UCLA men’s basketball (8-3) entered halftime Saturday tied 39-39 with No. 7 Kentucky (9-1) in the CBS Sports Classic in New Orleans, closing the half with a 10-2 run to knot up the score. Read more...
Photo: Kris Wilkes went 5-of-10 on his field goals and 2-of-5 from 3-point range. The freshman guard led the Bruins in scoring with 13 points in the first half. (Isa Saalabi/Daily Bruin)
Cody Riley and Jalen Hill will not play for UCLA basketball this season. Coach Steve Alford and Athletics Director Dan Guerrero extended the two freshmen’s formerly indefinite suspension to the end of the 2017-2018 season, per a release from UCLA athletics Friday. Read more...
Photo: Cody Riley and Jalen Hill were both four-star recruits who were expected to make an impact for UCLA men’s basketball this year, but the freshmen will not play for the Bruins this season. (Michael Zshornack/Photo editor)
UCLA men’s basketball (8-3) tasted victory for the first time in over two weeks Tuesday night, besting South Dakota (11-4) 85-82. “We’ve lost for two weeks – it’s only two games, but we’ve had a two-week frame where we didn’t win a game,” said coach Steve Alford. Read more...
Photo: Senior center Thomas Welsh led the Bruins with 19 points on 7-of-14 shooting, including 3-of-7 from beyond the arc. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
The Bruins were well aware they would be facing heavy defensive pressure Saturday. That doesn’t mean they were ready to handle it. UCLA (7-3) fell 77-63 on Saturday to No. Read more...
Photo: Freshman guard Kris Wilkes scored 12 points on 5-of-13 shooting in UCLA men’s basketball’s loss to Cincinnati. (Isa Saalabi/Daily Bruin)
LiAngelo Ball spent just one exhibition game in a UCLA uniform. His younger brother LaMelo Ball will never be a Bruin. Former UCLA men’s basketball freshman LiAngelo Ball and LaMelo Ball, 16, have each signed one-year contracts with Prienai-Birštonas Vytautas of the Lithuanian Basketball League. Read more...
Photo: LiAngelo Ball’s basketball career at UCLA was quite short. He’ll be headed to Lithuania to play basketball professionally, and his little brother LaMelo Ball is going with him. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
For the second time this season, No. 23 UCLA men’s basketball let an unranked team force overtime. This time, the Bruins weren’t able to close out the win. Read more...
Photo: Aaron Holiday set a career high with 27 points on 9-of-17 field goal shooting, but the junior guard couldn’t lead his team to victory against Michigan. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated Dec. 7 at 1:22 p.m. LaVar Ball told ESPN on Thursday morning that his two younger sons, LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball, have both signed with agent Harrison Gaines with the intention of playing overseas. Read more...
Photo: After pulling LiAngelo Ball from UCLA earlier this week, LaVar Ball told ESPN on Thursday that both LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball have signed with agents to play internationally. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
