UCLA never really threatened leading for most of the game by 10 or more
UCLA started fast and basically held on for an 81-67 win over the height challenged Pepperdine.
The first half was a good one for UCLA. As we mentioned, Pepperdine is a good match up for us. They could not do anything inside and they are not good shooting outside. Our defense was holding them under 30% shooting til the under 12 timeout. UCLA went inside out. As a result of Pepperdine having to cheat and help on Tony and Thomas, the outside opened up nicely as well.