Jaylen Clark has been a spark plug for the Bruins of late. (Photo Credit: Scott Chandler/uclabruins.com
This evening, the UCLA Bruins are on the road in Oregon looking for a little revenge for their overtime loss to the Ducks at Pauley Pavilion on January 13th. While the Bruins come into tonight’s game on a three-game winning streak, the length of the streak isn’t as important as the way UCLA is winning.
They are doing it by beating their opponents into submission.
Not only that, but they are doing it while missing guys from the usual starting lineup. So, they are doing it with their depth. Even when Tyger Campbell or Johnny Juzang aren’t in the lineup, they are beating the stuffing out of some of the other Pac-12 schools.
Currently, the Bruins sit tied for second in the Pac-12 standings with a 12-4 mark. A win tonight would put them just one win (or a Colorado loss) away from clinching a first round bye in the Pac-12 Tournament.
At the same time, the Ducks also need to win both games this weekend to hold off Colorado which is fighting for a Pac-12 Tournament bye, sitting in 5th place currently just a game behind Oregon.
Speaking of the Ducks, they’ve gone a respectable 7-4 since the overtime game at Pauley. Two of those losses came on the road to the Arizona schools while the other two came at home against Colorado and UC Berkeley. The loss to the Golden Bears was the worst of the bunch. As far as the loss to Colorado goes, while the Ducks lost at home, they did make up for it by beating the Buffs in Boulder.
Tonight’s game should be another dandy…with the Bruins coming out ahead.
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Finally back with Walton calling a game
Looks like Clark has replaced Jules in the starting lineup 👍🏼
Jaylen!
Tyger! It's pretty sloppy, though.
Jules!
Oh, man!
Walton thinks 6 teams from Pac-12 is gonna make the tourney lol
Our jumpers look better than our layups which is problematic bc we’re also missing a lot of jumpers
Juze!
Ducks are shooting 57% to our 38%. Ooof!
Ugh Juzang goes on a 7-point burst and then limps off the court after a foul
Out of control!
Getting killed on the boards.
The Pac 12 needs a clock seminar. Every single game there is a problem.
Jeez!
Sounds like Juzang is done for the night
Riley blocked again and it takes 5 steps for Oregon to called for a travel.
Kepnang blooming everything the Bruins put up. Need to find an answer there.
Bruins not getting any easy looks.
This one is heading south in a hurry.
Missing open looks and playing bad defense = recipe for disaster
Walton is a legend. But as a broadcaster his contrarian opinions are really annoying
Kyman is in. wave the white flag.
Suck!
I guess the Ducks never foul.
This is so frustrating.
Watson is going to be really good next year for us if he doesn't leave for the draft
Watson, we need you.
It’s all over. We have no chance. Turn out the lights.
Riley keeps getting lost on defense.
Oregon’s turnovers are keeping us in the game. 3-point game now
Oregon trying really hard to lose this game
Riley was shocked to receive that pass
Ucla leads!!
Jaime!
Jacquez and Clark both have 4 fouls now ugh
2 of 17 from 3. Ouch.
Just called Jaquez for an offensive foul
Cody Riley looks like Karl Malone about once a game. The rest of the time he looks like a freshman Lorenzo Mata
Clark has a good amount of TOs
That's it for me, Mighty Bruins, Good night.Go Bruins!
UCLA without a quality win in a month
0-14 from three in the half will do it
1-15 in second half for 3s
And Riley makes a 3 pointer. Wow the irony...
Fact is they haven’t beaten anyone notable since early Jan.
We are going to be a 4 seed. We are either going to get smoked in the sweet 16 by a 1 seed, or defeat a weak 1 seed and plow to the Final 4.