LAHAINA, Hawaii — When the game was about to slip away, Patrick McCaw got a grip and shot UNLV back into it.
When the game was on the line late, Bryce Alford and Thomas Welsh put UCLA over the top.
Alford and Welsh scored 20 points apiece as the Bruins made more plays late in a 77-75 victory over UNLV in the marquee game of the Maui Invitational on Monday night at the Lahaina Civic Center.
The Bruins advanced to face Kansas, which crushed Division II Chaminade 123-72. The Rebels play the Silverswords in the loser's bracket at 1:30 p.