LOS ANGELES — Kevin Love’s freshman season is speeding along, with half the Pac-10 schedule remaining. He’ll always remember the just completed four-game stretch.
Love had 26 points and 11 rebounds for his 13th double-double and No. 5 UCLA routed Arizona 82-60 on Saturday night for its 20th victory of the season.
“Everybody saw this game today, so they know how good we are,” he said about the ESPN telecast.
The Bruins built a 20-point halftime lead and cruised on 57 percent field goal shooting. Russell Westbrook added a career-high 21 points, Josh Shipp 13 and Darren Collison 12 points, seven assists and one turnover as the Bruins won their fourth in a row.
It was UCLA’s biggest margin of victory in the series since March 10, 1983, when the Bruins won 111-58 at home.
“I was a little shocked because they were really hot,” Love said about the final margin.
Jerryd Bayless scored 13 points for Arizona, which had its four-game winning streak snapped and lost its sixth in a row to UCLA — the longest streak by either team in the series since the Bruins won 11 straight between 1979-84.
“We were never in it,” interim Arizona coach Kevin O’Neill said. “I was disappointed we had no fight; they went after us from the beginning to the end.”
Bayless was held under his 19.3-point average, third-best in the league. Chase Budinger, the league’s sixth-highest scorer at 18.2 points, had nine.
“We came out easing into it and got our (expletive) whupped,” Bayless said. “We just weren’t ready to play. It was a big surprise for all of us.”
Collison set a school record for consecutive free throws in Pac-10 games with 32 before missing his first foul shot of the second half.
Love has dominated during UCLA’s winning streak, when the Bruins have averaged 83 points. They completed a sweep of the Arizona schools, having shot 61 percent in a similar 84-51 thrashing of Arizona State on Thursday.
Other games
USC 67, Arizona St. 53: At Los Angeles, Taj Gibson had 19 points and seven rebounds, freshman O.J. Mayo also scored 19, and the Trojans took command early in the second half to beat the Sun Devils, their fifth win in six games.
Oregon 79, Oregon St. 63: At Eugene, Ore., Tajuan Porter scored 23 points and made five 3-pointers to lead the Ducks over the Beavers. Bryce Taylor added 17 points for Oregon, which snapped a four-game losing streak.
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