The fainthearted can safely attend UCLA basketball games without fear of any last-minute drama given the way things keep unfolding for the Bruins. The coach verbally shredded his players Wednesday night after they repeated a familiar pattern by fading badly over the final 20 minutes of a 74-59 loss to Stanford at Pauley Pavilion. “When the going gets tough,” Cronin said, “we don’t have a lot of guys who get going. Stanford guard Tyrell Terry punctuated his 24-point outburst with an emphatic arm pump in the final minutes after burying the last of his four three-pointers. UCLA guard Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 15 points and forward Jalen Hill was strong across the board with 14 points, 12 rebounds, three blocks, two assists and two steals.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 16, 2020 05:23 UTC