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UCLA Basketball News Roundup: Team Takes A Holiday But Aaron Doesn’t

Last night was the Aaron Holiday show in every way, shape and form. First the obvious:

Aaron Holiday was four points away from setting his single-game point record – at halftime.

The junior guard matched it with his 27th point midway through the second half before slowing down and totaling 33 to lead unranked UCLA men’s basketball (10-3, 1-0 Pac-12) to a 96-82 win over Washington State (8-5, 0-1) on Friday.

I disagree with the slowing down part. While Holiday keyed the offense in the first half, he keyed the defense in the second half:

UCLA was up 11 after a layup from Gyorgy Goloman, but back-to-back threes from Washington State’s Carter Skaggs cut the lead to 56-51.