Arena Dog Chow — Bruins make mush of the hot Dawgs, as they say good riddance to the Sports Arena with a thrilling 75-69 come-from-behind victory, outscoring Washington (who was 13-2 in their last 15 games) 20-9 in the last 12 minutes and 6-0 in the final minute
The Bruins’ next home game will be in Pauley Pavilion, and no one will miss the Sports Arena. That being said, the Bruins capped off their run in the decaying building by completing an impressive sweep over the Washington schools. On Saturday morning, they battled back from 9 down to defeat the formerly first-place Huskies 75-69.
Led by SENIOR Lazeric Jones, as well as Tyler Lamb, Josh Smith, and Travis Wear, UCLA overcame a first half in which they gave up a whopping 47 points. They trailed at the break by 3, but came out and tied the game up right after intermission. Then the game see-sawed, with Washington usually holding a small lead. But the Bruins finally tightened their Defense, and that enabled them to push ahead. A few key Steals by Lamb, and some Offensive rebounds by Smith and the Wears helped turn the tide. It was David Wear’s putback in the final minute that gave the Bruins a lead that they never relinquished, as Jones swished two Free Throws to ice it.
Below are FIFTY photos from the game. Click on them to enlarge them, and stay tuned this week for another NINETY photos, to be posted very soon. Unfortunately, I don’t have time tonight to fully caption all the photos, or to go more in depth about the game. Hopefully, I will add more photos, and more commentary in the next couple of days, before UCLA plays u$c in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament on Wednesday.
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- Nan (John Wooden’s daughter), Joe Bruin, and (John Wooden’s Great-Grandson) Tyler Trapani (The Holy Trinity)
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- Lazeric Jones waves goodbye
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- Lazeric Jones SAYS goodbye, to the Huskies, with the game-clinching Free Throws
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- Tyler Lamb, Defensive Player of the Game, closes out on UW’s failed attempt at a game-winner
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- Josh Smith blocks a shot, emphatically
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- Josh really turns it on for Washington
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- Don’t play tug-o-war with Josh — you’ll lose
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- Josh Smith, auditioning for Cirque Du Soleil
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- Take Two
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- Pro-active
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- Travis Wear shows some fire
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- Travis came up huge
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- Travis gets it up
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- But Lazeric Jones was THE MAN
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- Jones dropped 20 on the Dawgs
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- Tyler Lamb came up big too
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- Lamb was effective all over both sides of the court
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- Jones and Lamb got it done all day long
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- And Norman Powell had a great game too
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- And the Spirit Squad had a great game too, as always
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- Kate and Lizzi
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- Savannah and Caroline
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- Michelle and Savannah
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- Nicolette and Natasha
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- Caroline and Tiana
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- Lizzi and Chelsea (coaxing a shy child to come take a photo withe the squad)
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- Lizzi and Chelsea (still coaxing a shy child to come take a photo withe the squad)
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- Riana
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- Caroline
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- Savannah, behind blue eyes
dswenson wrote,
Let’s keep the streak alive and win the PAC 12 tournament! After all the bad news this week about our BRUIN BB Team, let’s win the tournament. GO BRUINS!
| Link | March 4th, 2012 at 4:38 pm
jp wrote,
geeze, the Dance Team is just ALWAYS amazing! new auditions are coming up again next month so let’s hope they continue the national domination.
| Link | March 4th, 2012 at 6:03 pm
SMS wrote,
Once again, you have outdone yourself. The pictures of the Spirit Squad are STUNNING! You’re the best.
| Link | March 4th, 2012 at 10:28 pm
UCLADal wrote,
Congrats on the Bruins beating the Dawgs. Hopefully this will give them some mojo for the tournament. GO BRUINS!
| Link | March 5th, 2012 at 9:14 pm