UCLA Basketball: Bruins Beat Colorado, Extend Winning Streak

Your UCLA Bruins seem determined to make the NCAA Tournament and are inching closer with every win.

UCLA beat Colorado 64-60 on Thursday night to extend its season-best winning streak to six games. With the victory, the Bruins improve to a 14-11 record on the year, having now won seven of their last eight games.

Lazar Stefanovic scored his only six points of the game when the Bruins needed them most. All of them came in the last three-and-a-half minutes and the final one was a free throw with two seconds left.

From the tip, UCLA's defense forced Colorado to make mistakes resulting in turnovers. The Buffaloes turned the ball over nine times in the first half and the Bruins scored 15 points off them and led 38-29 at halftime.

By the end of the game, the Buffs turned the ball over 14 times and the Bruins turned them into 19 points.

The Buffs made things interesting in the second half when they came back from 14 down but the Bruins prevailed.

Adem Bona, Sebastian Mack, and Dylan Andrews all reached double digits. Mack led all scorers with 19 while Bona had 14 and Andrews had 13.