UCLA Takes Down UC Santa Barbara, 77-61, goes 2-0 for season

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Jalen Hill tallied 22 points and 10 rebounds, leading UCLA past UC Santa Barbara, 77-61, on Sunday, Nov. 10. Hill scored a career-high 22 points, while Jules Bernard finished with 20 points and eight rebounds. The Bruins will return to action against UNLV on Friday, Nov. 15.

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No. 2 UCLA Drops UC Santa Barbara, 102-62

Leaf, Ball recorded double-doubles as UCLA won its 11th consecutive game to open the season.

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LOS ANGELES – No. 2 UCLA won its 11th straight game to open the season, notching a 102-62 win over UC Santa Barbara at Pauley Pavilion on Wednesday night.
 
Freshmen TJ Leaf and Lonzo Ball each recorded their fifth double-double of the season, and sophomore Aaron Holidaytallied his first career 20-point game.
 
Leaf led UCLA (11-0) with 25 points, including 17 in the first half, as he tied Ball for the team lead in rebounds with 10. Leaf nearly finished with a triple-double, adding a season-high eight assists. Ball also flirted with a triple-double, logging 13 points, a season-best 10 rebounds and seven assists.
 
Three other Bruins scored in double figures. Holiday had a career-high 20 points and season-best six assists, Bryce Alford scored 15 points and Isaac Hamilton registered 13 points.
 
Freshman Ike Anigbogu scored a season-high nine points and also had season-bests with seven rebound and four blocks.

Wednesday night's win marked the Bruins' second victory in five days without starting center Thomas Welsh, who continues to recover from a bruised right knee. G.G. Goloman finished with seven points and seven rebounds, starting in place of Welsh.

"To win two games and score in the hundreds, win by 20 in one and win by 40 in the other, and to not have Tom Welsh, that is encouraging," UCLA head coach Steve Alford said. "He is a big part of what we do both offensively and defensively."
 
UC Santa Barbara (1-7) received a game-high 11 points from Ami Lakoju and also had 10 points from Gabe Vincent. The visiting Gauchos secured their only lead of the game – 12-11 – at the 15:40 mark in the first half before UCLA ran off 17 consecutive points in less than four minutes to jump ahead, 28-12.
 
Leaf scored 14 of the Bruins' 17 points during that scoring spree, including two three-pointers.
 
UCLA extended its first-half cushion to as many as 25 points, leading 49-24, and carried a 54-30 lead into the locker room at halftime after Holiday nailed a buzzer-beating three-pointer.
 
The Bruins went on a 10-2 scoring run early in the second half to push their margin to 64-34, culminating in a ferocious slam dunk by Leaf. An alley-oop dunk from Holiday to Ball extended UCLA's lead to 32 (84-32) with 7:47 ot play. UCLA enjoyed its biggest cushion of the game (41 points), leading 100-59, with a little over two minutes to play.
 
UCLA shot 54.9 percent from the field, marking the Bruins' fourth consecutive game and ninth of the season in which the team shot at least 50 percent. The Bruins limited UC Santa Barbara to 30.1 percent shooting from the field.
 
UCLA scored at least  100 points for the fifth time in 11 games this season.
 
The Bruins return to action against Ohio State (8-2) on Saturday, Dec. 17 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, competing in the CBS Sports Classic for the third consecutive year. Game time is 12 p.m. UCLA's game will be nationally televised on CBS.

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No. 2 UCLA (10-0) Hosts UC Santa Barbara (1-6) today

The Gauchos are led by junior guard Gabe Vincent (17.3 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 3.1 apg, 1 spg) and junior forward Jalen Canty (11.3 ppg, 7.1 rpg). 

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The Bruins (10-0) will face UC Santa Barbara (1-6) in Pauley Pavilion on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.

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LOS ANGELES – No. 2 UCLA (10-0) faces UC Santa Barbara (1-6) on Wednesday evening in Pauley Pavilion. Game time is 7:30 p.m. (PT). UCLA's game will be televised on Pac-12 Network, with the radio broadcast available in the Los Angeles area on AM 570 (KLAC). The Bruins are seeking their 11th consecutive victory, which would mark the program's longest winning streak at any point in a season since March 2008.

GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Pauley Pavilion (13,800)
Tipoff Time: 7:36 p.m. (PT)
Television: Pac-12 Network
TV Talent: J.B. Long (play-by-play), Bill Walton (analyst)
Radio: AM 570
Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Tracy Murray (analyst)
SIRIUS/XM Radio Channels: Ch. 83/Ch. 197
SIRIUS App. Channel: Ch. 959

WEDNESDAY'S MATCHUP
UCLA hosts UC Santa Barbara on Wednesday evening (7:30 p.m. PT) in Pauley Pavilion, marking the 20th contest in the all-time series between these programs. The Bruins won the last meeting against the Gauchos, 89-76, on Dec. 3, 2013, in Pauley Pavilion. Wednesday night's game will mark the Bruins' third-to-final non-conference game, as UCLA is set to close non-conference play against Ohio State next Saturday and Western Michigan on Wednesday, Dec. 21.

SERIES AT A GLANCE
UCLA had won the first 17 meetings against UC Santa Barbara in the all-time series before the Gauchos edged the Bruins by one point in a Dec. 2003 contest. In the most recent meeting, Jordan Adams led UCLA with 22 points (going 11 for 14 from the free throw line) and Kyle Anderson had 21 points.

ATTENDING THE GAME
For those attending Wednesday's game in Pauley Pavilion, please note that doors to the arena open to the public at 6:30 p.m. (game time is 7:30 p.m.). Fans are encouraged to be familiar with UCLA's clear bag policy, in affect at all home games this season. UCLA will continue to host a food drive that will benefit the L.A. Regional Food Bank – donate non-perishable food items at the main entrances outside Pauley Pavilion, prior to the game. In addition, UCLA will be giving away "Bruin Bucks Books" to the first 5,000 fans.

BRUINS SURGE PAST MICHIGAN
- The Bruins outscored Michigan 52-34 in the second half of Saturday's 102-84 win in Pauley Pavilion. With the game tied at halftime, 50-50, UCLA shot 74 percent in the second half (20/27) and made 15 of 17 two-point shots to secure its 10th straight win. TJ Leaf scored 21 points as five UCLA players scored in double figures.
- UCLA reached the 100-point mark for the fourth time in 10 games this season. The Bruins improved their all-time record against Michigan to 12-5 and became the first team since Duke on Dec. 8, 2001, to have eclipsed the 100-point mark against the Wolverines. Saturday's win helped UCLA improve to 2-0 this season versus the Big Ten.
- UCLA shot 67.2 percent against Michigan (39/58), the highest mark by any Bruins' team since Dec. 23, 2005 – when UCLA shot 67.3% (37/55) against Sacramento State. UCLA's 62.5 three-point percentage on Saturday was its highest since Nov. 29, 2013 – when the Bruins shot 76.5% from downtown (13/17) against Northwestern.

THE LATEST
- After defeating Kentucky (then ranked No. 1) on Dec. 3, the Bruins climbed to the No. 2 spot in each of last week's AP and USA Today Coaches polls. UCLA hadn't been ranked as high as No. 2 since Nov. 26, 2007, when the Bruins were tabbed No. 2 in the AP poll and No. 1 in the USA Today Coaches poll.
- UCLA has opened 10-0 for the first time since 2006-07, when the Bruins began the season with 14 consecutive wins. UCLA's 2006-07 team advanced to the Final Four. With a victory on Wednesday, the Bruins can extend their win streak to 11 games, UCLA's longest such streak since taking 14 straight in February and March of 2008.
- This marks the second consecutive year in which UCLA has defeated Kentucky when the Wildcats were ranked No. 1. UCLA downed Kentucky in Pauley Pavilion, 87-77, on Dec. 3, 2015. One year to the day (Dec. 3, 2016), the Bruins earned a 97-92 win at Kentucky's Rupp Arena, UCLA's first-ever game in that venue.
- UCLA has played the nation's No. 1-ranked team (AP poll) five times during head coach Steve Alford's four seasons in Westwood. The Bruins have played Kentucky each of the last three years (each time in December), with the Wildcats having been ranked No. 1 in both major polls at the time of all three games.
- The Bruins' 97-92 win at Kentucky on Dec. 3 marked UCLA's first win on the road at the nation's No. 1-ranked team since defeating Stanford, 79-73, at Maples Pavilion on Feb. 3, 2001. In fact, UCLA had not played a true road game at the country's No. 1-ranked team since Feb. 13, 2003 (lost at No. 1 Arizona, 106-70).
- UCLA's victory at Kentucky snapped the Wildcats' 42-game win streak in Rupp Arena. Kentucky had not lost at home since a 71-67 overtime setback to Arkansas on Feb. 27, 2014. In addition, the Bruins' 97 points were the most surrendered by any Kentucky team under eighth-year head coach John Calipari (his first season at UK was 2009-10).

