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By Steve Henson

Jan. 5, 2002 12 AM PT

Sunday vs. Washington State (4-7, 0-3), 1 p.m. at Pauley Pavilion--The Cougars lost by 21 points to USC on Friday night and were defeated by the Bruins, 79-74, on Dec. 22 at Pullman, Wash. Washington State has lost 18 in a row to the Bruins and has never won at UCLA. Guards Marcus Moore (14.5 points), Jerry McNair (13.5) and Mike Bush (14.0) share the scoring load for the Cougars.

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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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