As I wrote in the postgame, the player of the game was Cody Riley for his play in the UCLA Bruins’ 86-83 overtime win over the Washington State Cougars. UCLA Coach Mick Cronin described it like this:
Yeah, that’s the definition of beast mode. That was beast made. He just did a great job of… we worked hard with him, you know, I think he was a guy that his whole life, he scored because of his size and now he has to score with technique and fakes and balance.