UCLA concludes a six-game homestand on Tuesday when it hosts its first-ever Massive Ten Convention recreation in Los Angeles, albeit towards acquainted league foe Washington.
The Bruins (6-1) welcome their longtime Pac-12 Convention counterpart within the Massive Ten debut for each packages. UCLA is using a five-game profitable streak, having breezed by a sequence of nonconference matchups that wrapped up with an 88-43 blowout of Southern Utah on Nov. 26.
Within the 45-point romp, UCLA’s Dylan Andrews scored 11 factors, dished three assists and had just one turnover. It was a promising displaying from the junior, who struggled by the preliminary stretch of the season with a groin harm and inconsistent play.
“When you’ve gotten a guard (who) is in his third yr and began (virtually) each recreation final yr and is the one man (who) has been in your program for 3 years … he is in all probability going to must have a very good yr,” Bruins coach Mick Cronin stated of Andrews on Monday. “I am not saying he is bought to be Participant of the Yr within the Massive Ten, however he is bought to offer us manufacturing.”
Washington (6-1) continues a Southern California swing after profitable a pair of video games finally weekend’s Acrisure Invitational in Palm Desert. The Huskies beat Colorado State 73-67 within the occasion’s first spherical on Thursday behind Tyler Harris’ 24 factors and eight rebounds.
“He is enjoying with a ton of confidence, he is being aggressive and the one factor he is doing proper now, he is flattening photographs,” Washington coach Danny Sprinkle stated to Sports activities Illustrated of Harris. “When he is flattening his (3-point photographs), he is actually onerous to protect.”
The Huskies then downed Santa Clara 76-69 on Friday within the event last, led by Nice Osobor’s 19 factors and eight rebounds.
Washington’s Tuesday go to to UCLA is the third matchup between the packages within the calendar yr. Nevertheless, this Huskies squad appears to be like dramatically completely different from the model that fell to the Bruins 73-61 at Los Angeles in January, then returned the favor with a 94-77 win at Seattle in February.
Sprinkle took over as Washington’s head coach within the offseason and overhauled the roster, with the arrival of Osobor being a key addition. Osobor received Mountain West Convention Participant of the Yr on Sprinkle’s Utah State crew final season, and the large man at present leads the Huskies in scoring (14.6 factors per recreation), rebounding (10.3 per recreation) and assists (3.9 per recreation) by seven video games.
Harris transferred to Washington from the College of Portland, the place he made the West Coast Convention’s All-Freshman crew in 2023-24.
UCLA underwent its personal makeover earlier than Cronin’s sixth season in cost, with former Pac-12 counterparts Kobe Johson (Southern California) and Tyler Bilodeau (Oregon State) getting into to serve outstanding roles. Bilodeau paces the crew in scoring (13.9 ppg) and rebounds (5.7 rpg).
–Area Stage Media