UCLA Basketball: Bruins Guard Looks Back On Season Filled With Challenges

He had an even-tempered approach.

UCLA Bruins guard Dylan Andrews has enjoyed a stellar run throughout the 2023-24 season, although his 15-16 team has underwhelmed.

Following UCLA’s final game of the regular season, a 59-47 win over thr Arizona State Sun Devils, Andrews spoke with gathered media about what’s been a fairly bumpy and disappointing season for his team overall, but an encouraging individual year, per UCLA Communications.

“I mean, yeah, you’re going to have times throughout the game where the shot’s not falling, or the ball’s rolling out of the rim, or you just can’t make a bucket,” Andrews said. “But you can’t let that affect how you’re going to play throughout the whole entire game. You have to worry about other things, you have to figure out how you’re going to affect the game other than scoring. It's basically like today; in the first half, I didn’t shoot the ball too well, but I knew for a fact that I couldn’t let that bring down my confidence. I knew I had to get stops on defense, and I know my team always trusts me. Laz and Bona always trust me, and they let me shoot my shot. I felt good when I shot the three, and them coming up to congratulate me, talk me up, hype me up.”

(Dylan Andrews)