It’s a battle of the unbeaten on Friday when the No. 3 UCLA Bruins host the Princeton Tigers at Pauley Pavilion (2:30 p.m. ET, Pac-12 Network). UCLA will be heavily favored in the matchup as the dominant Pac-12 team that looks even better than advertised, while Princeton is the scrappy road team about to be put to the test.
How good can the Bruins be?
In our Pac-12 preview, we had UCLA as the second-best team in the conference. They’re currently the third-best team in the country. The Bruins have dominated their unranked opponents, winning games by an average margin of 43.3 points. They’ll be looking to replicate that success against the Tigers.
UCLA might be a guard-driven team with the trio of grad student Charisma Osbourne, sophomore Londynn Jones and sophomore Kiki Rice serving as backbone of the offense, but it’s sophomore forward Gabriela Jaquez who has been the sun in the star-stacked roster. She is flirting with a double-double on a nightly basis, averaging 18.7 points and eight rebounds.
The Bruins’ objective will be to establish dominance early and make it an easy Friday morning in Westwood. But Princeton has other plans.
Unleashing the Tiger
Princeton will be putting their backcourt to the test versus UCLA with sophomore Madison St. Rose and…
