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UCLA basketball: Reeves Nelson is Pac-10 player of week again

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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Reeves Nelson was selected the Pacific 10 Conference’s player of the week for a second time this season, after leading UCLA to victories over UC Davis and No. 16 Brigham Young.

The sophomore forward scored a career-high 23 points on eight-for-15 shooting during the Bruins’ 86-79 victory over the Cougars and had 13 points and eight rebounds during a 75-67 triumph over UC Davis.

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Nelson becomes the second player to be selected by conference officials for the award a second time this season, joining Washington State’s Klay Thompson.

‘It’s very flattering,’ Nelson said. ‘I just try to not pay attention to anything the media says, no offense to you guys. They’ll love you one week and get on you the next week, so I just try to stay even. It really comes down to my teammates, and that’s all I really care about.’

UCLA (6-4) plays host to Montana State (6-5) on Tuesday at Pauley Pavilion.

-- Ben Bolch

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Ben Bolch

Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

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