What looked like what would be an easy game for eighth-ranked Arizona against UCLA on Saturday night ended up being far from that.

The No. 8-ranked Bruins used a big 15-0 run in the first half to gain control before an 8-0 run to open the second half ultimately proved to be too much for the Wildcats to overcome in a 82-73 loss to end the regular season.

Both teams went into the night with their seeds locked in for next week's Pac-12 Tournament, so there was not anything significant on the line outside of pride in a rivalry matchup.

The two squads are likely to meet up again in Las Vegas next Saturday night, but there is still the matter of seeding in the NCAA Tournament at stake. UCLA's ability to keep the Arizona offense in check won the evening at Pauly Pavilion making it difficult on the Wildcats to get into any kind of offensive rhythm after a hot start.

"It was a great environment, and UCLA on senior night," Lloyd said. "You have two top-10 teams battling, and they came out on top. You tip your hat to them. They were kinda the more consistent and more physical team for 40 minutes. We battled in stretches but not quite enough.

"We're ready to put this one behind us and get on to postseason basketball."

The Wildcats jumped out to an early 11-point lead on the back of big man Azuolas Tubelis, who scored 10 of the team's first 15 points. The Bruins looked ice cold on offense at that point but eventually found some offense midway through the half.

UA settled into a bit of a rut with just over 10 minutes to play allowing the Bruins to find their stride on the offensive end of the floor. David Singleton bookended the run with a pair of 3-pointers to create some separation and flip the game in favor of the home team.

An 8-0 run by UCLA to open the second half continued that momentum and kept UA from gaining any traction.

"We got off to a good start, and they were settling for a lot of jump shots that didn't go in," Lloyd said. "We were able to get ourselves going offensively, and they kind of tightened things up defensively. Made a few shots or didn't settle so much.

"But, hey, you knew they were gonna make a run back in the game. They're a good team. We were hoping to keep the game close and try to make a run at the end. Unfortunately, we started off the second half not very well and they got up almost double digits. From there, we were just kinda hanging on."

One of the bright spots for Arizona in the game was that Tubelis again looked like he did earlier in the season with another impressive showing on the offensive end. The UA junior power forward went into the game seemingly only battling UCLA's Jaime Jaquez Jr. for the Pac-12 Player of the Year award, and he provided an offensive spark for the Wildcats.

Tubelis, who ended up fouling out, finished the night with 24 points and 10 rebounds to pace UA capping a strong week to end the regular season with this 13th double-double.

"He had a good look about him tonight," Lloyd said. "I just wish we woulda got him the ball a little bit more and tried to find him, and we probably have to get a little more creative with that and get a little more conviction to make sure he's getting his touches."

Freshman guard Kylan Boswell was another bright spot for the Wildcats in Saturday's game. He finished the night with 14 rebounds, 2 rebounds and 2 assists in his return to Southern California.

"I felt good, the shot was falling tonight," he said. "I just took advantage of the opportunities they gave me. Feel like I played a solid game. Still, just came up short."

The top three seeds and the bottom two seeds in next week's Pac-12 Tournament were already locked in heading into Saturday's action. The Wildcats will be the No. 2 seed and will play the winner of a opening round matchup between the No. 7 (Utah) and No. 10 seed (Stanford) on March 9 at 7 p.m. MST.

UCLA is locked into the No. 1 seed, so the two teams won't have a chance to see each other again until the championship game next Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena.

"Just take care of business in the next coming game," Boswell said. "One game at a time. Now it's win or go home from here on out. I know everybody's gonna be locked in for practice. Everybody's gonna be locked in to film. There's no more games playing, we have to take everything more serious."