SALT LAKE CITY — The Bruins were having trouble finishing what they had started. Midway through, they had to adjust their initial plan. Before the finish line, they desperately needed a clutch maneuver from the man at the controls. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt junior David Wear and freshman Shabazz Muhammad, along with the rest of UCLA, managed a win over Utah on Thursday night.
SALT LAKE CITY — Larry Drew II held onto the ball and a two-point lead atop the key as the seconds ticked down. Read more...
Photo: Senior guard Larry Drew II scored the winning basket for UCLA, which put the team up over Utah in a close game. Drew took a leading role for the Bruins when their 13-point lead started to slip away, especially toward the end of the game. UCLA won 57-54 in its first Pac-12 conference road game.
Outside of a trip to New York for the Progressive Legends Classic at the Barclays Center and a game played in Texas, UCLA has yet to play a basketball game outside of Southern California. Read more...
Photo: Seen here in the season’s first Pac-12 matchup, freshman guard Kyle Anderson looks to lead UCLA to its third consecutive conference win.
There are some adjectives that just don’t go with certain words. Like how we call this quarter “winter” even though that term can’t really be used to describe the months of December to February around sunny Los Angeles. Read more...
Photo: Freshman guard Kyle Anderson, long known as “Slow-Mo” for his tendency to methodically run an offense, is having to redefine his game in a UCLA offense that has favored running of late.
During the first six games of their winning streak, which included a win over No. 7 Missouri and a victory in their Pac-12 opener against California, the UCLA Bruins averaged 86 points a game in what looked like a new high-scoring brand of UCLA basketball. Read more...
After a thrilling overtime win against a top 10 opponent and five days to bask in the victory, it would have been easy for UCLA to lose the sense of urgency that had been driving its five-game win streak. Read more...
In a first half filled with big runs, they largely cancelled each other out as UCLA and Missouri are tied 47-47 at Pauley Pavilion. UCLA went on a 15-0 run to claim a 12-point lead midway through the first half but then allowed Missouri to go on a 20-6 run to retake the lead. Read more...
