The sobbing started after Bryce Alford had strolled about a quarter of the way across the Pauley Pavilion court. UCLA will open the Pac-12 Conference tournament on Thursday in Las Vegas against either USC or Washington in the quarterfinal round. He sat out the Bruins’ game against the Cougars after spraining his ankle three days earlier. Leaf had terrorized Washington State last month, scoring a career-high 32 points, and UCLA certainly could have used him in the rematch. He made up for it with a three-pointer in the final minutes and finished with 14 points on four-for-10 shooting.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 05, 2017 05:34 UTC