BRUINS ARE UNRIVALED IN WIN UCLA STARTS GAME WITH AN 18-2 RUN AND CRUISES TO VICTORY OVER TROJANS UCLA 66, USC 45.Byline: Brian Dohn Staff Writer The outcome was closer than last month's gridiron goring, but the drama on the hardwood Wednesday lasted even less time than the football massacre six weeks earlier. But the big difference was 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 played the part of embarrassor, not embarrassee, scoring 18 of the game's first 20 points to set up a celebratory night for the Bruins fans starved for success against the Trojans. By the time it was over, first-year USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. coach Tim Floyd Tim Floyd (born February 25, 1954) is the current head coach of the University of Southern California men's college basketball team. Floyd is also a former head coach of several teams in both the NCAA and the NBA. had a technical, Trojans second-leading Gabe Pruitt Gabriel Michael Pruitt (born on April 19, 1986 in Los Angeles, California) is an African American basketball player with the Boston Celtics. Biography College career On April 27 Pruitt announced that he registered for the 2007 NBA Draft. was shut down by Arron Afflalo Arron Agustin Afflalo (born October 15, 1985) is an American professional basketball player, currently with the Detroit Pistons. He recently completed a three-year career at University of California, Los Angeles in the Pacific Ten Conference of the NCAA as the starting shooting and No. 18 UCLA had a grand 'ol time pasting the Trojans 66-45 in front of 13,037 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. . The Bruins were in sync on offense, controlling on the boards, and suffocating suf·fo·cate v. suf·fo·cat·ed, suf·fo·cat·ing, suf·fo·cates v.tr. 1. To kill or destroy by preventing access of air or oxygen. 2. To impair the respiration of; asphyxiate. 3. on defense as they held the Trojans to 29.5 percent shooting from the field. It was UCLA's third straight win in the series, and gave the Pac-10-leading Bruins (15-3, 5-2) blowout wins in back-to-back home games against USC, which lost 90-69 in Pauley. USC (12-6, 3-4) has lost three of its last four games. UCLA, which had lost two of its last three games at home, was led in scoring by Jordan Farmar's 15 points. Arron Afflalo chipped in 11 points and Luc Richard Mbah a Moute Luc Richard Mbah a Moute (born 9 September 1986 in Yaounde, Cameroon) is a 6' 8" Cameroonian basketball player who plays for the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Bruins in the Pacific Ten Conference of the NCAA. added 10 for a balanced attack as the fans were all too happy to push aside thoughts of the 66-19 loss to USC in football. Dwayne Shackleford led USC with 12 points, while leading scorers Nick Young and Gabe Pruitt were held to 4-of-21 shooting and 12 points. Of course, what would a UCLA game be without an injury, or the threat of one, and that came when freshman forward Luc Richard Mbah a Moute crashed hard to the floor under USC's basket with 9:05 to play. By the time he got up, only a few seconds later, coach Ben Howland was out to greet him, followed by trainer Tony Spino. However, unlike most of UCLA's injuries this season, Mbah a Moute iced for a few minutes, then returned to action. It was also a sweet win for UCLA, given comments Floyd made when he accepted the job last spring. At the time, Floyd said the Trojans aspire to be like Pac-10 power Arizona. Of course, despite it being widely reported at the time, earlier this week Floyd denied making those statements. UCLA's 40 minutes of fun began in a flurry, with Farmar hitting a 23-footer 17 seconds after the tip to give the Bruins the lead. Farmar added another 3-pointer before Abdoulaye N'diaye's dunk off a turnover provided the Trojans with their only points of the first eight minutes. By the time USC scored again, Afflalo hit a leaner, Ryan Hollins scored on a chippie chip·pie n. Variant of chippy. , Michael Roll made a 3-pointer, Darren Collison scored in transition and Farmar hit another three to give the Bruins an 18-2 lead. The Trojans, who trailed 39-19 at the half, never got closer than 15 points, and trailed by as many as 30 points, 60-30, midway through the second half. Brian Dohn, (818) 713-3607 brian.dohn(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) UCLA's Ryan Wright, right, gains control of the ball past USC's Jeremy Barr during Wednesday's game at Pauley Pavilion. John McCoy/Staff Photographer |
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