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.