UCLA football stumbles against Pac-12 South rival Arizona State

PASADENA —  Quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson and No. 20 UCLA started accelerated but fell level astatine the extremity of a 42-23 Pac-12 South nonaccomplishment to Arizona State.

Thompson-Robinson recovered each of his favourite targets aboriginal successful the passing crippled to complement the moving backmost duo of Zach Charbonnet and Brittain Brown. UCLA held the pb 4 times successful the archetypal half, but was unopen retired successful the 2nd half.

The Bruins and the Sun Devils held each different to 3 points successful the archetypal 4th of play earlier each squad produced their high-scoring 4th of the game. The Bruins scored 20 points portion the Sun Devils scored 21 points and took the 24-23 pb into the locker country astatine halftime.

The Bruins were fixed the accidental to chopped into ASU’s pb earlier the archetypal fractional concluded arsenic Kain Medrano recovered a muffed punt instrumentality by the Sun Devils.

After Medrano made the recovery, the Bruins instantly took vantage of the tract presumption and kicker Nicholas Barr-Mira kicked a palmy 26-yard tract extremity effort arsenic clip expired.

The Bruins were besides plagued by recurring struggles that proved costly.

Center Sam Marrazzo did not suit up for the game, aft being injured successful the Stanford game, starring to Duke Clemens starting astatine center. The Bruins are inactive dealing with mishandled snaps and had 1 successful the archetypal quarter, erstwhile a shot went implicit the caput of Thompson-Robinson. The escaped shot was recovered by ASU and converted into 3 points connected the pursuing thrust with a tract goal.

UCLA manager Chip Kelly besides expressed the request for the Bruins’ defence to bounds explosive plays this past week. Unfortunately for UCLA, that remains a enactment successful progress.

The Sun Devils took their archetypal pb of the game, 24-20 with 2:44 near successful the 2nd quarter, aft Ricky Pearsall caught a 54-yard touchdown walk from Jayden Daniels. The duo had conscionable connected for a 65-yard touchdown connected the erstwhile drive.