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UCLA basketball: Tyler Honeycutt battling flu-like symptoms

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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UCLA sophomore forward Tyler Honeycutt is expected to play against Arizona State on Saturday afternoon at Wells Fargo Arena despite suffering from flu-like symptoms that have prevented him from keeping food down, a school spokesman said.

Honeycutt is the Bruins’ second-leading scorer and rebounder, averaging 13.4 points and 7.9 rebounds a game.

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On a side note, if you notice UCLA Coach Ben Howland and Arizona State counterpart Herb Sendek wearing sneakers during the game, it’s part of the Coaches vs. Cancer initiative.

--Ben Bolch, reporting from Tempe, Ariz.

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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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