Tuesday, December 16

Men’s basketball leads Colorado 51-45 at halftime

Colorado just wouldn’t go away. The Buffs (10-6, 0-3 Pac-12), who dropped their first three conference games, pushed the Bruins around in the first half of Thursday night’s game. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore guard Aaron Holiday provided some much-needed 3-pointers for the UCLA men’s basketball team, but it only leads by six at halftime against Colorado. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)


Chemistry between new stars and veterans key for men’s basketball

Star freshmen, meet seasoned veterans. The No. 4 Bruins (16-1, 3-1 Pac-12) hit the road to take on the Colorado Buffs (10-6, 0-3), a team stacked with upperclassmen, and the Utah Utes (11-4, 2-1) in their first road series of 2017. Read more...

Photo: UCLA has risen up the rankings and has a 16-1 record behind the play of not only freshmen TJ Leaf and Lonzo Ball, but also veterans like Aaron Holiday and Bryce Alford. (Michael Zshornack/Assistant photo editor)


Men’s basketball aims to improve rebounding, transition game

After a quick scrimmage period early in Tuesday’s practice, UCLA men’s basketball moved into an intense rebounding drill, with assistant coach Duane Broussard firing up shot after shot as groups of Bruins jostled underneath the glass. Read more...

Photo: UCLA is one of the top offensive teams in the country, but the Bruins have struggled on the boards. Through four conference games, the team has a defensive rebounding percentage of just 65 percent. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)




UCLA men’s basketball leads Stanford 48-30 at halftime

There goes Lonzo Ball again. By now, it’s becoming routine to see the freshman guard helm the dynamic No. 4 UCLA offense. Against the Stanford Cardinal (8-7, 0-3 Pac-12), Ball’s dialed-in first-half performance along with a suffocating Bruin defense give the Bruins a 48-30 lead heading into halftime. Read more...

Photo: Freshman guard Lonzo Ball gets it done on both sides of the court with 15 points as well as three steals and a block in a dominant first-half performance against Stanford. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)




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