SCORE AND DISTRIBUTE
- Through games played Dec. 10, UCLA ranked first in the nation in assists per game (23.9), total assists (239), field goal percentage (56.2) and three-point field goal percentage (47.1). Freshman guard Lonzo Ball has averaged 8.8 assists per game, the second-highest average in the nation behind Creighton's Maurice Watson Jr. (9.1 apg).
- UCLA (currently at 97.5 points per game) has averaged well above its league-record 92.3 points per game average set in 1967-68, as well as Oregon State's 21.7 assists per game mark established in 1979-80. Prior to the assist being a regularly-recorded stat, UCLA had averaged a school-best 22.4 assists per game in 1973-74.
- Lonzo Ball has four double-doubles (point-assist) and has recorded at least 10 assists in five of 10 games. Ball set UCLA's single-game freshman assists record (13) against UC Riverside on Nov. 30, surpassing a mark established by Pooh Richardson (12 assists) on Jan. 11, 1986, in a double-overtime victory at Washington State.
- Lonzo Ball has nearly as many assists (88) as he does total shot attempts (91). He is the only player in the nation to be averaging at least 15.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 8.0 assists per game. Ball and Oregon freshman Payton Pritchard are the only freshmen in the nation to have dished at least 13 assists in one game this season.
- Lonzo Ball ranks second, nationally, in assists per game (8.8). No other player in the Pac-12 has averaged as many as 6.5 assists per game. UCLA has never had a player average 8.0 or more assists per game in one full season. Pooh Richardson registered 7.6 assists per game as a senior at UCLA in 1988-89.

UNDEFEATED
The Bruins (10-0) are off to their best start since opening the 2006-07 campaign with 14 consecutive wins. This marks the 15th time in school history in which UCLA has opened with at least 10 consecutive wins (nine of those previous 14 seasons culminated with a national title). Since head coach John Wooden retired following the 1974-75 season, the Bruins have been 10-0 (or better) four times – 2016-17, 2006-07, 1993-94 and 1991-92. UCLA last opened a season with eight straight wins in 2013-14, head coach Steve Alford's first season in Westwood.

SEASONED SENIORS
- Bryce Alford ranks No. 20 on the school's all-time scoring list. He enters this Wednesday's game having scored 1,520 points in 115 career games (13.5 career ppg). Alford has scored in double figures in nine of 10 games this season and currently ranks third on the team with 15.6 points per game. He scored 18 points, including 13 in the second half, in UCLA's 102-84 win over Michigan before a sellout crowd in Pauley Pavilion on Saturday, Dec. 10.
- Isaac Hamilton, who tied his career high with seven 3-pointers against UC Riverside (Nov. 30), has averaged a team-leading 17.7 points per game and has scored in double figures in all 10 contests. He has shot 51.5 percent overall and has connected on 45.6 percent of his 3-point field goal attempts (31/68). A former standout at St. John Bosco High School, Hamilton crossed the school's career 1,000-point plateau on Nov. 24 in a win over Portland.

