Bruins and Sun Devils meet in Pac-10 play

NCAA Basketball Betting Lines

01/18/2007 - Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The third-ranked UCLA Bruins are heavily favored in tonight's Pac-10 Conference matchup with the struggling Arizona State Sun Devils.

Arizona State has lost its last seven games and is off to an 0-6 start against league foes. The Sun Devils have been held to fewer than 60 points in four consecutive outings, including a 67-59 loss to Oregon State last Saturday.

UCLA won its first 14 games of the season before finally losing to Oregon by two points on the road. Fortunately, the Bruins got back to their winning ways last Saturday with a 65-64 decision over USC. They are a perfect 9-0 at home, and eight of those wins have come by double figures.

UCLA owns a commanding 51-15 advantage in the all-time series with Arizona State, and the Bruins are 24-5 at home against the Sun Devils.

While Arizona State has been struggling mightily as a team, Jeff Pendergraph has been excelling individually. He has led the team in scoring in four straight games and has been the leading scorer in three of those contests. Pendergraph is now averaging 13.4 ppg on 61.6 percent shooting from the floor to go along with 9.3 rpg, and he seems to get better every time he takes the court. The only other double-digit scorer in the lineup for ASU is Christian Polk, as he is contributing 12.9 ppg. The Sun Devils are outrebounding foes by 5.0 rpg. but they are only generating 62.5 ppg at the offensive end. Against Oregon State on Saturday, Pendergraph tallied 19 points on 8-of-9 shooting from the floor, and he grabbed 10 boards as well. Unfortunately, the rest of the team combined to shoot just 15-of-56 from the field.

UCLA is scoring 76.1 ppg on 49.3 percent shooting from the field, including 40.2 percent from three-point range. Defensively, the squad is limiting opponents to 60.5 ppg on 42.9 percent overall efficiency. The Bruins have forced 71 more turnovers than they have committed and have been solid on the boards as well. Arron Afflalo continues to lead UCLA in scoring with 16.2 ppg, as he can knock them down from out on the perimeter and on drives to the basket. Josh Shipp adds 14.7 ppg, and Darren Collison checks in with 14.1 ppg, 96 assists and 39 steals. Afflalo was the hero against USC on Saturday, as he nailed a 15-foot jumper with four seconds left to lift the Bruins to victory. UCLA won that game despite shooting a mere 38.6 percent from the field.

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