Tuesday, May 12

Arizona’s tough defense takes down men’s basketball 96-85

This post was updated Jan. 21 at 4 p.m. No. 14 Arizona beat No. 3 UCLA at its own game in the first half, shooting 7-of-12 from behind the 3-point line while holding the Bruins to just 3-of-14. Read more...

Photo: Senior guard Bryce Alford drained four 3s in the second half to finish with 15 points on 12 shots as No. 3 UCLA fell to No. 14 Arizona. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA men’s basketball trails Arizona 48-37 at halftime

Behind the highest-energy crowd of the season at Pauley Pavilion, both No. 3 UCLA and No. 14 Arizona played frantically out of the gates. After taking just five shots all game Thursday night in the rout over Arizona State, freshman guard Lonzo Ball came out swinging. Read more...

Photo: Freshman guard Lonzo Ball scored 15 of UCLA’s 37 points in the first half, and didn’t take any breaks from the top-25 action in Pauley Pavilion. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Men’s volleyball notches four-set victory against crosstown rival USC

The Bruins were the victors of last year’s crosstown rivalry match and came out on top in four sets once again Friday evening. No. 2 UCLA (6-1, 4-0 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) hosted unranked USC (2-5, 1-3 MPSF) in Pauley Pavilion. Read more...

Photo: Junior outside hitter Jake Arnitz had a game-high 20 kills on a .450 hitting percentage. Arnitz had twice as many kills as the second man up for UCLA, freshman middle blocker Daenan Gyimah. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA football makes offensive coaching changes

This post was updated Jan. 21 at 5:15 p.m. The coaching carousel just keeps on turning for UCLA football. A month after the Bruins hired offensive coordinator Jedd Fisch, coach Jim Mora will add some new faces, and get of some old ones, to his staff after an underwhelming 4-8 season. Read more...

Photo: Marques Tuiasosopo will no longer be the quarterbacks coach at UCLA per Bruin Report Online. Tuiasosopo will reportedly be the new quarterbacks coach at Cal. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Basketball predictions: UCLA vs. Arizona

UCLA men’s basketball will take on its rivals, the Arizona Wildcats, on Saturday night in a game chock-full of playoff implications. Both teams are ranked in the top 15 in the country, but Arizona is just ahead of UCLA in the conference standings. Read more...

Photo: Senior Bryce Alford hit the game-winning shot against Arizona last year at Pauley Pavilion. Buzzer beater or not, this year’s matchup should be just as exciting and down-to-the-wire between the Bruins and Wildcats. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)


ASU the latest team to fall against men’s basketball’s fierce offense

Arizona State tried. The Sun Devils (9-10, 2-4 Pac-12) really did. The visitors, who are ninth in the conference, made it close with a late first-half run that extended into the second half to cut the lead to just seven points with 12 minutes left in the game. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore Aaron Holiday had eight points in another edition of UCLA’s patented run against ASU. The Bruins have utilized these runs en route to a 19-1 record. (Mackenzie Possee/Assistant Photo editor)


Humor, work ethic boost TJ Leaf to unexpected prominence

For two weeks, T.J. Leaf was the best-kept secret in college basketball, the forward’s dazzling play overshadowed by the wizardry of fellow freshman Lonzo Ball. Then UCLA played Kentucky, and Leaf exploded onto the national stage with 17 points and 13 rebounds in the Bruins’ victory. Read more...

Photo: Lonzo Ball gets all the hype, but fellow freshman T.J. Leaf has emerged as a key cog for UCLA basketball. NBA scouts have projected the forward to be a potential top draft pick. (Mackenzie Possee/Assistant Photo editor)