Clark scores 19, grabs nine rebounds as Bruins cruise in nonleague contest.
LOS ANGELES — Each time the UCLA men’s basketball team runs onto the floor, there’s a feeling that, maybe, another player will steal the show. It’s what UCLA fans have been used to the last two seasons. One night it was Johnny Juzang, another it was Jules Bernard or Jaime Jaquez Jr.
However, in UCLA’s first three games this season, the star of the show has been Jaylen Clark – all three resulting in home victories – including Monday night’s 86-56 win over visiting Norfolk State, which is the best team eighth-ranked UCLA has faced in the infancy of this 2022-23 campaign. Norfolk State earned an NCAA Tournament berth last year and played No. 5 Baylor within 20 points last week. Guard Christian Ings posterized 6-foot-10 Adem Bona early in the game that even had UCLA fans ooh-ing and aah-ing. But thanks to Clark’s career-high night from beyond the arc, the Bruins put the game out of reach later in the opening half.
Clark clinched a career-best five made 3-pointers to anchor his team-high 19-point, nine-rebound and two-steal performance. His original career mark was just two before making his third 3 with 3:41 left in the opening half. It was the back end of two straight 3-pointers from UCLA , the first coming from David Singleton. Tyger Campbell rained in a 3 of his own to create a comfortable 46-33 UCLA lead at halftime.
Jaime Jaquez Jr. had 12 points. Singleton and Campbell each had 11 points. Bona added 11 points, five rebounds and two blocks.
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