Up next for UCLA: Saturday at Arizona State

By Ben Bolch

Jan. 28, 2011 12 AM PT

When: 12:30 p.m. PST.

Where: Wells Fargo Arena, Tempe, Ariz.

On the air: TV: Prime Ticket; Radio: 570.

Records: UCLA 13-7 overall, 5-3 Pacific 10 Conference; Arizona State 9-11, 1-7.

Update: UCLA Coach Ben Howland criticized forward Reeves Nelson’s defense in the wake of the Bruins’ 85-74 loss to Arizona on Thursday, saying, “He’s probably the guy that breaks down the most defensively out of the starting five, or he’s right there.” Howland said Nelson repeatedly failed to slide over and help when his teammates had been beaten on drives to the basket.

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Ben Bolch

Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

Up next for UCLA: Saturday at Arizona State

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