Yet again, it was a tale of two halves for the No. 3 UCLA men’s basketball team when it took the court against Arizona State on Thursday night. The first half was one characterized by a slow-starting Bruin squad that made just two field goals in the first 8:35 and found itself with its greatest […]
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[Basketball Preview]: Sun Devils’ defense to challenge Bruins
Players to take court as team
MEN’S TENNIS Today 1:30 p.m. vs. UC Irvine LATC The No. 4 UCLA men’s tennis team’s hopeful run for the NCAA Championship begins today when they host UC Irvine in the first dual match of the season. The Bruins are looking to get the 2007 season off to a positive start and will likely be […]
[Basketball Preview]: Q&A with Alfred Aboya
The Daily Bruin’s Ajaybir Behniwal sat down with sophomore center Alfred Aboya to discuss everything from life in the U.S. to his future ambitions, and everything in between. Daily Bruin: In what ways do you feel like you’ve improved the most since last season to give Coach Howland more faith in you coming off the […]
Mata makes strong contribution to Bruin triumph
Lorenzo Mata made his presence felt at the Galen Center on Saturday when No. 3 UCLA (15-1, 4-1 Pac-10) traveled to face USC. Mata did whatever it took to squeak the Bruins past the Trojans in what has become a legitimate rivalry. He dove to keep the ball in UCLA’s possession late in the game, […]
Abid on an upswing in tourney
While the majority of UCLA students were packing their bags to go back home at the end of fall quarter for winter break, Haythem Abid made the decision to stay in Westwood. The men’s tennis player had one thing in mind when he turned down the chance to go back home to Tunisia and spend […]
Freshman Schnack off to strong start
Yasmin Schnack is showing everyone that what she did in the fall was no fluke ““ she really can hang with the top players at the collegiate level. Schnack and some of her Bruin teammates played in the National Collegiate Tennis Classic hosted at Indian Wells this weekend, but none had more success than Schnack […]