Addy Brown scored 18 points and grabbed eight rebounds, and Sienna Betts added 11 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks as No. 10 UCLA never trailed in a 76-44 win over Arizona on Thursday night.
Timea Gardiner added 16 points for UCLA (3-0), KK Bransford scored 13 and Somto Okafor had 10. Makayla Presser-Palmer and Aliyahna Morris led Arizona (2-1) with eight points apiece. Betts opened the game with back-to-back baskets before Donovyn Hunter hit a 3-pointer that pushed the Bruins ahead 14-4 a little more than four minutes in, and UCLA carried a 13-point lead into halftime.S2
Arizona briefly cut the margin in the second half, with Sumaya Sugapong hitting a 3-pointer and Gerda Raulusaityte following with a layup 48 seconds into the third quarter to make it 37-29, but the Wildcats got no closer. Brown then produced a three-point play and a 3-pointer during a 16-2 run that closed the quarter and gave UCLA a 62-39 lead going into the fourth.S2
Arizona managed only 19 second-half points, five of them in the fourth quarter, its lowest-scoring period of the season. The Wildcats shot 24% from the field (14 of 58), made 3 of 16 from beyond the arc (19%) and converted 13 of 19 free throws (68%).S2
The Bruins have now won four straight against Arizona and lead the all-time series with their former Pac-12 rival 67-25. Arizona next hosts Oregon State on Sunday, while UCLA hosts Princeton on Sunday.S2