Defense is the difference
UCLA's defense, which held Florida International to three field goals in the first half and just 13 points, was much improved Saturday.
``I thought we did better job staying in front of the ball,'' Ben Howland said. ``Again, we're still in November, and we have a lot of young kids. Jerime Anderson, for example, is getting better when he had his minutes out there staying in front basketball. He only got beat twice tonight ... Mike (Roll) is playing well for us, not only on offense but on defense.''
About Inside UCLA
This is Brian Dohn's sixth season covering UCLA after spending 4 1/2 years covering the Dodgers for the Daily News and other Los Angeles Newspaper Group papers. He graduated from Rutgers, where the first college football game was played in 1869. Sure, the Scarlet Knights suffered for a long time, but now RU is doing what Jerseyans always thought was possible. Winning at Rutgers also proves winning is possible everywhere else in the nation, so underachieving coaches better be careful. Now, if only men's hoops can turn it around.
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