Jaime Jaquez Jr. continued his strong start to the NCAA tournament Saturday night, and UCLA needed every bit of his performance as the Bruins had a nervy performance in their 68-63 win over Northwestern at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.
Jaquez dropped a game-high 24 points to go along with eight rebounds and four assists as the Bruins managed to hold off the surging Wildcats, who were able to crawl their way back into the game from a double-digit first-half deficit.
The Bruins led by as many as 13 in the first 20 minutes and took a 35-25 lead into halftime, but Northwestern's hot start to the second half saw the Wildcats tie things up at 45 with 11 minutes remaining.