IMPACT FRESHMAN
TJ Leaf, a 6-foot-10 freshman forward from El Cajon, Calif., has averaged 17.6 points and 9.3 rebounds in the Bruins' 10 contests. Leaf and classmate Lonzo Ball were teammates in the 2016 McDonald's All-American Game in Chicago. Leaf has totaled four double-doubles, including a 17-point, 13-rebound, 5-assist game on Dec. 3 at No. 1-ranked Kentucky. Leaf and Kevon Looney (now with the Golden State Warriors) are the only freshmen in program history to have recorded at least two double-doubles in their first three UCLA contests (Looney was at UCLA in 2014-15).

SCORING BALANCE
Seven UCLA players scored in double figures against Pacific (Nov. 11). In addition, six Bruins scored in double figures against San Diego (Nov. 17), Long Beach State (Nov. 20), Portland (Nov. 24) and Kentucky (Dec. 3). Prior to this season, UCLA had not seen seven of its players score in double figures in the same game since Dec. 19, 1998 (UCLA def. CSUN, 114-97). UCLA's previous games with at least six double-figure scorers took place in wins over Montana State (Nov. 14, 2014 – Pauley Pavilion) and against Stanford in overtime (March 4, 2000 – Maples Pavilion, at Stanford).

SHARING THE BALL
UCLA has recorded a season-high 29 assists in three games this year (vs. Pacific on Nov. 11, vs. Portland on Nov. 24 and vs. UC Riverside on Nov. 30). Previously, UCLA had not had as many as 29 assists since Dec. 31, 2006 (vs. Washington). UCLA last reached the 30-assist total in a game on Feb. 23, 1995, recording 32 assists at California (UCLA won, 104-88). The Bruins also had 32 assists on Nov. 27, 1993 (against Loyola Marymount) and on Feb. 23, 1989 (versus Washington). UCLA totaled 38 assists on Dec. 2, 1990 in the team's 149-98 win over Loyola Marymount.

SPARK PLUG
Sophomore guard Aaron Holiday has averaged 13.3 points, 4.2 assists and 3.0 rebounds in the Bruins' first 10 games. In UCLA's 97-92 win at Kentucky, Holiday scored 13 points – all in the first half – to help the Bruins to a 49-45 halftime lead (and eventual 97-92 victory). In the team's season opener against Pacific (Nov. 11), he came off the bench midway through the first half and scored UCLA's next 10 consecutive points over a 1-minute, 27-second span. Through Saturday, Dec. 10, Holiday led all Pac-12 players in 3-point field goal percentage (60.0, 21-for-35).

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Oficially, he is UCLA’s sixth man. Coach Steve Alford calls him the sixth starter because he plays so many minutes.

Whatever he goes by, Aaron Holiday seems to have a sixth sense about what his team needs.

The sophomore point guard provided tenacious defense and savvy shot-making with Lonzo Ball struggling in the first half against Kentucky. A week later, Holiday made all five of his three-point shots as a we-can-do-that-too rebuttal to Michigan’s success from beyond the arc.

“He’s just as important as any of our five starters,” UCLA shooting guard Bryce Alfordsaid Tuesday. “He’s done an unbelievable job of when our starters aren’t doing well or there’s one or two guys in the starting lineup that didn’t start the game right, he comes in and he picks us up and I don’t think there’s been a game this year that he hasn’t done that yet. He’s a perfect guy for that role and we value him a whole lot.”

Holiday is averaging more points in fewer minutes compared with his freshman season, when he started all 32 games. A year ago, he averaged 10.3 points and 3.9 assists in 31.7 minutes per game while shooting 39.4% (41.9% from three-point range). Those averages have improved to 13.3 points and 4.2 assists in 25.8 minutes per game this season, largely because he’s shooting 55.6% and a team-best 60% from beyond the arc.

Holiday had never come off the bench before this season but isn’t about to argue with the results.

“You’ve got to do what’s best for the team,” he said, “and right now it’s working really well because we’re 10-0.”

Holiday’s development is partially the result of testing himself against better players in his own family. He spent part of his summer playing against his two brothers: Jrue, a guard with the New Orleans Pelicans who starred at UCLA, and Justin, a guard with the New York Knicks. Both older siblings are significantly taller than the 6-foot-1 Aaron, forcing him to find ways to score against NBA-caliber defenders.

