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Bryce Alfordwas once

derided as playinga starring

role for UCLA onlybecause

his father, Steve Alford,

coached theteam.

He’s aboutto experience

adifferent kind of Bruins

kinship. Remember Ka-

reem Abdul-Jabbar, Don

MacLean and Reggie

Miller?

Bryce Alford is o n paceto

have his name alo ngside

those UCLA legends on the

school’s career scoring list

by the end of this season.

The senior shooting

guard moved into 16th place

Sunday with1,650 points,

surpassingDarren Collison

(1,634) and KennyFields

(1,638). Next up:Marques

Johnson(1,659),Gail Good-

rich (1,691) and David

Greenwood(1,721).

“It’s wild,” Alford said

Tuesday.“It’s notsomething

thatI ever even could imag-

ine dreamingabout. Theop-

portunity thatthis place has

given me, it’s beenremarka-

blewhat I’vebeenabletodo

here.”

Alford said hewas only

aware of his standing in the

recordbooks becauseof his

grandfather, Sam Alford.

Steve’s father and high

schoolcoach likesto keep

tabs on the family pursuit.

If Br yce maintains hisav-

erage of16.8 points pergame

and the Bruins play16 more

games— which assumes a

minimumof one game in the

Pac-12 Conference tourna-

ment and one in the NCAA

tournament— he would fin-

ish his career with 1,918

points. Thatwould put him

fifth on UCLA’s scoring list,

trailing only Miller andJa-

son Kapono, who each

scored 2,095 points, Abdul-

Jabbar(2,325)andMacLean

(2,608).

Alford could also chal-

lenge Kapono’s school

recordof 317 three-pointers.

Alford has made 266 shots

from beyond the arc and is

averaging 3.1 per game,

putting him on trackto fin-

ish his career with 315 if the

Bruins play16 more games.

“That’s something I

would definitely like to get,”

saidAlford, who has spoken

to Kapono about his shoot-

ing prowess.

Alford has been UCLA’s

leading scorer since Pac- 12

play started, avera ging 18.3

points inconferencegames.

He said hewatchedfilm of

NBA shooting guardsJ.J.

RedickandC.J. McCollum

to help with histransition

backto shooting guard after

primarily playing point

guard earlier in hiscollege

career.

“Just figu ring out ways to

getopen,”saidAlford,whois

makinga career-best 44.9%

of his three-pointers.

As for the detractors who

say his success is largely a

function of his last name, Al-

ford has learnedto shrug.

“Over my career I’ve fig-

ured out that no matter

whatI do those samevoices

are going to say the same

things, soto me it has abso-

lutely nothingto do with

whatI do o n the court,” Al-

ford said.

“I think those people who

say those negative things

about me, thatI playjust be-

causemydad’s hereorwhat-

ever, I’m notgoing to be able

to change thosevoicesre-

gardless of whatI do.

“So for me it’s about

playing for my family, for my

teammates, everything

else.”

Etc.

UCLAseniorguardIsaac

Hamiltoncould als o finish

his career among thetop 30

scorers in school history, de-

spite playing onlythree sea-

sons. Hamilton ranks No. 43

with1,159 points.... UCLA’s

victory over Stanford on

Sundaywasits10thconsecu-

tive victory at Pauley Pavil-

ion, giving the Bruins their

longest home winning

streaksince theywon 15 con-

secutive games during the

2013-14 season.... UCLAre-

mainedNo.4 inthelatestAs-

sociated Press ranking.

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Nathan Adrian broke out

of a shooting slump with a

career-high22 points, and

No.10 West Virginia blew out

No. 1 Baylor, 89-68, Tuesday

night atMorgantown, W.Va.,

in the Bears’first game as

the top-rankedteam in pro-

gram history.

Baylor(15-1, 3-1 Big 12)

committed a season-high 29

turnoversandneverledinits

secondtrueroadgameofthe

season.ThelossmeansNo.5

Gonzaga is the only unde-

featedteam leftin Division I.

West Virginia (14-2, 3-1)

led by as many as 26 points

downthe stretch, and fans

rushedthe court after the

Mountaineerstoppledatop-

ranked Big12 opponent at

home for the secondcon-

secutive season. A year ago

thisweek,WestVirginiabeat

Kansas whenthe Jayhawks

wereNo.1.

at No. 9 FloridaState 88,

No. 7 Duke 72: Xavier

Rathan-Mayes scored 18 of

his 21 points in the second

half for the Seminoles(16-1),

who broke a 47-year-old

school recordwith their12th

straight win and are 4-0 in

the Atlantic Coast Confer-

ence for thefirst time. Luke

Kennard led the Blue Devils

(14-3, 2-2) with23 points.

at No. 3 Villanova 79, No.

15 Xavie r 54:KrisJenkins

andJosh Hart each scored

20 points and theWildcats

(16-1, 4-1 Big East)rode a

dominant second halfto an

impressive win in theirfirst

game since theirfive-week

runatNo.1endedwithaloss

last week at Butler.

No. 6 Kentucky87, at

Vanderbilt81:Malik Monk

scored six points in thefinal

32 seconds, andtheWildcats

(14-2, 4-0) held off the Com-

modores (8-8, 2-2)to stay

unbeaten in the Southeast-

ern Conference. Kentucky

hadwon its first three SEC

gamesbyatleast23 points,a

first for the program since

the1953-54 season.

No. 2 Kansas81, at Okla-

homa70:FrankMason III

scored 28 points, and the

Jayhawks (15-1, 4-0 Big12)

won their15th ina row and

positioned themselves to

take over the No.1 ranking.

at Texas Tech 66, No. 25

Kansas State 65:Keenan

Evans’go-ahead layup with

15 seconds left helped the

RedRaiders(13-3, 2-2Big12)

edge the Wildcats(13-3, 2-2)

and improve to11-0 at home.

No. 23 Florida 80, at Ala-

bama67:Keith Stone had 14

points and the Gators(13-3,

4-0 SEC) surged past the

CrimsonTide(9-6,2-1) inthe

second half after b lowing an

18-point lead.

TOP 25ROUNDUP

Mountaineers take down No. 1 Baylor

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HARTFORD, Conn. —
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a-lifetime thing that his
Huskies have now done
twice.
Top-ranked UConn tied
itsownNCAArecordwithits
90thconsecutive win,rout-

ingNo.20SouthFlorida,102-

37, on Tuesdaynight.

It was 65-19 at halftime

and UConn(15-0) didn’t let

up in the second half in

matching the streak Au-

riemma’s program setbe-

tween November 2008and

December 2010.

Connecticut hasn’t lost

sinceNov. 17, 2014, at then-

No. 6 Stanford,a two-point

defeat inoverti me. Without

that loss, the streakwould

be138 games.

Huskies breezeto 90th win

in row, matching their mark

NO.1 UCONN 102
N0. 20 S. FLORIDA 37

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UCLA REPORT

Alford is moving up scoring list

By Ben Bolch

SENIORGUARDBryce Alford is16th incareer scor-

ing at UCLA and couldfinish in the topfive.

Gary CoronadoLos Angeles Times