As UCLA men’s basketball heads into its second matchup against Colorado Thursday night at Pauley Pavilion, it faces the same team it saw a month ago but with a very different storyline. Read more...
Photo: In his first full year as a starter, junior guard Norman Powell is one of three UCLA men’s basketball players to average double figures in scoring with 11.7 points per game. (Erin Ng | Daily Bruin senior staff)
Before tipoff at USC’s Galen Centeron Saturdaynight, the Trojan men’s basketball team showed a strong connection with its fans. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard Norman Powell led a second-half comeback for UCLA, finishing as the Bruins’ leading scorer. (Erin Ng/Daily Bruin senior staff)
In a 71-67 loss to Oregon State last Sunday, UCLA showed it lives and dies with the shooting hand of Jordan Adams. The sophomore guard missed each of his nine field goal tries against the Beavers and, as a result, the Bruins couldn’t seem to establish any sort of momentum until the closing minutes of the contest. Read more...
Just over a month ago in its game against USC, the UCLA men’s basketball team mistook the Pauley Pavilion floor for a track. The Bruins sprinted, drove and hustled their way to a 107-73 blowout, their highest point total of the regular season. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore guard Jordan Adams covers his face as he walks off the court following UCLA’s loss to Oregon State on Sunday. The team looks to rebound from the loss by showing a more consistent level of energy against USC. (Photo credit: Lexy Atmore/Daily Bruin senior staff)
In rebounding from an inexplicable loss, teams are often presented with a crucial fork in their seasons: Either forget the loss entirely and move on or dig deeper and break down crucial team issues. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore guard/forward Kyle Anderson lead the Bruins with 18 points on Sunday. UCLA struggled from the field, shooting 38.6 percent.
CORVALLIS, Ore.—With an 11:30 a.m. local tip, it appeared many Oregon State faithful failed to set an alarm. Whether from yet-to-be-purchased Super Bowl hors d’oeuvres or a late Saturday night on the town, UCLA closed its Oregon road trip in front of a sleepy Gill Coliseum. Somewhere, a marketing intern should have advertised “good seats still available.” Read more...
Photo: Sophomore guard/forward Kyle Anderson bounced back from his underwhelming performance against Oregon, but his team couldn’t maintain its energy in a loss to Oregon State.
CORVALLIS, Ore.—Two weeks removed from one of its worst first halves of the season in Salt Lake City, it’s clear UCLA is not in Utah anymore. Maybe the one constant carrying over from the Bruins’ sluggish start to the back end of their first road trip is the early effectiveness of Kyle Anderson, who shot 4-of-7 from the field for a team-high nine points as UCLA leads Oregon State 31-29 at the break. Read more...
