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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jason Kapono scored 16 points in his college
debut as UCLA (No. 12 ESPN/USA Today, No. 13 AP) opened its season with a 76-57 victory over Fairfield on Tuesday night.
The Bruins never led by more than five points in the first half
when they shot just 29 percent and Fairfield was hitting 40 percent
from the field.
Chris Rivers scored 10 points for the Stags of the Metro
Atlantic Conference, who are 0-3 after losses to Kansas, UNLV and
the Bruins on their season-opening road trip.
Kapono, a highly touted forward out of the same suburban
Lakewood high school that produced UCLA stars Ed and Charles
O'Bannon, helped the Bruins to their first double-digit lead of the
game early in the second half.
He and Jerome Moiso combined to score UCLA's first 12 points of
the second half as part of a 24-14 run that gave the Bruins a 53-39
lead with 10:15 remaining. Kapono showed off his versatility by
scoring inside, from mid-range and hitting a 3-pointer in the
spurt. Moiso finished with 20 points.
As the Bruins' shooting picked up, so did their defensive
pressure despite JaRon Rush earning his fourth foul and Moiso
getting his third. Their full-court pressure harrassed the Stags
into poor shooting while the Bruins kept a steady 15-point lead.
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Fairfield Clubhouse
UCLA Clubhouse
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