As the second half dragged toward its merciful finish Sunday, the question became not whether UCLA would win but whether California would score again. It was the fewest combined points in a UCLA victory since the Bruins defeated Washington State 50-30 in February 2006. “Unlike the Democratic Party, we don’t have that many candidates.”Make no mistake, UCLA won thanks to a defense that made 12 consecutive stops in the second half while Cal (8-10, 2-3) missed 15 consecutive shots. “We’ve noticed that in film, that we just die at some point in the second half no matter what’s going on, be it losing, can’t make a shot or something along those lines,” Smith said. The Bruins played with more precision the rest of the way, turning the ball over only four times in the second half.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 20, 2020 03:11 UTC