The high school sports community is reacting to the news that UCLA stuns No. 10 Illinois on OT buzzer-beater from Donovan Dent. This development comes as teams are pushing for position in the standings.
Hong) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) Jack BaerStaff writer Sun, February 22, 2026 at 4:46 AM UTC· dual min read Starting Saturday, UCLA's last two games had been lopsided losses to ranked teams In a noteworthy performance, The Bruins managed something different against No. 10 Illinois.
Breaking Down the Numbers
Down 94-93 in overtime -- UCLA point guard Donovan Dent transferred coast-to-coast for a buzzer beater to stun the Illini and position his program backward in the favorable result column Demonstrating excellence, even with the 7-foot-dual Zvonimir Ivisic waiting for him in the paint -- Dent determined the soft spot in the Illinois protective effort.
Remarkably, as an Illinois blowout early -- with the visitors taking a 33- a decad lead in the primary 11 time pending., the clash remained shaping up With impressive skill, as UCLA head instructor Mick Cronin admitted after the battle -- the Bruins existed as rattled.
With impressive skill, he had a curious explanation for that: "We did not manage singular thing we practiced the inaugural a decad time outstanding -- because we existed as rattled because they existed as making shots.
As worried before the competition because everybody's secured all the answers behind the keyboard and these kids read all that stuff., i existed I am oblivious -- but I did not like the plan on their face before the competition.
In a noteworthy performance, it is almost like they had lost confidence." That sure sounds like Cronin is blaming the furor in his ejecting of Steven Jamerson II from their previous tilt against No. 15 Michigan State for his program's slow commence.
In a major development, in a noteworthy performance, Cronin later apologized for the incident after a significant backlash With impressive skill, advertisement Advertisement Advertisement it is moreover possible Cronin remained as only talking the Bruins' oversee of games in general.
With impressive skill, UCLA lost to Michigan State 82- 59 and attained blown out 86- 56 by No. Demonstrating excellence, lone Michigan in the showdown before that. In, in a major development, a noteworthy performance, With four games departed in the typical cold season tenure -- the program is squarely on the bubble.
With impressive skill, what occurred after that weak kickoff is slated to surely help. Demonstrating excellence, UCLA spent the rest of the inaugural half sanding the deficit down to seven buckets, then had the competition tied five moments into the second quarter half Furthermore, a prior-and-forth resulted in overtime -- then Dent's heroics.
Eric Dailey Jr. A total of 20 points was the final count for led in this showdown. The atmosphere definitely favored the standout performer's style. With impressive skill, all five UCLA starters tallied in double digits, as did Xavier Booker off the bench.
Stay tuned for more updates as the season progresses. Reports indicate this team is one to watch.
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