Friday, February 26, 1999
Weak Wazzu gets walloped in Westwood
M.HOOPS: Even with loss of center, UCLA defeats WSU, 100-61
By Brent Boyd
Daily Bruin Senior Staff
UCLA completely dominated Washington State from the opening tip
to the final horn Thursday night.
Though the Pauley Pavilion scoreboard displayed a 100-61 victory
for the Bruins (20-7, 10-5 Pac-10), the final score was not nearly
indicative of how soundly UCLA controlled the Cougars (10-17, 4-12)
throughout the entire contest.
"That was total domination on both defense and offense," said
junior forward Sean Farnham, who scored six points.
UCLA dominated the contest to such an extent that four players
matched their career-high in points.
The Bruins dominated the contest to such an extent that they had
a 48-point lead, 82-34, with under 10 minutes remaining.
And the boys from Westwood dominated the game to such an extent
that for a 10-minute span in the second half, UCLA had at least
double the points of the Cougars.
UCLA forced 31 turnovers – mainly resulting from a tenacious
full-court press – held WSU to under 27 percent shooting from the
field, and had runs of 17-2, 11-2, 10-1 and 20-0.
But perhaps most impressively, UCLA out-rebounded WSU, 41-33,
despite missing freshman center Dan Gadzuric who is out for the
season with a knee injury.
"This is a team that can collectively overcome a loss (of a
player)," UCLA head coach Steve Lavin said. "Of course it’s a loss
losing a 6-foot-10 player who’s effective at both ends of the
floor."
Though the Bruins dominated the game, looking at the their
opponent puts the victory in perspective. WSU stands at last place
in the Pac-10, has not won a conference game on the road, and has
no starter taller than 6 feet 6 inches tall.
But when Washington arrives at Pauley Pavilion on Saturday at 3
p.m. it may be a different story. The Huskies (16-10, 9-7) are led
by the Pac-10’s leading rebounder, 7-foot center Todd
MacCulloch.
The outcome of the Washington State contest was never in doubt,
however, after its opening minutes.
Five minutes into the game, UCLA led 17-2 and ended the first
half with a 50-27 lead. The Bruins then scored the first 16 points
of the second half and played the final 15 minutes on cruise
control.
Sophomore guard Baron Davis led the Bruins with 17 points and 11
assists, despite playing only 26 minutes.
He had eight assists by half-time and would have had a
legitimate shot at breaking the UCLA single game record of 15, but
he played sparingly in the second half.
Sophomore guard Earl Watson added 13 points and six assists for
the Bruins, while freshmen forwards JaRon Rush and Jerome Moiso led
UCLA with six rebounds apiece.
Senior guard Brandon Loyd made 4-of-7 three-point attempts for
12 points, while Moose Bailey added 11 points in 17 minutes and
sophomore guard Todd Ramasar scored six.
JAMIE SCANLON-JACOBS/Daily Bruin Senior Staff
Baron Davis, pictured here in Sunday’s game against Syracuse,
led the Bruins with 17 points and 11 assists in UCLA’s 100-61
victory over Washington State Thursday.
Comments, feedback, problems?
© 1998 ASUCLA Communications Board[Home]