Three days after handing USC a loss as a welcome gift to the Big Ten, Michigan did the same with UCLA.

Behind career nights from Vlad Goldin and Tre Donaldson, the No. 24 Wolverines completed a Los Angeles sweep and remained atop the league standings with a 94-75 win over the No. 22 Bruins on Tuesday at Pauley Pavilion.

Goldin poured in a career-high 36 points, with 21 coming in the first half. Donaldson scored a career-best 20 points, with 14 coming in the second half. The two helped Michigan (12-3, 4-0 Big Ten) bounce back from blowing an 18-point lead, push past foul trouble and overcome the absence of Roddy Gayle Jr. against one of the stingiest defenses in the nation.

Up 18 with three minutes left in the first half, Michigan’s lead was cut to 10 by halftime. It continued to dwindle and Michigan eventually found itself trailing as UCLA put together a 28-6 run over both halves.

A layup by Goldin was blocked and led to a transition dunk the other way. A turnover by Danny Wolf on a pass too high for Goldin preceded a 3-pointer by Kobe Johnson. An offensive foul by Wolf was followed by another UCLA bucket.

Things continued to go sideways for the Wolverines. Wolf picked up three fouls in the first five minutes of the second half. Eric Dailey Jr. scored on an offensive putback to give UCLA its first lead of the game. Goldin’s ensuing out-of-bounds pass was intercepted and led to a three-point play by Dailey. An 11-0 burst put UCLA up, 55-51, with 14:12 to go.

Donaldson snapped UCLA’s run and calmed things down with a 3-pointer. He canned another deep ball to put Michigan back in front, 60-59, as fouls mounted for both teams.

Wolf was whistled for his fourth foul on a charge at the 10:47 mark. With Wolf on the bench, Goldin scored five straight to surpass his previous career high of 26 points and kick-start a 10-1 spurt that gave the Wolverines a 70-62 lead.

Goldin picked up his fourth foul and joined Wolf on the bench. Donaldson picked up the slack and splashed back-to-back 3-pointers to make it 76-64 with 7:23 remaining.

The Wolverines kept the Bruins at bay and never let the lead dip below nine the rest of the way. Goldin put the finishing touches on his monster night by scoring eight points during a game-sealing 13-4 run to close it out.

Sebastian Mack and Tyler Bilodeau scored 17 for UCLA (11-4, 2-2), which shot 2-for-20 from 3-point range, scored 20 points off 16 Michigan turnovers and missed 11 free throws.

Nimari Burnett scored 15 and Wolf 12 for Michigan, which shot 61.5% from the field (32-for-52) and 53.6% from 3-point range (15-for-28). Rubin Jones made his first start of the season in place of Gayle, who was listed as questionable on the pregame availability report and didn’t play due to knee soreness.

The top-25 matchup pitted the Big Ten’s stingiest defense against the conference’s top-shooting team. The Bruins rank sixth nationally in scoring defense (59.2 points) and fifth in turnovers forced (17.8).

Yet just like they did against USC, the Wolverines got off to a strong start against UCLA. They made their first five shots and opened 17-for-22 from the field.

Goldin keyed the early surge and threw down back-to-back dunks during a 9-0 burst, as Michigan jumped out to a double-digit lead five minutes into the first half. Goldin buried his fourth 3-pointer of the season – and reached double digits in scoring – to make it 18-6 at the 13:18 mark.

UCLA had no answer for Goldin, who ripped off a personal 7-0 run. He showed off his touch with a left-handed finish off the glass. He threw down a jam off a feed from Wolf. He threw down another jam off a pick-and-roll play with Wolf through contact and converted the three-point play to put Michigan up, 28-13, with 8:28 left in the half.

Michigan continued to put on an offensive clinic, with Wolf dishing out assists and Goldin feasting inside. Goldin surpassed the 20-point mark with a bucket at the rim. Wolf found Jones for a 3-pointer in transition. A string of eight unanswered points widened the margin to 37-19 at the 5:30 mark.

The Wolverines stumbled and UCLA cut the deficit nearly in half. A combination of Donaldson and Jones being in foul trouble, live-ball turnovers – four giveaways in the final five minutes – and a 10-2 run by UCLA trimmed Michigan’s lead to 47-37 at the break.

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