They advance to the Sweet 16 by outlasting Northwestern in a brute of a game.
because it survived a crucible Saturday, 40 minutes of grown-man basketball. The Bruins hit Northwestern hard early, weathered a haymaker in the second half, had enough left to finish off the Wildcats and advance to the Sweet 16 … and along the way they also weathered the panic of what could have been another serious injury.
But this one shouldn’t be catastrophic. Singleton was helped off the floor and down the tunnel, but reappeared on the bench by game’s end and was walking steadily after the game. UCLA spokesman Alex Timiraos confirmed that Singleton had a slightly sprained right ankle, which likely would not prevent him from playing when the Bruins play again Thursday night in Las Vegas against either TCU or Gonzaga.
It’s toughness. It’s the characteristic that Cronin brought with him from Cincinnati four years ago, and it is what has helped push these Bruins to 31 victories – and, as it turns out, the highest remaining seed in the West Region after Kansas was stunned by Arkansas Saturday. “They’re a grizzled, tough team,” Cronin said. “They hit some tough shots. Buie hit a step-back three, Audige hit some tough ones. Their hustle on the offensive glass really bothered us. And it didn’t surprise me that they came back at us.”“That was just a hard-playing game, man,” Northwestern coach Chris Collins said. “We knew they were going to do that. I think the greatest compliment for these guys is I think they know we were going to do that as well.
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