UCLA TONIGHT

By Steve Henson

Dec. 20, 2001 12 AM PT

vs. Washington, 7:30

Fox Sports Net

Site--Bank of America Arena, Seattle.

Radio--KXTA (1150), KPLS (830).

Records--UCLA 5-2, Washington 6-3.

Update--Washington has won the last four meetings against UCLA at Seattle, including a 96-94 upset last season on a last-second, three-point basket by senior Michael Johnson in his final game. In jumping to a fast start this season, the Huskies were shooting 46% from three-point range until a deflating 67-47 loss to Gonzaga. They missed 12 in a row from long range, going six for 25. Leading scorer Doug Wrenn (16.6 points) will not start because he was late for the Gonzaga game. Sophomore point guard Curtis Allen (13 points, 4.3 assists) has improved as a shooter. Senior center David Dixon went from 300 to 270 pounds and is averaging 9.2 points and 8.7 rebounds. UCLA forward Matt Barnes will play after missing the Bruins’ 75-74 victory over UC Irvine because of a sprained ankle. Freshman Dijon Thompson is coming off a 14-point, seven-rebound effort. Jason Kapono averages 22 points and Billy Knight averages 13.

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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.

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