UP NEXT FOR UCLA

By Steve Henson

Dec. 21, 2001 12 AM PT

Saturday vs. Washington State (4-4), Noon--UCLA (6-2, 1-0), which beat Washington, 85-79, in its Pacific 10 opener Thursday, has won 17 in a row against the Cougars, who are .500 by virtue of playing a weak schedule. Guard Marcus Moore averages 14.1 points and is shooting 50%, much better than last season’s 37.6%. Guard Mike Bush, averaging 10 points, also is a receiver on the Sun Bowl-bound football team.

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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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