STARTERS
MISS. VALLEY ST.	Ht	Wt	Stats	P	UCLA	Ht	Wt	Stats
Larry Cox	6-10	225	12.4 ppg	C	Kevin Love	6-10	271	17.1 ppg
Michael Clark	6-2	165	8.0 ppg	F	L.R. Mbah a Moute	6-8	232	8.8 ppg
Eric Petty	6-6	220	6.2 ppg	F	Josh Shipp	6-5	220	13.0 ppg
Carl Lucas	6-5	210	12.7 ppg	G	Russell Westbrook	6-3	189	12.6 ppg
Dwayne Harmason	5-11	175	6.2 ppg	G	Darren Collison	6-0	160	15.2 ppg
RESERVES
Chris Watson	6-6	220	8.2 ppg	F	Alfred Aboya	6-9	245	2.3 rpg
Mike Davis	5-8	160	2.4 apg	G/C	Lorenzo Mata-Real	6-9	237	3.6 rpg
Stanford Speech	6-3	215	10.8 ppg	G/F	James Keefe	6-8	228	2.2 ppg

* SCOUTING REPORT: The Delta Devils will try to guard UCLA with man-to-man defense although Bruins Coach Ben Howland said that because Mississippi Valley State Coach James Green had been an assistant at Iowa State to USC Coach Tim Floyd, Howland wouldn't be surprised if Green employed some triangle and two zone defense. Offensively, the Delta Devils are perimeter oriented and will try to spread UCLA's man-to-man defense and earn some back-door layups.

* KEY TO THE GAME: For UCLA, maybe just judging traffic better. The Bruins were four minutes late arriving from Westwood on Wednesday for their first news conference. For Mississippi Valley State, as Green said, making layups and free throws, "If we get some."



-- Diane Pucin