UCLA rolls past Washington State.
Johnny Juzang scored a career-high 17 points and UCLA rolled to a 91-61 victory over Washington State on Thursday, extending its overall winning streak to five and its home-court victory streak to 14.
UCLA 91, Washington State 61
The Bruins (10-2, 6-0 Pac-12) remain the lone undefeated team in league play. They are off to their best start in the Pac-12 since going 7-0 to begin the 199394 season.
Tyger Campbell and Jaime Jaquez Jr. added 16 points each for the Bruins. Cody Riley had 12 points and six rebounds.
“As much as we’re willing passers on this team, we’re all offensive threats,” Campbell said. “We were very good at that today.”
UCLA got off to strong starts in both halves, opening the game with eight straight points and the second half with six straight.
“That first-half stretch where just shots were dropping, we’re hitting each other and screening for each other. It’s awesome,” said Juzang, a Kentucky transfer. “When we see shots falling like that, it really doesn’t get much better.”
The Cougars (9-3, 2-3) dropped their 10th straight at Pauley Pavilion. They’ve lost three of their last four overall.
More West
No. 1 Gonzaga 95, Pepperdine 70: Corey Kispert had 23 points and eight rebounds as undefeated Gonzaga beat Pepperdine for its 17th consecutive victory over the last two seasons. Drew Timme scored 20, Joel Ayayi 19 and Jalen Suggs 18 for Gonzaga (13-0, 4-0 West Coast), which has defeated Pepperdine in 40 straight games dating to 2002. Gonzaga has also won 46 straight home games, the longest streak in the nation. Kessler Edwards scored 14 for Pepperdine (4-6, 0-1).
Utah 79, Stanford 65: Timmy Allen scored 22 points and grabbed eight rebounds and Utah (5-5, 2-4 Pac-12) ended a four-game losing streak with a win over visiting Stanford (8-4, 4-2).
Colorado 89, Cal 60: Freshman Jabari Walker had a season-high 23 points and 11 rebounds, McKinley Wright IV set a program record for career assists and host Colorado (10-3, 4-2 Pac-12) beat California (6-8, 1-6). Wright entered needing just one assist to break a tie with Colorado great Jay Humphries (1980-83) at 562.
Pacific 79, Santa Clara 58: Jordan Bell recorded 17 points and 11 rebounds to carry host Pacific (4-1, 1-0 West Coast Conference) to a victory over Santa Clara (7-3, 1-1).
San Francisco 79, Portland 63: Jamaree Bouyea had a career-high 28 points as visiting San Francisco (9-6, 3-2 WCC) beat Portland (6-6, 0-3).
Colorado State 90, San Jose State 57: Kendle Moore scored 18 points and David Roddy added 17 as the Rams (9-2, 6-1 Mountain West) won easily against the Spartans (2-9, 0-7) at a Phoenix-area rec center.
USD update
The USD men’s basketball team has rescheduled home games against BYU and Saint Mary’s which were postponed earlier this month due to a positive COVID-19 test within the program. The Toreros will host BYU on Feb. 2 and Saint Mary’s on Feb. 8. Both games will start at 6 p.m.
Women
Virginia announced that its injury-depleted women’s team will not complete the remainder of the season due to health and safety concerns. San Jose State also announced its women’s program would not complete the season due to COVID-19
Two other women’s programs have also announced they would not complete the season: Duke and SMU.
• After a pause following its first-ever Division I win on Jan. 2, the UC San Diego women’s team will return to action at RIMAC Arena on Saturday. The Tritons will host UC Santa Barbara at 3 p.m. for a single game.
Aztecs 68, Utah State 60: Mercedes Staples scored 24 points, and Flo Vinerte had eight of her 10 points in the fourth quarter as San Diego State (4-7, 2-3 MW) rallied to beat the Aggies (4-5, 2-2) at Viejas Arena.