UCLA TONIGHT

By Steve Henson

Jan. 11, 2003 12 AM PT

vs. St. John’s, noon, Fox Sports Net

Site -- Pauley Pavilion.

Radio -- XTRA (690, 1150).

Records -- UCLA 4-6, St. John’s 7-4.

Update -- The Bruins fell to 2-4 at home by losing to USC on Wednesday, and players acknowledged a lack of toughness. They had better develop some grit fast because St. John’s is typical of Big East Conference teams, a rough-and-tumble group that rebounds well despite being undersized. The tallest Red Storm starter is 6-foot-7 Kyle Cuffe. UCLA beat another Big East team, Georgetown, at Pauley Pavilion last season, but the physical post players who made a difference -- Dan Gadzuric and Matt Barnes -- are gone.

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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.

UCLA TONIGHT

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