Friday, July 3

Smaller players of the UCLA men’s basketball team step up their game

All 305 pounds of freshman center Joshua Smith came crashing to the floor in UCLA's pivotal meeting with California on Thursday. Read more...

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Sophomore forward Tyler Honeycutt did a little bit of everything in UCLA’s 68-57 win against Stanford on Saturday, putting up 16 points, three assists, eight rebounds and four blocks. With the Bruins at times opting to go with a small lineup, Honeycutt saw time at the power forward position in Saturday’s game.




Athletes become pen pals with local students through UCLA Athletics’ Adopt a Classroom program

Six-year-old Jadon Graiwer was ecstatic when he learned he and his classmates would be pen pals with a UCLA athlete. "I don't want to be a Trojan room," Graiwer said about the possibility of his first-grade classroom pairing up with a USC athlete. Read more...

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First-grade student Noa Schwartz gets an autograph from Matt Wiet, a sophomore defender on the UCLA men’s soccer team. (courtesy of Kelly Schwartz)



Men’s tennis sweeps BYU

Going into this season, UCLA men's tennis coach Billy Martin stressed that his team would require a strong collective effort for every match to come out successful. He challenged his young team to come out and fight for the doubles point, which would set the tone for strong results in singles and the overall match. And respond his players did, as No. Read more...

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Senior Amit Inbar rallied back to win his singles match after dropping the first set against Evan Urbina of Brigham Young. UCLA would go on to win 7-0.