LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The Presbyterian Blue Hose (3-5) lost to the 19th-ranked UCLA Bruins (5-1), 86-46, on the road on Friday evening.
 
Jonah Pierce led the Blue Hose with 13 points. Triston Wilson scored nine points and dished out four assists.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST HALF – UCLA scored the game's first seven points. Pierce got the Blue Hose on the board with a layup at the 17:30 mark. After Iverson King converted on a jump shot with 12:18 on the clock, the Blue Hose cut UCLA's lead to 17-7. However, that would be as close the Blue Hose would get to the Bruins in the half, as UCLA led PC, 41-22, at the half.
 
SECOND HALF – Pierce scored the first two points of the half, cutting UCLA's lead to 17, 41-24. UCLA scored, and then a fast break dunk from Wilson got the Blue Hose back to within 17. Presbyterian was not able to get any closer to UCLA the rest of the game.
 
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE

• Pierce's 13 points marked his seventh double-digit scoring game of the season and the 21^st of his career.

 
NEXT GAME
After five straight road games, Presbyterian will be back in Templeton to play the CIU Rams this Wednesday, November 26, at 1 p.m.