Published on Saturday, January 30, 2010
By Whittier Daily News Staff Writer
CORVALLIS, Ore. - The sloppiness started early, early as in the opening tip - if one could even call it an opening tip.
It was more like a scrum, the UCLA and Oregon State men's basketball players falling to the ground, tipping over like soda cans in the wind, the ball grabbed simultaneously, a jump ball after a jump ball.
Five minutes into the teams' matchup at Gill Coliseum on Saturday night, and the clumsy squads combined for eight turnovers and just nine points.
But the Bruins got marginally less sloppy, went on a 22-7 run and ultimately fended off the harried Beavers 62-52 to finish the first half of Pacific-10 Conference play at 5-4.
Facing a trap defense early, UCLA (10-11 overall) had trouble making the simplest of passes, the easiest of dribbles. Oregon State transitioned into 2-3 and 1-3-1 zone defenses, however, and it cost the Beavers - the Bruins had 16turnovers in the first 24 minutes, but only four the rest of the way
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