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UCLA basketball: Bruins hold 29-24 halftime lead over Oregon State

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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It was like a replay of the teams’ first meeting set on fast forward.

UCLA jumped out to a big early lead over Oregon State on Saturday afternoon at Pauley Pavilion, only to watch the Beavers rally furiously and pull within 29-24 at halftime.

The Bruins had a 24-6 lead and were holding Oregon State to only 11.1% shooting with fewer than eight minutes to play in the half following a 16-0 UCLA run.

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But the Bruins started getting sloppy and the Beavers closed the half with an 18-5 push, aided in part by a flurry of UCLA turnovers. The Bruins had 14 turnovers for the half.

Junior guard Malcolm Lee had nine points and sophomore forward Tyler Honeycutt six for UCLA, which shot 47.6% to Oregon State’s 27.8%. Sophomore forward Brendan Lane, who missed the Bruins’ 64-54 victory over Oregon on Thursday while attending his grandmother’s funeral, had four points and four rebounds.

Forward Devon Collier led the Beavers with seven points.

-- 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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