How To Watch, Game Preview and Game Thread: UCLA Bruins at UC Berkeley Golden Bears

Feb 10

Lazar Stefanovic has picked up his play over UCLA’s last seven games. (Photo Credit: Jan Kim Lim/uclabruins.com)

The Bruins’ surge continued on Wednesday night when they defeated Stanford, 82-74. That was the most points the team has scored all season. UCLA has now won four in a row and six of their last seven games.

After the win over Stanford, UCLA is now tied for fourth place with the Colorado Buffaloes, just a game behind Oregon and Washington State who are tied for second and two games behind Arizona who leads the Pac-12.

If the Bruins can win this afternoon, they will come out of the weekend tied for third because Oregon and Washington State play today as well and one of them will lose.

Over the past seven games, UCLA has averaged 71.5 points per game while allowing 64.8.

One guy who has really played well for the Bruins over the last seven games in Lazar Stefanovic. Over that stretch, he’s averaged 15.3 ppg. He’s also shooting 44.3% from the field and 45.7% from beyond the arc.

UCLA is also 10-3 this season when they hold their opponents to 65 points or less.

UC Berkeley Golden Bears

The Golden Bears have won four of the last five games at home. Their only home loss in 2024 came against Washington. During that time, they’ve won games over both Colorado and Washington State.

So, Mark Madsen has the Bears playing well at home.

As far as starters go, look for Madsen to start the same five guys he did against the Bruins when the teams met in Westwood.

Since they met on January 6th, Jaylon Tyson has played even better than he had been playing. He’s increased his scoring average from 19.9 ppg to 20.3 ppg. He also put up 22 in Westwood.

The good news is that the rest of the starters have actually seen a slight decrease in production. Fardaws Aimaq’s average has dropped from 15.7 to 15.3 ppg while Jalen Cone has dipped from 14.4 to 14.2 ppg. Even Jalen Celestine’s scoring has fallen from 8.4 ppg to 8.2 ppg now.

Keonte Kennedy is the guy whose scoring has dropped most. He was averaging 11.4 ppg prior to the Bears’ last game against the Bruins, but now he’s averaging just 9.4 ppg. Last month, UCLA held him to just six points.

In other words, the Bears have definitely become more of a one-dimensional team since they played UCLA last month.

If the Bruins can continue to score while containing Tyson as much as possible, they should be able to complete a Bay Area road sweep and find themselves in a tie for third place with seven games left to play.

Listen to the Game With TMB

This afternoon’s game will be on Fox with Brandon Guadin and Casey Jacobsen calling the game. If you prefer, you can listen to Josh Lewin and Tracy Murray. Just be sure to right-click on it so that you can open up another tab and have it going while you chat in the comments below. Listen to today’s game online.

This is your UCLA men’s basketball vs. UC Berkeley game thread. Here’s how to watch, listen and stream today’s game:

UCLA Men’s Basketball (12-11, 7-5)

Opponent: UC Berkeley Golden Bears (10-13, 6-6)
Series Record: UCLA leads, 146-104
When: 2:30 pm PT, Saturday, February 10, 2024
Where: Haas Pavilion, Berkeley, CA
TV: Fox with Brandon Gaudin and Casey Jacobsen
Live Stream: FoxSports.com and the Fox Sports app
Radio/Audio
Local Radio: AM 1150 with Josh Lewin and Tracy Murray
Satellite Radio: SiriusXM Ch. 389 (UCLA Call)
Online: uclabruins.com
Live Stats: UCLA StatBroadcast
Game Notes:
UCLA
UC Berkeley

Go Bruins!!!

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