Wildcats fall to UCLA, 87-63.

By BETH HARRIS
AP Sports Writer

LOS ANGELES (AP) (March 15, 1999) — Marie Philman scored10 of her 16 points in a 29-10 second-half run tohelp UCLA defeat Kentucky 87-63 Mondaynight in the second round of the NCAA West Regional.

The third-seeded Bruins (25-7) advanced to a regional semifinal against No.2 seed Colorado State at the Los Angeles Sports Arena on Saturday.

LaTonya McDole led Kentucky (20-10) with 16 points. Laura Meadowsadded 15.

Maylana Martin, the Pac-10 Conference player of the year, led the Bruinswith 21 points, including hitting all 15 of her free-throw attempts. UCLA was32 of 34 from the foul line.

The Bruins trailed by 10 early in the game, then outscored Kentucky 32-12to end the half ahead by 10. The Wildcats managed just four field goals inthe final 12:51 of the half.

Kentucky came out quickly in the second half, scoring six straight points topull within four. But the Bruins responded with another big run, outscoringthe Wildcats 29-10 to put the game out of reach.

With 6-foot-4 center Janae Hubbard and guard Erica Gomez in foul trouble,Martin steadied the Bruins with six straight points to put them back up by 10.Philman fought her way inside against Kentucky’s defense for three basketsdespite picking up her third foul in the process.

Hubbard scored off a miss and Philman stole the ball and fed Hubbardinside. Philman’s three-point play ended the spurt with UCLA ahead 63-40.Hubbard finished with 13 points.

Kentucky center Dana Owens fouled out with 9:27 remaining, leaving theWildcats without the height to hold off Hubbard, and they never got closerthan 21 the rest of the game.