This post was updated Jan. 3 at 10:02 p.m. A fragment of the Bruins’ past perused campus just days before his alma mater took the court. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore forward/center Adem Bona signals to his right while dribbling the ball. Bona tallied 12 points, nine rebounds, four blocks and three steals Wednesday night in his team’s loss to Stanford. (Ella Greenberg Winnick/Daily Bruin staff)
The Bruins are hiring from within to fill their defensive coordinator vacancy. UCLA football announced Wednesday morning defensive line and outside linebackers coach Ikaika Malloe was promoted to defensive coordinator, replacing D’Anton Lynn, who filled the same role at USC. Read more...
Photo: Defensive line and outside linebackers coach Ikaika Malloe looks onto the field from the sideline. Malloe was promoted to become UCLA football’s new defensive coordinator Wednesday morning. (Joseph Jimenez/Photo editor)
The key to victory on any given night is already clear to the Bruins’ bench boss, even as conference play is just beginning. “We have to continue to play as hard as we did in that game (against Oregon) and defend, and we’ll have a chance,” said coach Mick Cronin. Read more...
Photo: Freshman guard/forward Brandon Williams dribbles the ball during a game for UCLA men’s basketball. (Brandon Morquecho/Assistant Photo editor)
In front of the largest home crowd in program history, Londynn Jones drew up another scoring masterpiece against the Trojans. After scoring 22 points in her team’s one-point home victory against its rivals last season, the sophomore guard exploded once again for five 3-pointers and 21 points as No. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore guard Londynn Jones dribbles down the court. Jones scored 21 points, including five made 3-pointers, against the Trojans on Saturday night. (Joseph Jimenez/Photo editor)
Dylan Andrews brought the ball up the court, his team trailing by three with less than 30 seconds to play. The sophomore guard had already delivered a last-second shot to win a game exactly one month prior, but he entered the possession having shot just 2-of-11 from the field and 1-of-6 from behind the arc. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s basketball sophomore forward/center Adem Bona fights for the ball against an Oregon player during last season’s matchup at Pauley Pavilion between the two teams. (Jeremy Chen/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A sold-out crowd will watch the Bruins and Trojans face off Saturday night. It certainly won’t be the first time in the history of the rivalry – every seat in Pauley Pavilion was filled for the 57th edition of the men’s basketball rivalry last January. Read more...
Photo: Coach Cori Close walks along the sidelines in front of her team. (Brandon Morquecho/Assistant Photo editor)
Coach Mick Cronin said he had concerns about a confidence problem in his team after his team’s recent loss to Maryland. The coach added that because it lacked a “go-to guy,” UCLA had dug itself into a four-game losing streak. But in the Bruins’ first Pac-12 game of the season, sophomore forward/center Adem Bona – who contributed 13 points, eight rebounds and three blocks while staying out of foul trouble – sought to become that guy. Snapping a four-game losing streak, UCLA men’s basketball (6-6, 1-0 Pac-12) defeated Oregon State (8-4, 0-1 Pac-12) on Thursday 69-62 in Corvallis in its first Pac-12 game of the season. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s basketball sophomore forward/center Adem Bona rises for a layup over Cal State Northridge center Dearon Tucker. In Thursday’s game against Oregon State, Bona scored 13 points while adding three blocks. (Brandon Morquecho/Assistant Photo editor)
