UCLA refocused on defense in road game against Northwestern

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UCLA looks to salvage its final road trip of its inaugural Big Ten Conference season on Monday when the Bruins face recently surging Northwestern in Evanston, Ill.

UCLA (20-9, 11-7 Big Ten) suffered a major blow to its pursuit of a top-four seed and bye into the quarterfinals of the upcoming conference tournament with a 76-66 loss on Friday at Purdue. The setbac