Chased around the perimeter, continually denied the ball, Washington State’s Carter Skaggs learned Friday what UCLA’s guards have known since the first practice of the season.
Trying to score against Aaron Holiday is no fun.
Skaggs possessed a four-inch height advantage over Holiday but could not find a smidgen of room against his Bruins counterpart after Holiday switched onto him late in UCLA’s 96-82 victory at Pauley Pavilion.
Skaggs made a trio of three-pointers in a 63-second span during the second half while helping the Cougars stay within single digits of the Bruins. After that, with Holiday on him, Skaggs could manage only a three-pointer in transition after pump-faking Chris Smith out of the way, a turnaround jumper and a meaningless three-pointer with 14 seconds left.