Jaylen Hands was simply unconscionable when they needed him most. Oregon dominated the first 20 minutes of play and held a 16-point advantage, only before Hands began his herculean heroics at Pauley Pavilion.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar sat along court side and cheered on his alma mater. The UCLA legend also took a photo with freshman 7-foot center Moses Brown, serving as an inspiration for the Bruins highly touted Five-star recruit. “That was my first-time meeting , I always wanted to meet him,” Brown said. “We had a lot of things in common. He told me to keep up the good work.” Abdul-Jabbar was honored at halftime with his several of his teammates from the 1969 championship team with a barrage of cheers. UCLA ultimately used the loud and energetic crowd to route Arizona 90-69
Abysmal free-throw shooting, and costly late game turnovers resulted in a 74-72 loss to Belmont Saturday afternoon after Kevin McClain found a wide-open back door cut that quickly turned into the game-winning layup with 3.2 seconds left.
Looking to win their fourth straight game Monday night, UCLA showed many things while still trying to find chemistry with a young and inexperienced roster.
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UCLA knew they needed a win as well to stay at the top of standings, but it took overtime and a barrage of three-point attempts to make it happen.
UCLA got out and ran the lanes throughout the game, forcing the Cardinal into 13 turnovers while holding them to 30 percent from three-point distance and 40 percent overall through 20 minutes of play.
It was a night Bruin fans and coach Steve Alford watched their young talented roster play possibly its strongest second half of the season, and then it wasn’t in a matter of minutes.
Before a season-high crowd of 10,018 fans at Pauley Pavilion on Saturday afternoon, miscues on offense and a flurry of turnovers led to the UCLA Bruins 77-63 loss to No. 25 Cincinnati Bearcats. A young, inexperienced UCLA team faced potentially their toughest defensive opponent to date in Cincinnati and folded. The Bruins committed 15 turnovers in the first half. The turnovers came in many forms. UCLA’s Aaron Holiday lobbed a pass to center Thomas Welsh in the post that was intercepted. “I turned the ball over trying to throw it in the post and then everybody else started turning it
In their second all-time meeting, UCLA avenged a March 11, 1999 NCAA Tournament upset against the Detroit Mercy Sunday night at Pauley Pavilion, defeating the Titans 106-73 after giving the home crowd a special night that was filled with spectacular dunks.
All five UCLA starters scored in double figures, even with the Bruins being shorthanded without Freshman guard Jaylen Hands, who sprained his left foot in UCLA’s victory over Wisconsin.