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Tyler Bilodeau update: Report reveals status vs. Purdue, extent of injury

Barkley-Truaxby: Barkley Truax03/14/26BarkleyTruax

UCLA forward Tyler Bilodeau will not play against Purdue in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals, per Ben Bolch of the California Post. This comes after he suffered an apparent knee injury against Michigan State on Friday.

The good news, Bolch reports that “nothing serious structurally occurred” within his knee. His status moving forward is unclear, but it appears he’ll be out for at least the semifinal.

Bilodeau suffered an apparent leg injury after colliding with Michigan State’s Carson Cooper. Bilodeau limped off the court with help from UCLA’s training staff. He immediately went to the team’s locker room and did not return for the rest of the game.

At the time of his injury, Bilodeau had five points against the Spartans. However, he’s the Bruins leading scorer this season.

Coming into the game, Bilodeau was averaging 18.1 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game this season. He is shooting 51.6% from the field and 46.0% from 3-point range. For his efforts this season, was named an All-Big Ten Third-Team selection.

Despite his absence, UCLA would upset the Big Ten’s No. 2-seeded Spartans 88-84. Every other starter stepped up for the Bruins, with Donovan Dent leading the way with 23 points and 12 assists. Trent Perry scored 22 points, Skyy Clark scored 15 and Eric Dailey Jr. scored 14. Those four combined for 12 3-pointers on the contest.

Dent has been spectacular lately for the Bruins. In UCLA’s win over Rutgers in the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday, Dent tallied 12 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists, becoming the first player to record a triple-double in Big Ten Tournament. After the win, UCLA head coach Mick Cronin raved about his star point guard’s late-season improvement.

Now, the Bruins will move forward without its leading scorer for the Big Ten tournament semifinal matchup against the Boilermakers. Tip-off is set for 3:30 p.m. ET live on CBS. The winner will play either Michigan or Wisconsin in the championship game on Sunday afternoon.

On3’s Grant Grubbs contributed to this report.