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Gallery: UCLA advances to round of 32 after 97-80 win over Kent State
By Keila Mayberry
March 18, 2017 4:59 p.m.
Freshman center Ike Anigbogu sports a walking boot as he sits between redshirt freshmen forward Alex Olesinski (left) and guard Prince Ali (right) on the Bruin bench.
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Senior guard Bryce Alford attempts to block a shot from his Kent State counterpart Mitch Peterson.
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Freshman guard Lonzo Ball reaches out to help junior center Thomas Welsh off the ground after the UCLA big fell trying to keep the ball inbounds.
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Alford prepares a shot over a defending Flash guard Kevin Zabo.
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Sophomore forward Gyorgy Goloman posts up against Kent State guard Deon Edwin, with forward Danny Pippen looming not too far behind on defense.
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Ball draws contact from Edwin while executing a windmill layup to get the two points and one.
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Edwin expresses frustration after having a call go against his way.
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Freshman forward T.J. Leaf gets trapped between two Flash defenders, center Adonis De La Rosa (left) and Edwin (right).
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Senior guard Isaac Hamilton draws contact from his defender as he drives towards the basket.
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Kent State forward Jimmy Hall is trapped by Bruin bigs Leaf (left) and Welsh (right) under the basket.
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Ball is helped up by his teammates after taking a bad fall from a failed alley-oop dunk attempt.
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Goloman watches as his shot ricochets off the backboard into the net.
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Alford runs into a screen set by De La Rosa for his teammate, Zabo.
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Ball scans for options through a sea of defending Kent State players.
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Flash guard Jaylin Walker grabs one of his six rebounds for the night. Walker was also Kent State's top scorer with a tally of 23 points.
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Alford assesses the situation in front of him as Flash guard Jalen Avery maintains a close distance to his defensive mark.
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Leaf finishes a UCLA possession by dropping a two-handed tomahawk dunk.
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Welsh blocks a basket attempt from his Kent State counterpart De La Rosa.
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Hamilton tries to get a hand on the ball as Walker fires a 3-pointer from the wing.
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Leaf is interviewed post-match after his tied-for-game-high 23-point performance.
