It took No. 4 UCLA (14-1, 1-1 Pac-12) less than seven minutes to bust it wide open. The Bruins were still feeling it out against the California Bears (10-4, 1-1 Pac-12), leading 15-12 with three 3-pointers from senior guard Bryce Alford. Read more...
Photo: Freshmen TJ Leaf and Lonzo Ball catalyzed an 11-0 run to give UCLA the 44-24 halftime lead over Cal. Leaf finished with seven rebounds and six points, including a big dunk over a Bears defender. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
Prince Ali and Alex Olesinski have decided to redshirt the 2016-17 season as announced by UCLA on Wednesday evening. Neither player appeared in a game yet this season, but have resumed practicing with the No. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Prince Ali is officially redshirting the season. The forward underwent surgery this past summer and hadn’t appeared in a game yet this season. (Daily Bruin file photo)
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Lonzo Ball went up for the putaway dunk– an easy bucket that would’ve given No. 2 UCLA points to cushion its lead in a tight game on the road against Oregon State. Read more...
Photo: Freshman guard Lonzo Ball had a team-high 23 points to help No. 2 UCLA take down Oregon State on Friday evening. The Bruins’ 76 points is their lowest of the season behind late November’s win over Texas A&M, where they scored 74. (Jintak Han/assistant Photo editor)
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Outside of freshmen guard Lonzo Ball and forward TJ Leaf, the rest of No. 2 UCLA may have left its game back in Eugene, Oregon. Read more...
Photo: Freshman Lonzo Ball bounced back from UCLA’s first loss of the season with eight points, five rebounds and three assists in the first half. The forward also went 2-of-4 from 3-point range to give the Bruins’ the 34-26 lead. (Jintak Han/assistant Photo editor)
EUGENE, Ore. – Credit the defense. Both UCLA’s and Oregon’s for coming up big down the stretch in the No. 21 Ducks’ (12-2, 1-0 Pac-12) 89-87 upset win. Read more...
Photo: Freshman Lonzo Ball helped engineer a UCLA comeback, but the Oregon defense held the Bruins to just eight points in the final four minutes in the Ducks’ upset win. Ucla’s own defense gave up 17 points in that same span. (Jintak Han/assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Dec. 28 at 9:42 p.m. EUGENE, Ore. — By any measure, Lonzo Ball was pretty quiet for the first half of play. Read more...
Photo: Oregon junior forward Dillon Brooks knocked down the game-winning 3-pointer with 0.8 seconds left on the clock, handing No. 2 UCLA its first loss of the year. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
EUGENE, Ore — Fast-tempo, efficient three-point shooting and splitting the defense for easy buckets. No. 21 Oregon (11-2) stole a page from the UCLA (13-0) handbook to take a 52-47 lead over the No. Read more...
Photo: Junior Thomas Welsh scored UCLA’s first eight points in his first game back from a bruised right knee. The center finished the half with 12 points and four rebounds, but the Bruins trail the Oregon Ducks by five. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
