Dylan Andrews and UCLA can’t conjure any last-second magic in season-ending loss
LA TimesUCLA guard Dylan Andrews shoots over Oregon center N’Faly Dante and guard Jackson Shelstad during the first half of the Bruins’ 68-66 loss Thursday in the Pac-12 tournament quarterfinals. “It just hurts me right now that it’s over for us,” Andrews said in the locker room after stifling tear-induced sniffles, “but we’re going to get back to the drawing board and I hope everybody just remembers this feeling.” In a strong encore to his career-high 31 points a day earlier, Andrews scored 24 points and sparked his team’s comeback from a 10-point deficit with four minutes left. “It’s been going on all year too.” Oregon will play top-seeded Arizona in a semifinal Friday evening after Dante scored 22 points and grabbed six rebounds while taking full advantage of Bona’s absence. “It’s hard when you’re asking guys to do stuff they’re not ready to do yet, they’re not trained to do yet,” Cronin said of his team’s shortcomings.