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LOS ANGELES -- Knowing San Diego lacked a solid inside presence, UCLA went after the Toreros where it hurt.T.J. Leaf had 26 points and 10 rebounds and fellow freshman Lonzo Ball added 13 points to help the 16th-ranked Bruins win 88-68 on Thursday night.T.J., he can shoot it, pass it and handle it, UCLA coach Steve Alford said. That just opens up your offense even more.Thomas Welsh had 12 points and 11 rebounds as one of six players in double figures for the Bruins (3-0), who failed to top 100 points for the first time this season. They averaged 110.5 points in victories over Pacific and Cal State Northridge.Six guys got to the free throw line, six guys got rebounds and assists, Alford said. It enables us to stretch our offense.San Diegos Brett Bailey tied his career high with 22 points and Cameron Neubauer added a career-best 14 points despite playing the second half with three fouls.Baileys 3-pointer drew the Toreros (0-3) within four points early in the second half before Leaf and Ball teamed up for an entertaining offensive show.Leaf got things started with a one-handed dunk on a give-and-go with Isaac Hamilton and followed with another one-handed jam on Balls assist. The highly touted freshmen reversed things, with Leaf feeding Ball for a dunk before Leaf scored inside. The Bruins had 21 assists.Ive never played with this much talent around me before, Leaf said. It takes adjusting to get used to, but were starting to get used to our roles.Leaf kept up the theatrics with another dunk before finishing off the 16-8 run with a two-handed dunk on Balls alley-oop pass that extended UCLAs lead to 58-45.We wanted to give it to them inside a little bit, Leaf said. We really wanted to make our presence around the basket and we did that.Consecutive baskets by Ball and a 3-pointer by Leaf pushed the Bruins lead to 68-52.The Toreros couldnt defend UCLAs surge. Bailey and Neubauer did all of San Diegos second-half scoring until Olin Carter III scored eight straight points with 6:13 to go.Our kids really competed, but against an explosive team like UCLA, we gave up so much size, second-year San Diego coach Lamont Smith said. They had 46 points in the paint; it was not just post-up points, but its what they got in the interior.Hamilton added 12 points and Aaron Holiday had 11 for the Bruins, who shot 52 percent.BIG PICTURESan Diego: The Toreros face a long climb this season, having been picked to finish last in the West Coast Conference coaches poll. They lost by 10 points to San Diego State in their season opener and still have New Mexico State and Southern California among their non-conference games. No. 14 Gonzaga looms twice during conference play, too.UCLA: The Bruins have an easy schedule leading up to their first big challenge of the season against No. 2 Kentucky on Dec. 3 in Rupp Arena. They also play Big Ten opponents Michigan and Ohio State in December.POLL IMPLICATIONSIf they keep winning, the Bruins figure to stay solidly in the middle of the rankings for the rest of the month. Theyll be tested much more in December with games against No. 2 Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio State and No. 4 Oregon.TIP-INSSan Diego: The Toreros got outrebounded 43-38, but owned a 14-7 edge on the offensive glass. ... Carter finished with 13 points. ... They made 10 3-pointers, including three each from Bailey and Carter. ... The Toreros attempted 75 field goals and 31 3-pointers.UCLA: Leaf was 11 of 13 from the field and made all four of his free throws. ... Bryce Alford chipped in 10 points. ... All seven of the Bruins players scored. ... Ball finished with eight assists and seven rebounds. ... The Bruins made 19 of 22 free throws, and so far have been much more consistent at the line than last season. Thats going to be crucial in tight games, the elder Alford said.UP NEXTSan Diego: Hosts Nicholls State on Sunday, the first of four straight home games this month.UCLA: Hosts Long Beach State on Sunday, the last of four consecutive home games to start the season. The Bruins are 14-1 against the 49ers.---More AP college basketball: www.collegebasketball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25.Terrell Owens Super Bowl Jersey . Coach Tom Thibodeau says the former MVP will probably start travelling with the team in the next few weeks. Rose tore the meniscus in his right knee at Portland in November and was ruled out for the remainder of the season by the Bulls. Tarvarius Moore Super Bowl Jersey . 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Kyle Juszczyk Super Bowl Jersey . "I dont know that were close," said general manager Alex Anthopoulos. "I just think, right now, the acquisition cost just doesnt work for us right now. I dont know if I can quantify how far off or things like that that they might be but I would say we continue to have dialogue.It was to be my last game of proper cricket, September 2016, aged almost 53. I was to play for MCC Young Professionals Old Boys at Lords. Then my son, Reece, was asked to play for the opposition, Cross Arrows Cricket Club.Father versus son at the Mecca of cricket, on the Nursery Ground. It was the perfect way to go out.I was an MCC Young Professional before I joined Essex. Phillip DeFreitas, Dermot Reeve and Chris Lewis were there at the same time as me, but none of those guys were playing in the reunion game.Reece had been out of action this summer with a stress fracture to his back and was playing in this game as a batsman.We bowled first and I came on first change. Id already sent down five overs and was pretty knackered when the second wicket fell and Reece strode out to bat.One more over? the captain asked.I reckoned I could just about muster enough energy. After two dot balls, Reece hit me through the covers for two. Then I dragged one down a bit short and he pulled me imperiously for four into the back of the Compton Stand.In the car, earlier that morning, on the way up from Southampton, Reece had been telling me that hed been working on his batting.Now, as a bowler himself, Reece knew that once Id dragged down a long hop, there was no way that Id deliver another one. I pitched the next one up. Reece was anticipating it and tried to hit me all the way to Hampstead, but the ball nipped back in and knocked out the leg stump.Been working on your battting? I asked him as he walked off.ddddddddddddhat a moment. In my last ever over, I bowled out an international cricketer at Lords. The last time I did that was 1992, in a Sunday League game, when I had Desmond Haynes caught behind for 1.Having knocked Reece over, I gave a quick yelp and, at one point during the celebration, pulled my shirt over my head, football style. A few days later, I received a letter through the post asking me to return my MCC membership immediately. Someone was obviously not too impressed with my physique. It was only a joke, though.When Reece gets his card at Christmas this year, therell be a certain image on it. Therell be one on his birthday card too and his Easter card, and maybe even next years Christmas card.Reece will probably tell you that he smashed me all over the ground the previous day when wed played against each other in a six-a-side charity tournament at Highclere Castle, where the TV show Downton Abbey was filmed. But I was only bowling offspin then. It was a different outcome when I came off my full run, all 17 paces of it, in a proper game.From now on, whenever Reece walks across the hallowed turf, either for Hampshire or England, and he passes under the media centre, hell look over to the Nursery Ground and think, Oh my god, thats where my old man got me out.Even when Im long gone. ' ' '