UP NEXT FOR UCLA

By Steve Henson

Dec. 6, 2001 12 AM PT

Saturday vs. No. 16 Alabama (6-1) in the John Wooden Classic at the Arrowhead Pond, 4 p.m.--The Crimson Tide is coached by Mark Gottfried, who was a UCLA assistant for seven seasons, including the 1995 national championship team. Rod Grizzard, at 16 points a game, leads four Alabama players who average in double figures. Alabama has won four in a row since losing to Missouri.

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Steve Henson

Steve Henson is a reporter with the Fast Break sports team at the Los Angeles Times. He previously served as an assistant editor and reporter in the Sports department. Henson was a leader in digital-only newsrooms from 2007-19 as a senior editor and columnist at Yahoo Sports and as senior editor at the USA Today Sports Media Group. This is his second stint at The Times, having covered the Dodgers and UCLA as well as doing enterprise, investigative and features writing from 1985-2007. Henson was awarded first place in sports features in 2021 by the L.A. Press Club and has been honored several times by the Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) and also by the California News Publishers Assn., the Football Writers Assn. of America and U.S. Basketball Writers Assn.

UP NEXT FOR UCLA

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