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UCLA must deal with depth issues as the team moves forward without suspended players

The indefinite suspension of three players has left UCLA’s basketball team facing another open-ended concern: Is eight enough?

That’s the number of players the Bruins have used in each of their first two games, shaky victories over Georgia Tech and Central Arkansas.

Four Bruins logged at least 32 minutes Wednesday night during a 106-101 overtime triumph against Central Arkansas. Center Thomas Welsh tallied 38 minutes and point guard Aaron Holiday played 43.

“It’s just one of those things that you have to work through,” Welsh said afterward. “The guys that we have on the court are the guys we have on the court right now.