SEATTLE — The Washington Huskies men's basketball team's Big Ten opener came down to a buzzer-beating 3-point attempt from sophomore guard Zoom Diallo on Wednesday at Alaska Airlines Arena.

Diallo's shot failed to go in the basket and the Huskies lost to the UCLA Bruins 82-80. The defeat dropped Washington's record to 5-3 on the season and 0-1 in the Big Ten. The Dawgs came back from down 16 with less than five minutes to go to force the game to a final shot attempt.

"It's not over until triple-zeroes," Diallo said after the game. "We've been a team that's been down real early in the second half. And we came back. We're a second-half team, but I don't think we should just keep approaching it like that. It's there but we just kept telling each other 'We got to keep fighting.' It's not over until triple-zeroes and we got fighters on our team."

Washington began the game on a strong note.

With 13:24 left in the first half, freshman forward Hannes Steinbach scored his 10th and 11th points of the game to bolster the Huskies' lead to 18-7.

It was Steinbach's first game back after missing the prior three with an ankle sprain.

He finished with a game-high 29 points on 11-for-12 shooting, including a 7-for-8 mark from the free-throw line and pulled in 10 rebounds to clinch a double-double. He also had three assists and a steal.

Steinbach scored 13 of his points in the first 20 minutes.

"I practiced a little bit the last three days and just wanted to get my rhythm back," Steinbach said after the game. "Early in the games my teammates found me. Started good and then I just kept going. ... I think I just finished pretty well under the basket and made my free throws. That's stuff I work on every day in practice so it just translated to the game."

UCLA proceeded to go on a 14-0 run to take a 21-18 lead with 8:44 left in the first half.

Washington retook the lead once more with 5:01 left before the break after a jumper from senior guard Quimari Peterson that resulted in the Huskies going up 27-25.

The Bruins closed out the final five minutes of the first half with an 11-5 run and went into halftime with a 36-32 lead.

In the second half, UCLA took advantage of turnovers and an advantage at the charity stripe and led by as much as 16 points. The Bruins led 76-60 with 4:45 left in the game.

The Huskies closed out the game on a 20-6 run. Steinbach scored the final nine of his 29 points, Peterson put up five points, sophomore guard Wesley Yates III nailed a 3-pointer and Diallo completed an and-one play with eight seconds left that got Washington to within one point.

Diallo finished the game with 19 points on an 8-for-13 clip and added three rebounds and four assists. Yates and Peterson had 12 points apiece.

The Huskies will next be in action against No. 24 USC at 3 p.m. PT on Dec. 6 at Galen Center in Los Angeles.

"We got to worry about ourselves. USC is good enough right now," Washington head coach Danny Sprinkle said in a postgame interview. "Coach (Eric Musselman's) got them rolling. They're playing tremendous right now. They're fast, they're athletic, they put a lot of pressure on you at the rim. ... They're undefeated for a reason."

RELATED HUSKIES STORIES

WASHINGTON SIGNS HIGHEST-RATED RECRUITING CLASS IN PROGRAM HISTORY: The Huskies cemented one of the best recruiting classes in the country on National Signing Day on Wednesday. CLICK HERE

WASHINGTON FLIPS 4-STAR RECEIVER: The Huskies earned another big recruiting win and received a commitment from Jordan Clay. CLICK HERE

WASHINGTON'S ALL-CONFERENCE GUARD COULD BE DEALING WITH ANOTHER INJURY: Senior Huskies senior Elle Ladine exited Monday's win against San Jose State with an undisclosed injury. CLICK HERE

JOIN THE CONVERSATION

Remember to join our HUSKIES on ROUNDTABLE community, which is FREE! You can post your own thoughts, in text or video form, and you can engage with our Roundtable staff, as well as other Washington fans. If prompted to download the Roundtable APP, that's free too!