COLLISON, BRUINS AVOID UPSET ASSERT THEMSELVES IN 2ND HALF TO GO TO 12-0 UCLA 55, WASH. ST. 52.Byline: JILL PAINTER Staff Writer 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 point guard Darren Collison Darren Michael Collison (born August 23, 1987) is an American basketball player. The right-hander is a native of Rancho Cucamonga, California, and is currently playing his sophomore season for the University of California, Los Angeles. had a serious holiday hangover, and he wasn't alone. The cold-shooting Bruins were in grave danger Grave Danger is the name of the last two episodes in the of the popular American crime drama , which is set in Las Vegas, Nevada. This two parter was directed by Quentin Tarantino and was aired on May 19, 2005. of losing their first game and No. 1 ranking in their Pacific-10 Conference The Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) is a college athletic conference which operates in the western United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I. Membership Full members opener against Washington State, and Collison's troubles were the most evident. He had no points, no assists, three turnovers and three fouls in the first half. He didn't even start the second half, but when he did get back in, he'd been cured of whatever ailed him. Collison scored 13 points in the second half and led UCLA's 55-52 comeback win over Washington State on Thursday in front of a sold-out crowd 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 Cougars controlled the game for the first half and led by as many as 10 points, but it was a thriller the rest of the way. Ivory Clark had an open dunk to pull Washington State within 53-52 with 53 seconds left. Collison missed a shot in the lane on the other end, and Clark got the rebound with 25 seconds to go. Derrick derrick: see crane. Derrick famous hangman; eponym of modern hoisting apparatus. [Br. Hist.: Espy, 170] See : Execution Low tried a 3-pointer from the right wing with 8 seconds remaining, but it was an air ball, and 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 got the rebound. Afflalo made both free throws and a last-second 3-point try by Nikola Koprivica was errant er·rant adj. 1. Roving, especially in search of adventure: knights errant. 2. Straying from the proper course or standards: errant youngsters. 3. . Luc Mbah a Moute made several big defensive plays down the stretch to keep UCLA (12-0, 1-0 Pac-10) undefeated. Mbah a Moute blocked Low's shot and Afflalo made a fastbreak 3-pointer from the left wing to pull UCLA within two at 39-37. Even though Washington State (11-2, 0-1) gave UCLA more than it could handle for a while, the Cougars are now 0-25 against No. 1 teams. Low scored a game-high 14 points. UCLA trailed by nine at 35-26 with about 17 minutes left. The Bruins rallied behind Collison, a most unlikely hero considering his first half. Collison hit shots from everywhere and made a 3-pointer from the top of the arc to put UCLA ahead 40-39, the Bruins - first lead. UCLA had finally played the part of the nation's top-ranked team in slaughtering Michigan on Saturday, but that game seemed like it was five months ago not five days. The Bruins shot just 32.7 percent from the field.Afflalo and Collison each had a team-high 13 points. Afflalo was just 4 of 12 from the field and Josh Shipp Josh Shipp (born 23 January in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is an American motivational speaker and author focusing on youth and college-aged audiences. He is noted as being one of the youngest speakers ever accepted into the National Speakers Association. was 4 of 13 with 11 points. The Bruins trailed the Cougars 19-9 in at one point in the first half but trailed just 28-24 at halftime. It was UCLA's worst offensive first-half performance of the season. UCLA could do nothing inside against the Cougars, who played their customary stellar interior defense, and the Bruins couldn't shoot from the outside, either. Howland started freshman Russell Westbrook in place of Collison in the second half, but Collison was back in the game before the second half was three minutes "Three Minutes" is the 46th episode of Lost. It is the twenty-second episode of the second season. The episode was directed by Stephen Williams, and written by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. It first aired on May 17, 2006 on ABC. old. He was just what the doctor ordered. He made three free throws and open jumper with 13:23 left. Washington State, which was picked to finish last in the Pac-10, missed its first five shots but played stellar defense and had eight blocks. UCLA was cold from the field, too, and made just three of its first 12 shots. The Bruins made just 27 percent of their shots in the first half but did just enough in the second half to win. jill.painter@dailynews.com (818) 713-3615 CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) UCLA's Arron Afflalo, left, tries to put up a shot past Washington State's Ivory Clark. (2) UCLA's Josh Shipp gets underneath Washington State's Ivory Clark on Thursday at Pauley Pavilion Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer |
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