UCLA
16-1, 3-1
Stanford
8-8, 0-4
No. 4 UCLA Drops Stanford, 89-75
January 08, 2017 | Men's Basketball
LOS ANGELES โย No. 4 UCLA improved to 16-1 with an 89-75 victory over Stanford in front of a sellout crowd of 13,659 in Pauley Pavilion on Sunday evening.
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Freshman guardย Lonzo Ballย led the Bruins with 21 points and added eight assists and six rebounds, and freshman forwardย TJ Leafย recorded his eighth double-double of the year with 15 points and 10 rebounds.
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UCLA (16-1, 3-1 Pac-12) was dominant early, maintaining a double-digit lead for the final 14 minutes of the first half. The Bruins used a 10-2 run to turn a 22-11 lead into a 32-13 advantage with 7:24 remaining. UCLA, which secured its 10th consecutive home victory, led by as many as 20 before going into halftime with a 48-30 advantage against Stanford (8-8, 0-4)
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Ball scored 15 of his team-leading 21 points in the first half, connecting on 6 of 8 shots from the field. Bryce Alford had 11 of his 17 points in the first half, including a trio of three-pointers.
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The Bruins increased their lead to 23 points early in the second half on a three-point basket from Alford, but Stanford clawed its way back into the game with a 16-4 run to close to within 11 points โ 59-48 โ with 13:38 to play.
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UCLA used back-to-back three-pointers byย Aaron Holidayย and Ball to increase their advantage to 17 points (67-50) with 12:38 to play. The Bruins kept the visiting Cardinal at bay for the remainder of the game.
Steve Alford, Lonzo Ball Press Conference | Bryce Alford, TJ Leaf Press Conference
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"We had some growth," UCLA head coachย Steve Alford said. "It's like I told them in the locker room, we are 16-1, and you can see an awful lot of growth ahead of us. We still have some things to work on and get better and that's a positive. If we were 16-1 and can't do things any better, we can plateau out. I still think the ceiling for this team is very high, and that's exciting."
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Four Bruins scored in double-figures, led by Ball's 21. Alford added 17 points and was 4-of-5 from three-point range. Leaf added six assists to his 15 points and 10 rebounds, andย Isaac Hamiltonย scored 15 points and grabbed five rebounds.
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Michael Humphrey led Stanford with career-high totals of 27 points and 14 rebounds. He scored 18 of his 27 points in the second half. Robert Cartwright also recorded career-highs in points (18) and assists (nine).
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UCLA (16-1, 3-1) will next travel to Colorado (10-6, 0-3) to take on the Buffaloes on Thursday, Jan. 12. Game time at the Coors Events Center in Boulder, Colo, is 8 p.m. PT (9 p.m. MT). UCLA's game will be nationally televised by FS1.
