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Up 16, UCLA holds off Arizona St. 72-70

December 31, 2009

LOS ANGELES (AP)—Nikola Dragovic tied career highs with six 3-pointers and 23points and UCLA held on after blowing nearly all of a 16-point lead to beatArizona State 72-70 Thursday in the teams’ Pac-10 opener.

The Bruins (6-7) hit a season-high 11 3-pointers in winning for the fourthtime in five games after a five-game losing streak had left them with the worstnon-conference record among league teams.

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Rihards Kuksiks scored 15 points for the Sun Devils (10-4). Ty Abbott andDerek Glasser added 12 points each. Glasser scored seven points in the final1:03.

Malcolm Lee added 16 points, Michael Roll 12, and Reeves Nelson and JerimeAnderson 10 each for the Bruins.

UCLA built its largest lead of 16 points early in the second half beforegetting outscored 28-13. Abbott had eight points and Demetrius Walker seven inthe spurt that left the Sun Devils trailing 60-59.

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