UCF Knights vs UCLA Bruins, NCAA Men's Basketball Championship East Region 1st Round

College Basketball

21-12

71-75

Final

24-11

Xfinity Mobile Arena

TV: TBS

Team	1H	2H	T
UCF	27	44	71
UCLA	35	40	75

Who won: UCLA 75-71

The UCLA Bruins beat the UCF Knights 75-71 in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship East Region 1st Round on Friday, March 20, 2026 at Xfinity Mobile Arena. The UCLA outscored the UCF 35-27 in the 1st half. Eric Dailey Jr. led the UCLA in points (20). Jordan Burks led the UCF in points (22).

Leaders

UCFUCLA

Points

Jordan Burks

22

Eric Dailey Jr.

20

Assists

Themus Fulks

8

Donovan Dent

5

Rebounds

Jamichael Stillwell

13

Xavier Booker

8

Scoring

2nd Half

17:29

LayUpShot

Themus Fulks makes driving layup

32-42

16:37

JumpShot

Trent Perry makes 13-foot pullup jump shot

32-44

16:20

DunkShot

Xavier Booker makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Donovan Dent assists)

32-46

16:00

LayUpShot

Jamichael Stillwell makes driving layup

34-46

15:35

JumpShot

Jordan Burks makes 24-foot three point jumper (Themus Fulks assists)

37-46

15:11

JumpShot

Jordan Burks makes 25-foot three point jumper (Devan Cambridge assists)

40-46

14:00

JumpShot

Devan Cambridge makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jordan Burks assists)

43-46

13:01

LayUpShot

Trent Perry makes driving layup

43-48

12:31

LayUpShot

Trent Perry makes driving layup (Donovan Dent assists)

43-50

11:39

MadeFreeThrow

Trent Perry makes free throw 2 of 2

43-51

10:50

JumpShot

Xavier Booker makes 26-foot three point jumper (Skyy Clark assists)

43-54

10:38

MadeFreeThrow

Jamichael Stillwell makes free throw 1 of 2

44-54

8:29

JumpShot

Donovan Dent makes 7-foot floating jump shot

44-56

8:18

JumpShot

Donovan Dent makes 9-foot floating jump shot

44-58

7:15

JumpShot

George Beale Jr. makes 15-foot step back jumpshot

46-58

7:00

MadeFreeThrow

Eric Dailey Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2

46-59

7:00

MadeFreeThrow

Eric Dailey Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2

46-60

6:48

JumpShot

Riley Kugel makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot

49-60

5:28

TipShot

Riley Kugel makes 0-foot tip in layup

51-60

4:15

JumpShot

Eric Dailey Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Skyy Clark assists)

51-63

3:43

LayUpShot

Riley Kugel makes driving layup

53-63

3:03

JumpShot

Jordan Burks makes 24-foot three point jumper (George Beale Jr. assists)

56-63

2:01

LayUpShot

Xavier Booker makes layup (Jamar Brown assists)

56-65

2:01

MadeFreeThrow

Xavier Booker makes free throw 1 of 1

56-66

1:49

TipShot

Jamichael Stillwell makes 0-foot tip in layup

58-66

1:06

LayUpShot

Jamichael Stillwell makes layup (Jordan Burks assists)

60-66

0:57

MadeFreeThrow

Donovan Dent makes free throw 1 of 2

60-67

0:57

MadeFreeThrow

Donovan Dent makes free throw 2 of 2

60-68

0:52

LayUpShot

Jordan Burks makes driving layup

62-68

0:50

MadeFreeThrow

Trent Perry makes free throw 1 of 2

62-69

0:50

MadeFreeThrow

Trent Perry makes free throw 2 of 2

62-70

0:35

MadeFreeThrow

Trent Perry makes free throw 1 of 2

62-71

0:29

JumpShot

Jordan Burks makes 28-foot three point jumper (Riley Kugel assists)

65-71

0:26

MadeFreeThrow

Trent Perry makes free throw 1 of 2

65-72

0:19

MadeFreeThrow

Jamichael Stillwell makes free throw 1 of 2

66-72

0:10

JumpShot

Jordan Burks makes 24-foot three point jumper (Themus Fulks assists)

69-72

0:08

MadeFreeThrow

Trent Perry makes free throw 1 of 2

69-73

0:08

MadeFreeThrow

Trent Perry makes free throw 2 of 2

69-74

0:06

LayUpShot

Themus Fulks makes driving layup

71-74

0:02

MadeFreeThrow

Skyy Clark makes free throw 2 of 2

71-75

Scores shown as UCF-UCLA.

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