The loss drops the Bruins to 7-3 on the season, but because of Arizona’s double-overtime upset of Utah Saturday, UCLA still controls its destiny. Should the Bruins manage to pull off road wins against the Utes and the USC Trojans, the team can still clinch the Pac-12 South division.

PASADENA – Washington State’s Gabe Marks wears the same number, 9, as childhood friend and UCLA senior Jordan Payton. Both receivers duked it out Saturday at the Rose Bowl, leading their teams’ offenses with an average of 7.7 and 10.9 yards per catch, respectively.

PASADENA — UCLA’s first-half performance tonight was sterling on many accounts.
The Bruins advanced the ball inside the Washington State 25-yard line on four of their five offensive drives.

On Saturday, No. 19 UCLA (7-2, 4-2 Pac-12) will face a Washington State team that has shown significant improvement this year. After a 3-9 season in 2014, the Cougars (6-3, 4-2) have made their way to second place in the Pac-12 North this season, even putting themselves in position to defeat then-No.

No. 19 UCLA will host unranked Washington State on Saturday evening in its final home game of the 2015 season. The Bruins are on a three-game winning streak, following last weekend’s 41-0 victory over the Oregon State Beavers.

UCLA has controlled its own destiny for two weeks, ever since Utah lost to USC back on Oct. 24. Those two rival teams will largely define the second half of the Bruins’ conference schedule, as the Utes and Trojans sit at the very end of conference play.