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Adem Bona lives up to his billing as UCLA’s best player in season-opening win

Spotting Adem Bona trying to pick him up just inside halfcourt, the guard five inches shorter made his move.

Dribbling past the UCLA big man into the paint, Saint Francis’ Cam Gregory appeared to have Bona beat by half a step on his way to the basket.

Nope.

Sprinting from behind, the headband-wearing Bona closed with superhero speed. He leaped to contest the shot, his right arm swatting the ball off the backboard as Gregory went flying onto the court behind the baseline.

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Bona gave his poor victim a quick staredown before running back under the basket and snagging an offensive rebound.