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Working closely with strength coach Dave Andrews, UCLA center Aday Mara is working toward a future that includes having an increased role with the Bruins.
Lauren Betts finished with 17 points and seven rebounds as No. 1 UCLA never trailed in a rout at Purdue.
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Release of report highlights allegations of fraud, extortion and other misconduct by orthodontics professors. A settlement allowed them to leave the university with no admission of guilt.
Bruins coach Mick Cronin gets his first win over the Bulldogs after four previous losses that included a pair of buzzer-beaters.
Leading scorer Tyler Bilodeau scores only six points, all on free throws, and the Bruins suffer their fourth consecutive loss.
UCLA plans to end its emergency status Friday evening and restart in-person classes Tuesday. Most of the 22,000 on-campus students voluntarily left the school last week.
The UCLA campus in Westwood is not in an evacuation zone but right next to mandatory evacuation areas as well as evacuation warning zones. But many on- and off-campus students have already left.
UCLA police said a person in a black Mercedes convertible yelled a homophobic slur and another threw “wads of paper” at a student near campus on Christmas Eve.
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Highlights from UCLA’s 81-63 victory over Colgate at Pauley Pavilion on Sunday.
The No. 22-ranked Bruins fall to their season-worst third consecutive defeat Friday, committing 21 turnovers while getting overpowered by the Terrapins.