Now, THERE'S our Cronin.
A fabulous defensive half for the good guys, giving him the energy he's always calling for on D. Would have been even more outstanding if Perry didn't have that brain fog on the last $cum stuff when Trent literally ran away from $cum's stiff rolling to the basket for a stuff.
And, welcome to the Donovan Dent Show, as he put this team on his back in the friendly Pauley confines. 19 points as the game-high scorer as he ran his hot hand on O eschewing dimes to put $cum on their heels.
Back to the superb D, Motor Mouth Mazara got hot early but cooled off. I mention that becuz $cum shot a putrid (or beautiful if you're a blue and gold-er) 31%!, while being held to under 30 points!
OTOH, UCLA once again losing the battle of the boards, 19-24. Hopefully, UCLA continues to shake $cum, who has FOUR starters with multiple PFs vs only Bilo for us with 2.
The 1st 4-5 mins will be key, as $cum is toppling, but they do have the ballers to shoot themselves back in the game. It's a rivalry game, and one half rarely follows the script of the 1st H.
Super pleased with our 1H, as the only good $cum is a dead $scum.
GO BRUINS!