Arizona State-UCLA: first half

Luc Richard Mbah A Moute started the game and looked frisky in the first few minutes with a rebound and a lay-in to start a 13-0 Bruin run that opened an 18-7 lead for UCLA.

>> The Sun Devils have had a hard time shooting — they look "out of phase" as engineer Montgomery Scott would have said on "Star Trek." With 7:38 to go in the half, UCLA leads 27-15 as Arizona State has shot 33.3% from the field.

>> The Bruins shot 60.7% from the floor, looked great in driving into the lane to beat the Sun Devil zone and Kevin Love had 13 hard-fought points to forge a 46-24 lead at the half. Arizona State shot only 32.1% from the field and super frosh James Harden had a hard time even handling the ball. He was just 2-5 from the floor and scored six points.

UCLA had a 20-13 rebounding edge in the half and a 22-8 edge in points scored in the lane. Arizona State Coach Herb Sendek was not happy, and got a warning from umpire Bruce Hicks with 5:50 to go in the half.