Loud and purple. Those are the two adjectives sophomore guard Jordan Adams used to describe Washington’s Alaska Airlines Arena, the building where UCLA men’s basketball will kick off a two-game road trip on Thursday to close out the regular season. Read more...
Photo: Freshman guard Zach LaVine bounced back from a multigame lull in his performance, reaching double figures in two of his last three games. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Steve Alford wasn’t happy, and everyone in Pauley Pavilion knew it. As the ball ricocheted off the rim, sophomore forward/center Tony Parker and Oregon State forward Eric Moreland both reached for it. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior forwards David (left) and Travis Wear (center) and sophomore forward/center Tony Parker defend the paint against Oregon State forward Devon Collier. UCLA’s frontcourt has had some trouble dealing with the type of size Oregon State has throughout the season. (Tim Bradbury/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Class of 2015 point guard Aaron Holiday announced his verbal commitment to UCLA Monday, as originally reported by Scout. Holiday, who plays for Campbell Hall High School and resides in North Hollywood, is the No. Read more...
No matter what happens in Vegas, UCLA will assuredly stay in Vegas a day longer. The Bruins erased a nine-point halftime deficit and sophomore guard Jordan Adams scored 24 points to give UCLA its first victory in three games, a 74-69 takedown of Oregon State. Read more...
Photo: Jordan Adams had 24 points in UCLA’s 74-69 defeat of OSU. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)
If a team’s two leading scorers are once again inserted into the lineup, is the difference immediately felt? With a half still to play against Oregon State at Pauley Pavilion, the results are still inconclusive. Read more...
Moments before UCLA basketball took the floor Thursday night, the biggest jeers facing the Bruins came neither from Oregon’s basketball players nor the Duck faithful scattered throughout Pauley Pavilion. Read more...
Photo: Freshman guard Bryce Alford, who scored a career-high 31 points against the Ducks, walks off the court following an 87-83 loss to Oregon in double overtime. (Tim Bradbury/Daily Bruin senior staff)
In the absence of “Slo-Mo,” or sophomore guard/forward Kyle Anderson, UCLA’s offensive strategy has been exactly that. With Anderson and sophomore guard Jordan Adams out of the lineup on Thursday night against Oregon due to a violation of team rules, the Bruins lacked any post presence and relied primarily on the three-point shot, which very rarely went in. Read more...
