Behind the highest-energy crowd of the season at Pauley Pavilion, both No. 3 UCLA and No. 14 Arizona played frantically out of the gates. After taking just five shots all game Thursday night in the rout over Arizona State, freshman guard Lonzo Ball came out swinging. Read more...
Photo: Freshman guard Lonzo Ball scored 15 of UCLA’s 37 points in the first half, and didn’t take any breaks from the top-25 action in Pauley Pavilion. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA men’s basketball will take on its rivals, the Arizona Wildcats, on Saturday night in a game chock-full of playoff implications. Both teams are ranked in the top 15 in the country, but Arizona is just ahead of UCLA in the conference standings. Read more...
Photo: Senior Bryce Alford hit the game-winning shot against Arizona last year at Pauley Pavilion. Buzzer beater or not, this year’s matchup should be just as exciting and down-to-the-wire between the Bruins and Wildcats. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
Arizona State tried. The Sun Devils (9-10, 2-4 Pac-12) really did. The visitors, who are ninth in the conference, made it close with a late first-half run that extended into the second half to cut the lead to just seven points with 12 minutes left in the game. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Aaron Holiday had eight points in another edition of UCLA’s patented run against ASU. The Bruins have utilized these runs en route to a 19-1 record. (Mackenzie Possee/Assistant Photo editor)
For two weeks, T.J. Leaf was the best-kept secret in college basketball, the forward’s dazzling play overshadowed by the wizardry of fellow freshman Lonzo Ball. Then UCLA played Kentucky, and Leaf exploded onto the national stage with 17 points and 13 rebounds in the Bruins’ victory. Read more...
Photo: Lonzo Ball gets all the hype, but fellow freshman T.J. Leaf has emerged as a key cog for UCLA basketball. NBA scouts have projected the forward to be a potential top draft pick. (Mackenzie Possee/Assistant Photo editor)
Twelve national championship banners and 26 consensus first-team All-Americans later, UCLA and Arizona are still the flagship programs for Pac-12 men’s basketball. But even with 95 meetings between them, only one matters to both teams right now – Saturday night’s game. Read more...
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For a team that’s so fun and explosive, No. 3 UCLA is becoming awfully predictable. Jump out to quick double-digit leads behind sweet shooting at a breakneck pace and cruise into halftime sitting high and comfortable. Read more...
Photo: Senior guard Isaac Hamilton broke out of his shooting slump, finishing with a game-high 33 points in 33 minutes of play. Hamilton made nine from beyond the arc and 10-of-17 overall. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Isaac Hamilton couldn’t beat Arizona State by himself. Sadly, despite holding a lead for the majority of the half, the Sun Devils finally caught up to the senior guard by halftime. Read more...
Photo: Junior forward G.G. Goloman shot two for two from the field and led No. 3 UCLA’s bench in scoring with four points. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
