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UCLA opens 100th season with 96-71 rout over Purdue Fort Wayne

Kris Wilkes scored a career-high 27 points, Moses Brown had a double-double in his collegiate debut, and No. 21 UCLA routed Fort Wayne 96-71 on Tuesday night to open its 100th season of basketball.

Standing 7-foot-1 — an inch shorter than Bruins great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar — Brown made an impact with 19 points and 17 rebounds as well as assists on UCLA's first two baskets and blocked shots.

At times, Brown also played like a freshman when he traveled on consecutive possessions, earned a technical foul after a dunk and had four of the Bruins' 15 turnovers.