HUSKIES BOARD BY BRUINS WASHINGTON'S AGGRESSIVE PLAY TOO STRONG FOR UCLA WASHINGTON 82, UCLA 70.Byline: Brian Dohn Staff Writer SEATTLE - Washington applied its pressure defense about the time the basketball dripped from the net, and the team's presence and tenacity wore 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 down enough to create 23 turnovers. It was painful for the Bruins, but it didn't have the back-breaking result UCLA's lack of defensive rebounding did. Washington regularly sent four guys to the offensive boards and grabbed 22 of its missed shots. The Huskies' 31 points off turnovers and 16 second-chance points devastated dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. the Bruins and led No. 13 Washington past UCLA 82-70 Saturday in front of 10,000 at Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. Arena. The Huskies were led by Brandon Roy's 20 points and 13 rebounds (five offensive) off the bench. Bobby Jones added 17 points and Nate Robinson Nathaniel Cornelius "Nate" Robinson (born May 31, 1984, in Seattle, Washington) is an American professional basketball player who plays for the New York Knicks of the NBA. scored 16 as Washington won its 20th home game in a row. ``They absolutely killed us on their offensive rebounding, and then 23 turnovers,'' Bruins coach Ben Howland Ben Howland (born May 28, 1957 in Lebanon, Oregon) is an American college head coach of men's basketball. He has been the head coach of the University of California, Los Angeles since 2003, and recently signed a contract extension through 2013. said. ``Turnovers are something that's plagued us on and off all year. And lack of defensive rebounding absolutely killed us. They really crash hard. Obviously, they must have made a point of it. Not only did they get a lot of offensive rebounds, they got a lot of taps to keep it alive.'' Senior wing Dijon Thompson Dijon Lynn Thompson (born February 23, 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is an American professional basketball player for Alba Berlin of the German Bundesliga. led the Bruins in scoring for the third consecutive game with 22 points. 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. added a career-high 20, but UCLA spent the afternoon playing catch-up because it couldn't contain Washington on the boards. The Huskies sent a wave of players after their missed shots, and constantly out-manned UCLA underneath. In grabbing a season-high in offensive rebounds for a UCLA opponent, Washington took 22 more shots (74) than the Bruins (52), and easily won despite shooting 37.8 percent from the field. ``It's very difficult because they basically have a full head of steam, and it's almost impossible to stop four guys coming in there,'' Thompson said. ``You have to try and be a little more physical. It's almost like you're sacrificing transition buckets, but they're still getting offensive rebounds. They were really aggressive.'' Washington (19-3, 9-2 Pacific-10) remained tied for first in the league with Arizona while the Bruins (12-7, 6-5) stayed tied for third with Stanford. ``They just weren't boxing out
Boxing out is a technique used in basketball to obtain rebounds. A player boxes out another player by positioning himself between the other player and the basket; he or she then uses their buttocks to and, really, we're known for crashing the boards,'' said Jones, who had four offensive rebounds. ``That just makes everything more difficult. We get second-chance shots, fouls, points. A lot of bad things can happen when you keep letting teams get offensive rebounds. ``They got a lot of height, but they're not that quick. We just continued to pound them and pound them.'' Unlike a month ago in Westwood when the Bruins rallied from 21 points down to beat Washington, a 15-point second-half deficit was too large. UCLA trailed 62-47 after Tre Simmons' tip-in, which was Washington's third consecutive second-chance basket, but went on an 11-0 run, keyed by Shipp's 3-pointer, to close to within 62-58 with 7:24 to play. However, Washington's quick-strike approach caught the Bruins off guard as Simmons hit a 3-pointer 17 seconds later. The Bruins never got closer than five points the rest of the way. ``That was right around the point of time where we usually take a stand and come through,'' UCLA guard 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 said. ``That three kind of broke our back a little bit. At an opponent's home, especially the 13th-ranked team, it's tough to bounce back right away. Again.'' UCLA's turnovers have been a seasonlong issue, and it played out like so many other times. Washington's pressure didn't result in easy transition baskets - the Huskies didn't score a fastbreak lay-up - but it did wear UCLA down. Bruins freshman point guard Jordan Farmar Jordan Robert Farmar (born November 30, 1986) is an American professional basketball player at starting point guard for the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers. He was previously the starting point guard for the UCLA men's basketball team. continued to play extended time and his 37 minutes might have been the reason he turned the ball over eight times. Many of UCLA's turnovers were just ill-advised passes. ``They force you to be impatient im·pa·tient adj. 1. Unable to wait patiently or tolerate delay; restless. 2. Unable to endure irritation or opposition; intolerant: impatient of criticism. 3. ,'' Afflalo said. ``They make you put (the ball) on the floor before you get a five-second call, and attack the basket. And they deny the wing. Our philosophy was to be a little more patient, get some good shots, but it's kind of tough when a team is pressuring you out that far.'' Brian Dohn, (818) 713-3607 brian.dohn(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Washingon's Brandon Roy Brandon Roy (born July 23, 1984 in Seattle, Washington) is an American professional basketball player with the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association. shoots over the Bruin's Michael Fey Saturday. Ron Wurzer/Associated Press |
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