TODAY'S GAME
UCLA VS. COLORADO
When: 6 p.m.
Where: Pauley Pavilion
TV: ESPN
Records: UCLA is 13-11overall, 8-5Pac-12; Colorado is 16-8, 7-6
UCLA's latest result: The Bruins are coming off a 61-60 win at Cal on Saturday. Bona scored a team-high 13 points. Junior forward Lazar Stefanovic had a doubledouble with 12 points and a career-high 13 rebounds. Andrews also scored 12 points. Colorado's latest result: The Buffaloes are coming off a 99-79home loss to Arizona on Saturday. Colorado was led by junior guard KJ Simpson and senior forward Tristan da Silva, who each scored 20points. Matchup to watch: Andrews against Simpson, who leads the Buffaloes with 19.4points, 5.4rebounds, 4.6assists and 1.8steals per game. Simpson, a 6-foot-2 guard, is shooting extremely well this season at 49.4% from the field, 42.9% from three-point range and 89.6% from the free-throw line. During the Bruins' current winning streak, Andrews has been tasked with being a shutdown perimeter defender, while averaging 16.8points per game, well above his steadily rising season average of 11.2points per game.
UCLA trends to watch: The Bruins are not currently in ESPN's projected 68-team bracket but they are tied for third place in the Pac-12, with five of their seven remaining regular-season games at Pauley Pavilion. UCLA is 7-4at home this season. The Bruins have made three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances under fifth-year coach Mick Cronin, whose team was in consideration to make the 2020tourney before it was canceled due to the COVID-19pandemic.