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UCI’s Bond Eyes Possible Release

By CHRIS FOSTER
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Junior Bond, a 5-foot-8 junior guard at UC Irvine, expects to ask for a release from his scholarship Friday, he said.

Bond, a transfer from Illinois Central College, started 22 of 27 games last season. He averaged 5.5 points and led the team with 95 assists.

Bond would be the fourth player to leave the Irvine program since the season ended in mid-March.

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Chris Foster

Chris Foster is a former sports writer for the Los Angeles Times who covered UCLA football and basketball, USC basketball, the Kings and the Ducks. He grew up in San Clemente, arriving long before Richard Nixon came to town. As a teen, he surfed, played football and basketball, and fell in love with sports journalism. Foster died Dec. 13, 2023.

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