[0] BRUINS JUST EDGE UC SANTA BARBARA UCLA 83, UCSB 77.Byline: Billy Witz Staff Writer When UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX athletic director Athletic director (commonly, "athletics director") is a position at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, which oversees the work of the coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic Peter Dalis arrives at work this morning, he's bound to have messages on his answering machine from Loyola Marymount coach Steve Aggers and Cal State Fullerton coach Donny Daniels Donny Daniels is an assistant men's basketball coach at UCLA. He previously served as head coach at Cal State Fullerton. • • , asking for a game. The way UCLA is playing, the Bruins might forget about phone calls and line up outside his door. A week after suffering the embarrassment of losing to Cal State Northridge at Pauley Pavilion Edwin W. Pauley Pavilion, informally and commonly known as Pauley Pavilion, is an indoor arena located on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles, California. It is home to the UCLA Bruins men's and women's basketball teams. The men's and women's volleyball teams also play here. , UCLA survived another indignity in·dig·ni·ty n. pl. in·dig·ni·ties 1. Humiliating, degrading, or abusive treatment. 2. A source of offense, as to a person's pride or sense of dignity; an affront. 3. , holding off winless UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. 83-77 before a crowd of 6,927 Wednesday night at Pauley. The only difference between last week's loss and Wednesday's survival might have been that two of UCSB's best players, center Adama Ndiaye and freshman swingman swing·man n. Basketball A team member who can play effectively in two different positions, especially forward and guard. Branduiin Fullove, were seated on the bench in streetclothes with injuries. Still, UCSB UCSB University of California at Santa Barbara UCSB University of Casual Sex and Beer , which entered the game shooting 36 percent in its previous losses to Pepperdine, USF USF University of South Florida USF Universal Service Fund (often part of phone bill in US) USF University of San Francisco USF University of Sioux Falls USF University of St. and BYU BYU Brigham Young University BYU Bayou BYU Bob's Your Uncle BYU Bayreuth, Germany - Bindlacher Berg (Airport Code) BYU Beyond Your Understanding , got 23 points from Mark Hull, who hit 5 of 6 3-pointers and was in the game until the final minute. The Gauchos (0-4), after creeping within 70-68 on Mike Vukovich's layin with 6:57 to play, went without a field goal until Jacoby Atako's layin with 42 seconds to play, which leff UCSB behind, 78-71. UCLA (2-2) got 24 points from Jason Kapono, who was 8 for 8 from the free-throw line, and 21 poins from Dan Gadzuric, who made 10 of 12 shots from the field. But the Bruins shot just 43.8 percent from the field and their defense left plenty to be desired. The Bruins couldn't stop UCSB's guards from penetrating, the couldn't keep track of the perimeter players, particularly Hull, from Glendale's Hoover High, and they couldn't put away a 20-point underdog until the final 30 seconds. Yet, in the Bruins' eyes, at least this wasn't Northridge. ``A win is a win,'' said UCLA point guard Earl Watson. ``It doesn't matter by how many. It doesn't matter how you beat them. You've got to put a bunch of W's together and by the end of the season they all add up. Our goal is just to win games. We have a long way to go. We're not on top of the world. But if we win every game by two points, that's fine.'' UCLA came out with noticeably more energy than it displayed against Northridge. Earl Watson took the opening tip and quickly fed Ray Young for an alley- oop dunk. The Bruins immediately went to a zone press and forced a 10-second call. Young then fed Gadzuric inside for a dunk, and 20 seconds into the game the Bruins were rolling. With UCSB's 6-foot-9, 235-pound center, Adama Ndiaye, who led the Big West in blocked shots last year, out with a broken finger that required surgery, UCLA continued to force feed the ball into Gadzuric in the post. He scored 15 of their first 19 points and UCLA jumped to a 21-10 lead when Kapono grabbed a rebound and sank a short baseline jumper with 12:43 left in the half. It was Kapono's first basket since early in the Northridge game, snapping a scoreless string of more than 41 minutes. But Hull, who made six of seven shots in the first half, hit three consecutive 3-pointers and UCSB pulled within 29-25. The Gauchos took their first lead, 33-31, on a 17-foot jumper by freshman guard Nick Jones with 4:12 left in the half. The basket sent the UCSB students, cloistered up near the rafters, into a tizzy tiz·zy n. pl. tiz·zies Slang A state of nervous excitement or confusion; a dither. [Origin unknown. , chanting ``Gau-chos. Gau-chos.'' (Or was it Na-chos. Na-chos?) The more well-to-do UCSB fans seated behind their team's bench joined in to make enough noise to turn Pauley Pavilion into Thunderdome Sud. Juliano Jordani's second 3-pointer of the half put the Gauchos ahead 41-36 with 2:05 left in the half. Kapono hit two free throws to cut the deficit to three, but after he missed a 3-pointer at the halftime buzzer, the Bruins trailed 41-38. Kapono slapped the court with both palms and headed to the locker room. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Center Dan Gadzuric's inside scoring played a role for UCLA Wednesday night, as the Bruins held off visiting UC Santa Barbara. Charlotte Schmid-Maybach/Daily News (2) Santa Barbara guard Mark Hill hits the floor as he tries to gain possession of the ball from UCLA guard Billy Knight in the first half at Pauley Pavilion on Wednesday night. Kim D. Johnson/Associated Press |
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