Here is the complete play-by-play on ESPN.com.
Memphis loves to run and UCLA put the brakes on. It wasn't a pretty game. It was hard-nosed defense by both sides but UCLA managed to squeeze out enough offense to get the lead and hang onto it.
UCLA got their first lead, 4-3, at the 16:24 mark.
They kept it between 4 and 10 throughout most of the game.
On paper, you look at the individuals on this team and you wonder ... how can they win?
The individuals are good players but nobody on this team is a lottery pick.
Afflalo might be a late first round pick. Farmar perhaps late first round or early second round. Hollins, with his increasing presence, might now be on some NBA GM's list for a second or third pick in the draft.
Basketball though is a team game and clearly, right now, the Bruin team is more than the sum of its parts.
Mighty Bruins
lyric by Barbara Lamb and Don Holley
music by Bill Conte
We are the Mighty Bruins,
The best team in the West.
We’re marching on to victory,
To conquer all the rest.
We are the Mighty Bruins,
Triumphant evermore.
You can hear from far and near,
The Mighty Bruin roar!
U! - C! - LLLLLLLLLLLLL! A!
U - C - L - A! Fight! Fight! Fight!
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