Keys to the Game

By Steve Henson

Nov. 3, 2002 12 AM PT

Steve Henson’s keys to the game, and how the Bruins measured up:

1. Tailback Tyler Ebell must run well against a Husky defense that is porous against the pass and stingy against the run: Ebell rushed for 102 yards, his fifth consecutive game of more than 100, and had three touchdowns on one-yard runs.

2. The Bruin secondary must intercept passes to ease the burden on the Bruin offense: UCLA made a season-high four interceptions, one each by Ricky Manning, Jarrad Page, Marcus Reese and Spencer Havner.

3. Nate Fikse must continue to kick well in his second week of double duty: Fikse was two for two on field goals, giving him seven of seven in two games since taking over for Chris Griffith.

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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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