Men’s basketball leads Stanford at halftime
By Daily Bruin
Jan. 23, 2014 8:58 p.m.
If it’s not a scoring slump, as coach Steve Alford said, then it must be a shooting delay. UCLA leads Stanford 42-31 at the break, but the result is hardly due to a strong long-range shooting game.
UCLA had two of its worst overall shooting performances last Thursday against Colorado and Saturday at Utah. Through one half of play, its field goal percentage sits at a back-to-normal 51.4 percent. Still, the Bruins made just two of their nine three-point field goal attempts, their first conversion from freshman guard Zach LaVine coming with 5:34 to go in the half.
Sophomore guard/forward Kyle Anderson picked up where he left off from his 28-point performance Saturday, showing his accuracy in the mid-range jumper game to the tune of eight points.
The Bruins were most productive against the Cardinal in the paint, where sophomore forward/center Tony Parker had one of his best halves in recent memory, scoring a team-high 10 points and hauling in five rebounds, four on the offensive end. Parker also managed to stay on the floor for 10 minutes, committing two fouls in the half even while facing a Stanford backcourt that features 6-foot-10 Dwight Powell and 6-foot-11 Stefan Nastic.
Stanford senior forward Josh Huestis leads all scorers with 12 points, while Powell added six points.
Compiled by Andrew Erickson, Bruin Sports senior staff.
