Not much is going right for Iowa basketball on Friday night. The Hawkeyes took the long trip out to Los Angeles with hopes of picking up a massive Big Ten road win, and instead everything has fallen apart at the seams.

Lew Alcindor, Bill Walton, and John Wooden haven’t played or coached for UCLA inside Pauley Pavilion since the late 1960s and early 1970s, but the Iowa men’s basketball team allowed the 2024-25 rendition of the Bruins to look just like those famous squads on Friday evening in Los Angeles.

For the second-straight game in L.A., Iowa’s opponent shot over 62 percent and had lots of easy baskets. The Bruins made their first nine shots and cruised to a 33-point halftime lead.

Eric Dailey Jr. scored a career high 23 points and UCLA snapped its four-game January losing streak with a 94-70 win over Iowa.

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The Iowa Hawkeyes (12-5, 3-3 Big Ten) travel to Los Angeles to tussle with the UCLA Bruins (11-6, 2-4) in Friday Big Ten action. Tip time at Pauley Pavilion will be 9 p.m. ET (FS1). Let's analyze

Eric Dailey Jr. scores a career-high 23 points, Tyler Bilodeau adds 18 and the Bruins outscore the Hawkeyes by 33 points before halftime to coast to a 94-70 win.

The Hawkeyes, who lost 99-89 at USC on Tuesday, have been in Los Angeles since Sunday. They have been staying at their downtown hotel, close to USC’s campus, and practiced at USC all week.

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The Iowa Hawkeyes did not know where they would play just over 24 hours before facing a talented but struggling UCLA squad on Friday.

After some previous uncertainty, Iowa basketball's game against UCLA on Friday will be played Pauley Pavilion, the Bruins' home venue.

The Iowa men's basketball team got off to a slow start and dropped its fourth consecutive road game to UCLA on Friday night.