Author Archives: Diamond Leung

SEATTLE ““ UCLA shooting guard Brian Morrison will now be sidelined for possibly another week after tweaking his injured left hamstring during a walkthrough on Thursday in Spokane Arena before the Washington State game. “I might play against Arizona, but for sure (the coaches) said I’d play against Stanford,” Morrison said following Saturday’s 86-84 overtime […]

Bruins will have to wait longer for Morrison’s return SPOKANE, Wash. – UCLA shooting guard Brian Morrison will now be sidelined up until at least the Cal game on Jan. 22 after tweaking his injured left hamstring during a walkthrough on Thursday in Spokane Arena before the Washington State game. "He was told to go […]

SPOKANE, Wash. “”mdash; Even on a night when the shots weren’t exactly falling for UCLA, expectations were raised. It has come to be expected that a Ben Howland-coached team won’t provide a repeat of last season’s misery ““ the 10-19 sort. But now that the Bruins have punched in the clock on their 48-45 workman-like […]

Free-throw shooting still lacking SPOKANE, Wash. “”mdash; There weren’t many made shots to go around Thursday, so free-throw shooting was all the more important. Still, UCLA’s woes at the charity stripe continued. After the Bruins’ 3-for-9 performance, dropping their conference-worst season percentage to 60.2, coach Ben Howland said he would continue to work on the […]

UCLA men’s volleyball coach Al Scates had his Elephant Bar Invitational bracket filled out even though the tournament won’t even begin until Friday. The Bruins, naturally, were picked to win it all. That, however, came before it was learned starting outside hitter Jonathan Acosta will miss at least the next three weeks due to appendicitis. […]

UCLA junior outside hitter Jonathan Acosta had surgery to remove his appendix on Tuesday at the UCLA Medical Center. Acosta, this year’s team captain and last season’s leading attacker, is expected to be sidelined for at least three weeks. Acosta played well in last week’s preseason Huskie Invitational in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, but complained of stomach […]

Bruin guard Morrison out until Jan. 15 ANN ARBOR, Mich. — UCLA junior shooting guard Brian Morrison will be lost for closer to 3½ weeks after pulling his left hamstring last Saturday against Michigan State. He did not make the Michigan trip, as he was at home in Redmond, Wash. receiving treatment. Morrison, the team’s […]