UCLA's second half was much better, spearheaded by center Xavier Booker, who led the Bruins with 15 points, five rebounds and five blocks on 5-of-8 shooting. Mick Cronin's crew led by as much as 19 points in the second half, but a late-game flurry from Pepperdine's Aaron Clark narrowed the lead in the end.

After struggling in its season opener and leaving coach Mick Cronin frustrated, UCLA overcomes a sloppy start to pull away to a 74-63 win over Pepperdine.

Preview the Nov 7 matchup between the UCLA Bruins and Pepperdine Waves with how to watch, tv channel info, predictions, odds, over/under, spread, betting lines and more.

UCLA is last in the conference in penalties and penalty yards. Nebraska will need to use this to their advantage and capitalize on the mistakes of the Bruins. Once again they’ll need to keep cool heads if the game gets a little chippy, but overall they did pretty well with this last week with USC.

After a lackluster season opener, UCLA players show up to the court at 6 a.m. to prepare mentally and physically before routing UC Santa Barbara 87-50.

In addition to the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television scholarship, the legendary performer gifted more than 140 industry accolades that will be showcased in the lobby of UCLA’s Freud Playhouse.

Early on UCLA has dominated, but head coach Cori Close knows her team has a ways to go to maximize their potential.

Xavier Booker scored 15 points to lead UCLA to a 74-63 victory over Pepperdine. Donovan Dent added 12 points, Skyy Clark had 11, and Eric Dailey Jr. contributed 10 in his season debut.