Glass more than half full
UCLA has been dominating the boards recently, and the fact has not been lost on Ben Howland.
The Bruins outrebounded Oregon 40-28 last night after beating St. John's on the glass by 12, USC by 14, Arizona State by four and Arizona by five.
Last night in the 64-54 win over Oregon, Tyler Honeycutt had 13 rebounds, Reeves Nelson had nine, and Anthony Stover had eight boards and two blocks in 14 minutes.
"Honeycutt and Reeves in particular have been really consistent on the glass, and they're two of the best in the league," said Howland of his two sophomore forwards, who rank third and fifth, respectively in the Pac-10. "But I was really pleased by Anthony Stover's eight rebounds tonight. That's a huge factor going forward."
Nelson echoed his coach's comments and fully understands that the team needs to exploit its size in the post.
"I just think Stover came in and did a really good job," Nelson said. "He definitely earned his minutes and his start. Then with me and Tyler, coach always expects us to get close to 10 rebounds a game. It helped us out.""
Did anyone else notice around 7 min left in the game, Ben calls a timeout much to Nelson's dismay as you can clearly hear and see him say " that's f#€£ing stupid, why would you call a f@()ing timeout!?" I get his frustration but he needs to be put on check!
You know who's really been dominating the glass? Charlie Sheen.