Steve Alford said Holiday’s energy and versatility as someone who can beat teams off the dribble and with his jump shot have provided ingredients that were missing from the team’s reserve unit a year ago.

“He symbolizes what this team’s been about,” Alford said. “He’s been selfless because here’s a guy that started every game last year and now he’s coming off the bench. It’s a new role but much more efficient.”

Sit this one out?

UCLA’s guard rotation has been such a success that Steve Alford acknowledged the possibility of Prince Ali redshirting. The sophomore guard has not played after undergoing surgery in July to repair torn meniscus in his left knee, though Alford said Ali had resumed non-contact drills and was able to dunk.

“This time next week we need to probably sit and have a discussion just on his future,” Alford said. “I always want to do what’s best for the player, so it’s really going to be what’s best for Prince.”

Redshirting would preserve another year of eligibility for a player whose role seems uncertain behind Isaac Hamilton, Bryce Alford, Ball and Holiday. Alford and Hamilton are graduating after this season and Ball is expected to declare for the NBA draft, potentially creating a better opportunity for Ali to play more minutes next season.

Quick hits

Steve Alford said center Thomas Welsh, who sat out the game against Michigan because of a bruised right knee, remained questionable for UCLA’s game against UC Santa Barbara on Wednesday night at Pauley Pavilion but appeared “a little bit more viable” for the Bruins’ game against Ohio State on Saturday in Las Vegas. … Backup forward Alex Olesinski (foot) has been outfitted with a protective walking boot and is not expected to play in either game this week. … UCLA remained No. 2 in the Associated Press poll but gained an additional first-place vote, giving the Bruins three.

UCLA TONIGHT

VS. UC SANTA BARBARA

When: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Where: Pauley Pavilion.

On the air: TV: Pac-12 Networks; Radio: 570.

Update: Transition defense and pressuring the ball in halfcourt situations top of the list of improvements UCLA Coach Steve Alford said he wants the No. 2 Bruins (10-0) to make before opening Pac-12 Conference play later this month. There will likely be plenty of opportunity to tinker against UC Santa Barbara (1-6), whose only victory this season came against Sonoma State. Alford said he expects the Gauchos, led by junior guard Gabe Vincent, to test the Bruins with an inside-out approach and a 3-2 zone defense. “We haven’t played a lot of teams that throw the ball inside as much as Santa Barbara does,” Alford said.

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Men’s basketball overcomes UC Santa Barbara to maintain 8-0 record

Sophomore guard Jordan Adams struggled shooting from deep, but his 11 made free throws helped him lead UCLA with 22 points on Tuesday. Austin Yu / Daily Bruin

BY ANDREW ERICKSON 

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nov 4 2013

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UCLA hasn’t meshed well with the Big West lately.

Last season, the Bruins’ freshman honeymoon was thrown off course in just its second game when UC Irvine strolled into Pauley Pavilion and took UCLA to overtime. The Bruins escaped with a one-point victory but were caught sleeping just four games later against Cal Poly, which handed UCLA its first home loss of the 2012-2013 season.

On Tuesday night, California’s little conference of nightmares was at it again, this time represented by UC Santa Barbara. The Gauchos outshot and out-hustled the Bruins for much of the game but couldn’t hang on, falling 89-76 to a UCLA team that is 8-0 for the first time since the 2006-2007 season.

“Really proud of our guys. This was not going to be an easy game, we knew that,” said coach Steve Alford. “Just looking at the schedule knowing that you have to play Friday, Sunday and then going to Vegas and having two games of that four-game tournament, I think the toughest game is when you come back home.”

Even tougher were the first few minutes. Early foul trouble for sophomore center/forward Tony Parker quickly turned what was a nine-man rotation for the majority of the 2013 Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational into eight. With 18:41 remaining in the first half, Parker committed his first foul. Just over 30 seconds later, another whistle cued Parker’s exit to the bench, where he sat for the remainder of the first half.

In his absence, UCLA relied more heavily on a combination of redshirt senior forward Travis Wear and freshman forward Wanaah Bail. In just his third collegiate game, an inexperienced Bail notched just four first-half minutes while Wear showed that he still is working to come back to full speed after a recent appendectomy, going scoreless in his 11 minutes to start the game.

