This post was updated Nov. 23 at 10:59 p.m. LAS VEGAS — Seven months ago, Gonzaga and UCLA played a back-and-forth clash that lasted – quite literally – until the final buzzer.  Neither team held a lead greater than seven points in that Final Four contest, with the advantage changing 19 times before former Bulldog guard Jalen Suggs banked in a deep 3 as the clock expired to win the game.  Tuesday’s rematch, however, was a different story.  No. Read more...

Photo: Junior guard/forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. gets his shot block by Gonzaga forward Drew Timme. Jaquez led the Bruins with 19 points but shot 7-of-22 from the field. (David Rimer/Assistant Photo editor)

In his first collegiate game away from Pauley Pavilion, Peyton Watson showed no signs of missing home.  Behind the freshman guard/forward’s career-high scoring night, No. 2 UCLA men’s basketball (5-0) defeated Bellarmine (0-5) by a score of 75-62 in its first game of the Good Sam Empire Classic in Las Vegas. Read more...

Photo: Freshman guard/forward Peyton Watson dunks the ball in No. 2 UCLA men’s basketball’s win over CSU Bakersfield on Nov. 9. Watson put up a team-high 19 points against Bellarmine in the Bruins’ victory over the Knights on Monday. (David Rimer/Assistant Photo editor)