

spread: CONN -5.5

over/under: 135.5