UCLA starts their 2017-2018 campaign with an exhibition at home at the Pauley Pavilion against Vanguard this afternoon.
Vanguard steps into Pauley with two exhibition matches in hand against San Francisco and UC Berkeley. The Bruins will face off against the Golden Bears at the end of the year on New Year’s Eve. The Lions lost both of the exhibition matches by more than twenty points. In the game against Berkeley, the Lions won the second half but it was the first half that was the decider as Berkeley had a twenty-point advantage at the half. Against San Francisco, the Dons completely outmatched the Lions winning by 39 points.