Bruins battle Bulldogs in City of Angels

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12/28/2008 - Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The 13th-ranked UCLA Bruins of the Pac-10 Conference welcome the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs of the WAC to Pauley Pavilion this afternoon.

Tech is a respectable 6-6 overall, but the team is just 2-6 away from its home court. The Bulldogs were last in action on Monday when they knocked off TCU by a 72-67 final to halt a two-game losing skid.

As for UCLA, it has posted five consecutive victories to improve to 9-2 overall. The Bruins crushed Wyoming on Tuesday by a 113-62 final, surprising considering that the Cowboys had played well prior to that beating. UCLA is once again expected to win the Pac-10 title, but the road will not be easy.

This game marks the first-ever meeting between UCLA and Louisiana Tech on the hardwood.

The good news for Louisiana Tech is that there are four players on the roster who are averaging double figures in scoring. On a down note, the fifth-leading scorer on the team is netting a mere 5.5 ppg. Kyle Gibson paces the Bulldogs with 16.5 ppg on the strength of his 44.1 percent shooting from three-point range. Jamel Guyton checks in with 13.8 ppg, and Kenneth Cooper provides 12.4 ppg and 7.1 rpg. Magnum Rolle provides 10.9 ppg for Tech, which is generating 64.3 ppg while allowing 65.3 ppg to the opposition. Gibson scored 23 points for the Bulldogs on 7-of-7 shooting from the field in the win over TCU last time out. Guyton provided 15 points in the triumph, and Cooper pitched in 11 points. The Bulldogs connected on 55.6 percent of their field goal attempts and played solid defense in the tilt.

UCLA connected on 60.3 percent of its field goal attempts against Wyoming, including a 13-of-24 effort from three-point range. Even free throw shooting proved to be an area of strength, as the Bruins calmly knocked down 18-of-21 tries from the charity stripe. They finished with 20 assists against 10 turnovers and earned a 31-22 rebounding advantage as well. Michael Roll scored 25 points on the strength of a 5-of-7 effort from behind the arc, and Darren Collison connected on 7-of-8 field goal attempts en route to 19 points for UCLA. Malcolm Lee scored 16 points, Drew Gordon added 14 points and 11 rebounds, and Alfred Aboya provided 12 points. Collison leads a balanced lineup with 15.5 ppg and 4.8 apg, and he is widely considered one of the top point guards in the nation. The Bruins are posting 77.2 ppg on 50.4 percent shooting from the field this season, and they are limiting opponents to 58.2 ppg.

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Super Bowl XLIII, the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Super Bowl XLIII is now set, the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers will meet each other on February 1st in Tampa's Raymond James Stadium to battle it out for the coveted Lombardi Trophy. The game kicks off at 6:00pm ET on NBC with announcers Al Michaels and John Madden covering the on-field action. Super Bowl XLIII betting odds at online bookmaker MySportsbook.com have the Steelers listed as an early -6.5 against the spread favorite.Super Bowl XLIII Betting Odds

Pittsburgh earned their passage to the big game by beating their division rival, the Baltimore Ravens, 23-14 in yesterday's AFC Championship Game. The Steelers jumped on Baltimore early, building a 13-0 first half lead, and never let up on their way to a fairly easy win. Although the Ravens did close to within two points in the fourth quarter, it never appeared as if they had enough offense to pull off the upset.

The Steelers dominating defense held Baltimore to a total of 198 yards while allowing them to convert just three third downs in 13 attempts. Pittsburgh also forced quarterback Joe Flacco into three interceptions, one of which safety Troy Polamalu returned fourty yards for a touchdown.

The Cardinals, by far the playoff team with the longest odds to reach Super Bowl XLIII, did so yesterday with a 32-25 upset of the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship. Arizona charged out of the gates and built a 24-6 halftime lead that had the Eagles venerable defense reeling. Quarterback Kurt Warner and wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald did most of the damage, connecting on three first half touchdowns.

Arizona, however, could not sustain their momentum and the Eagles took a 25-24 with 10:45 left to play in the fourth. The Cardinals, with the franchise's first Super Bowl appearance hanging in the balance, mounted a fourteen play, 72 yard touchdown drive that consumed 7:52 off the clock. Warner hit running back Tim Hightower on a short screen for the go-ahead, game clinching score that will forever live in Cardinal infamy.

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