LOS ANGELES — UCLA changed its approach to defense on Friday, scaling back its full-court press. Trading it for sturdy perimeter defense and occasional half-court traps. The end result wasn’t much of a difference.

Four days after holding Boston to 40 points, they held Lehigh to just 45 in an 85-45 win. They were on track for back-to-back below-40-point performances, conceding 16 first-half points to Lehigh before the Hawks (0-4) put together a second-half surge. The Bruins (3-1) also held the Hawks scoreless for an eight-minute stretch in the first half.

Yes, these defensive-stalwart performances haven’t come against Power-4 teams, but head coach Mick Cronin doesn’t care much about the nameplates on the front of the opponents’ jerseys when the Bruins are executing their defensive game-plan at this level.

“We held a college basketball team to 40 points,” Cronin said on Wednesday morning. “It’s really hard to do. I don’t care who you play.”

On Friday, because of that less aggressive approach, they forced just 11 turnovers, but held the Hawks to four offensive rebounds, an issue Cronin had harped on in the early parts of this season.

The Bruins were again without guard Dylan Andrews, who remains day-to-day with a left groin injury. Lazar Stefanovic started the game, but was replaced early in both halves by Sebastian Mack.

Eric Dailey Jr. had a double-double, leading the Bruins with 17 points and 10 rebounds. Tyler Bilodeau had 15 and Aday Mara scored a career-high 16 points in just 13 minutes, shooting 7-of-8 from the field

“The game plan was to go inside,” Cronin said after Friday’s game.

UCLA’s big men feasted and the Bruins scored 19 second-chance points but continued to struggle with their half-court offense.

The Bruins made up for it Friday with efficient transition offense and their height.