The Bruins’ strategy for much of the first half was to double-team UC Santa Barbara’s junior forward Alan Williams, a 6-foot-7, 240-pound bruiser who squeezed South Dakota State for 39 points and nine rebounds on Nov. 29. The plan worked to perfection as Williams scored just six first-half points, but UCLA forgot to defend the other four players on the floor.

The Gauchos went 9 of 14 from three-point range and shot 60 percent for the half, leading by as many as six points with 5:22 left to play.

“We had such a big emphasis on stopping Alan Williams that they made a lot of tough shots,” said sophomore guard Kyle Anderson. “I credit them, they made a lot of three-pointers and it was just tough to guard.”

The leading hand behind a UCLA effort that eventually played to a 42-42 tie at the half was freshman guard Zach LaVine, whose off-balance jump shot makes off the bench were just about the only thing that had Pauley Pavilion’s nearly 7,000 fans standing early on.

“I’ve been comfortable with my role from the start, being an energizer and helping the team,” LaVine said. “I just put some shots up and hopefully they go in.”

In the second half, the No. 18 Bruins took control by examining tradeoffs. Though Williams collected 17 second-half points, the Gauchos’ shooting frenzy cooled to a manageable 46.4 percent. The Bruins also did a better job of driving the lane and collected, making 17-of-23 second-half free throw attempts.

“We’re driving the ball very hard, and I think we’re very hard to guard in transition,” Alford said. “We had six guys shoot free throws tonight, so it’s not just one guy getting to the line or one guy making shots.”

The Bruins will try to build on their second-half improvements in their first true road game of the season at Missouri on Saturday.

Email Erickson at aerickson@media.ucla.edu.

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No. 18 UCLA Basketball Downs UC Santa Barbara, 89-76

Jordan Adams had 22 points in the Bruins' victory on Tuesday (AP photo)

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LOS ANGELES – Jordan Adams scored 22 points and Kyle Anderson added 21 to lead No. 18 UCLA past UC Santa Barbara, 89-76, in Pauley Pavilion on Tuesday night.

UCLA improved to 8-0, its best start since opening the 2006-07 campaign with a 14-0 record. The Bruins scored at least 81 points for the seventh consecutive game.

Anderson finished with 21 points, nine assists, six rebounds and two steals in a team-high 36 minutes. Zach LaVinescored 15 points, and Norman Powell registered 13 to round out the Bruins’ list of double-digit scorers.

Bryce Alford nailed a 3-pointer with 8:04 remaining in the second half to snap a 65-65 tie and spark a 7-0 scoring run for the Bruins. Bryce Alford’s 3-pointer was followed by a dunk from Tony Parker and two free throws by Powell. UCLA limited the visiting Gauchos (3-3) to nine points the rest of the way.

Alvin Williams, who had scored a school-record 39 points in UC Santa Barbara’s last game against South Dakota State, scored 23 points and was limited to just six in the first half.

UCLA and UC Santa Barbara were tied at halftime, 42-42.

The Gauchos opened the game shooting well from 3-point distance, making nine of 14 3-point baskets in the opening half and 15 of 25 field goals (60.0 percent).

Michael Bryson and Kyle Bosworth picked up most of the scoring slack for UC Santa Barbara, particularly in the first half. Bryson, who enter the game averaging 12.2 points, had all of his season-high 15 by halftime after having shot 3-for-3 from 3-point range.

Bosworth had nine points in each half and finished 5-for-9 from beyond the 3-point arc.

UCLA trailed by as many as six points in the first half but reduced its deficit on the outside shooting of LaVine, who scored five consecutive points to trim UC Santa Barbara’s margin to one point with 3:11 to play in the first half.

UCLA finished 27 of 36 from the free throw line (75.0 percent), with most of its free throws coming in the game’s closing minutes. Adams made 11 of 14 free throws for UCLA, and Anderson converted 9 of 12 free throws.

The Bruins return to action at Missouri (7-0) in a nationally-televised contest on CBS this Saturday. Game time is 9:30 a.m. (PT)/11:30 a.m. (CT) in Columbia, Mo.

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