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Tyler Bilodeau getting in some pregame work is encouraging in his return to a knee injury.

Brandon Williams in a big spot

I do think we could get a pretty big night from Donovan Dent with Tyler Bilodeau out. But we know what happened last time I predicted a big game for Dent.

Mick Cronin has said shooting comes and goes like your high school girlfriend. Right now Chris Bell is epitomizing that analogy — solidly back in Cronin’s life for the worst.

Free-throw percentage and 3-point percentage usually correlates. That seems to be the case for Donovan Dent in a negative light as he’s unreliable from both ranges.

UCLA’s defensive rebounding has been its best category tonight

It seems like the gameplan for many of #UCLA’s opponents is to make Donovan Dent see bodies when he drives the lane. He’s done a great job of passing off drives, but if he wants to score against that coverage he has to trust his outside shot or mid range.

Trent Perry with an impressive drive and finish through the contact. Where would #UCLA be without him tonight?

Trent Perry leads #UCLA in scoring at the half. Take this break to read about the story behind his sophomore leap: dailynews.com/2025/11/10/tre…

Debt did seem to grab his left ankle on a drive late in the first half

This is the time in the game where Donovan Dent can take it over with his ability to draw fouls

UCLA's getting nothing from its biggest transfer acquisition, it can't hit a free throw and is now playing desperately on offense, while Cal is playing with poise.

UCLA finally benefits from the FT line. Cal misses a pair and Jamar Brown hits a 3 to cut the margin to 71-67.

Donovan Dent's left leg just gave out and he's down. UCLA's been hit with bad injury luck early on in this season.

Free throws are the difference. Games can come down to Xs and Os. This one has come down to makes and misses at the line.

Feel free to blame me for jinxing Donovan Dent. But #UCLA's problems go far beyond his poor performance. “I think our team struggles to take a punch," Mick Cronin said. "We’ve got a glass jaw.” My analysis of the Bruins 80-72 loss against Cal: open.substack.com/pub/aaronheise…

A top ranked team to open the season, the UCLA Bruins drop to 0-2 against Power Five schools with a loss against the California Golden Bears. However, SQ expected a much different offensive showing from UCLA, with a 0.20 difference in PPS and SQ PPS. A nightmarish outing from

Donovan Dent hurt his left calf toward the end of the first half last night. It bothered him throughout the game, and he aggravated it again late in #UCLA's loss to Cal. The injury is not considered major, a source tells me.

Donovan Dent now has a full week to heal up, as does Tyler Bilodeau (left knee), before #UCLA's next game. That looming matchup, though, is the Bruins' Big Ten opener against Washington. So, while they have convenient time off, a very meaningful game awaits.