Friday, January 9

Men’s basketball shoots for free throws, overwhelms UC Irvine 87-63

UCLA struggled to shoot from the field through the first 30 minutes of Sunday’s contest against UC Irvine. So instead of repeatedly clanking jump shots off the rim, the No. Read more...

Photo: Aaron Holiday had 16 points in Sunday’s victory over UC Irvine. The junior point guard was one of five Bruins to post a double-digit point total, as all of UCLA’s starters accomplished the feat. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Daily Bruin)


UCLA basketball wins 72-70 in close competition against Wisconsin

Aaron Holiday dribbled past a Thomas Welsh screen and had the ball poked away. For a split second, the junior point guard nearly lost UCLA’s chance to go ahead in the final seconds of its tied game against Wisconsin. Read more...

Photo: Aaron Holiday got a layup off with less than a second left in Tuesday’s game, sending UCLA men’s basketball to a 2-point victory. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA falls to Creighton in season’s first loss in high-scoring game

This post was updated Nov. 21 at 1:41 a.m. The Bruins have gone from East Asia to the Midwest so far this year, but their domestic record is now worse than their record abroad. Read more...

Photo: Prince Ali came up with 18 points in his 25 minutes of play Monday, but the redshirt sophomore guard also fouled out, picking up his fifth personal foul with 44 seconds left in the game. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA men’s basketball has big expectations against Creighton

The outlook for UCLA men’s basketball’s season has changed dramatically in the past couple of weeks – with the indefinite suspension of three players set to be key members of the rotation calling into question how the Bruins will look against top-notch competition. Read more...

Photo: UCLA men’s basketball will face Creighton on Monday in Kansas City, Missouri. The Bruins will have to work to slow down Creighton’s high-powered offense. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Men’s basketball pulls away in second half, beats South Carolina State 96-68

This post was updated Nov. 17 at 9:15 p.m. For the second straight game, UCLA men’s basketball allowed an unheralded nonconference opponent to keep the score close into the second half. Read more...

Photo: Freshman guard Chris Smith scored a team-high 15 points off the bench in UCLA’s 96-68 win over South Carolina State on Friday night. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Men’s basketball prevails in overtime game against Central Arkansas

The Central Arkansas Bears played a ranked team last week and it wasn’t close. They lost to then-No. 25 Baylor by 41 points. That same Central Arkansas team (1-2) played No. Read more...

Photo: Junior guard Aaron Holiday shot 5-of-15 from the field Wednesday night, but he did sink four of his nine 3s and 10 of his 12 free throw attempts. UCLA ended up winning in overtime 106-101. (Amy Dixon/Assistant Photo editor)


Timeline: How arrested basketball players spent their time in China

UCLA Athletics director Dan Guerrero told the press more about the events surrounding the arrests of the three basketball players in China. Here’s how the days unfolded – starting before the trip and ending when the players landed at LAX. Read more...

Photo: UCLA athletics director Dan Guerrero provided some answers Wednesday morning regarding the day-to-day lives of the three UCLA men’s basketball players arrested in China. (Michael Zshornack)



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