BREAKING:
Gallery: Men’s basketball opens Pac-12 play, beats Washington State 96-82
Junior guard Aaron Holiday scored a career-high against Washington State, leading UCLA to a 96-82 win.
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Washington State guard Milan Acquaah attempts to get by redshirt sophomore forward Alex Olesinski.
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Holiday drives past a defender to go for a contested layup. The junior guard scored his career high 33 points after playing the entire 40 minutes of the game.
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Washington State forward Robert Franks led the Cougars with 20 points.
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Senior center Thomas Welsh scored 12 points by the end of the night. Both Welsh and Holiday scored their 1,000th career points as Bruins in the game.
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Acquuah finished the night with 13 points and six rebounds.
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Senior forward Gyorgy Golomon muscles past the Cougar defenders under the basket.
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Kris Wilkes pulls up for a 3-pointer. The freshman guard only hit one of his six 3-point attempts during the night.
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Prince Ali sneaks by the Washington State defense for an easy layup. The redshirt sophomore guard got the start during the game while freshman guard Jaylen Hands came off the bench.
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Hands dunks the ball off a lob from Holiday.
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Hands scored 19 points, the second highest among the Bruins, coming off of the bench.
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Golomon goes through two Washington State defenders for a layup.
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During the second half, Welsh started to bleed after getting hurt while playing defense.
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Holiday drives under the basket to go for a contested shot.
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