UCLA next: Vs. Pepperdine on Monday
UCLA next
vs. Pepperdine, Monday at Pauley Pavilion, 8 p.m. ESPNU — The Bruins open the NIT Season Tip-Off against a Southland rival that returns all five starters, albeit from a team that went 7-24 last season and finished tied for sixth in the West Coast Conference. Junior guard Keion Bell is one of the most explosive players in Southern California, having scored 34 points during the second half of a game against Gonzaga last season in which he finished with 37.
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