CORVALLIS, Ore. – Lonzo Ball went up for the putaway dunk– an easy bucket that would’ve given No. 2 UCLA points to cushion its lead in a tight game on the road against Oregon State. Read more...
Photo: Freshman guard Lonzo Ball had a team-high 23 points to help No. 2 UCLA take down Oregon State on Friday evening. The Bruins’ 76 points is their lowest of the season behind late November’s win over Texas A&M, where they scored 74. (Jintak Han/assistant Photo editor)
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Outside of freshmen guard Lonzo Ball and forward TJ Leaf, the rest of No. 2 UCLA may have left its game back in Eugene, Oregon. Read more...
Photo: Freshman Lonzo Ball bounced back from UCLA’s first loss of the season with eight points, five rebounds and three assists in the first half. The forward also went 2-of-4 from 3-point range to give the Bruins’ the 34-26 lead. (Jintak Han/assistant Photo editor)
EUGENE, Ore. – Credit the defense. Both UCLA’s and Oregon’s for coming up big down the stretch in the No. 21 Ducks’ (12-2, 1-0 Pac-12) 89-87 upset win. Read more...
Photo: Freshman Lonzo Ball helped engineer a UCLA comeback, but the Oregon defense held the Bruins to just eight points in the final four minutes in the Ducks’ upset win. Ucla’s own defense gave up 17 points in that same span. (Jintak Han/assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Dec. 28 at 9:42 p.m. EUGENE, Ore. — By any measure, Lonzo Ball was pretty quiet for the first half of play. Read more...
Photo: Oregon junior forward Dillon Brooks knocked down the game-winning 3-pointer with 0.8 seconds left on the clock, handing No. 2 UCLA its first loss of the year. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
EUGENE, Ore — Fast-tempo, efficient three-point shooting and splitting the defense for easy buckets. No. 21 Oregon (11-2) stole a page from the UCLA (13-0) handbook to take a 52-47 lead over the No. Read more...
Photo: Junior Thomas Welsh scored UCLA’s first eight points in his first game back from a bruised right knee. The center finished the half with 12 points and four rebounds, but the Bruins trail the Oregon Ducks by five. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
Undefeated UCLA men’s basketball will open Pac-12 play with a road trip to Oregon and Oregon State this week. Here’s how the Daily Bruin beat writers think the Bruins will fare: Win at Oregon, Win at Oregon State Derrek Li, beat writer Last season, coach Steve Alford kept saying a road-trip sweep was a goal for the season. Read more...
Coach Steve Alford called on his players to rope-a-dope and throw the early punches a la Muhammad Ali. They got the message. Down went Nebraska. Texas A&M was next. Read more...
Photo: Senior guard Bryce Alford said that despite the team’s No. 2 ranking, UCLA views Oregon as the favorite in Wednesday night’s conference opener. The Ducks are coming off an Elite Eight finish and are expecting senior guard Chris Boucher back from ankle injury. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
