UCLA Basketball: This Element Of Bruins Offense Credited For Beavers Win

UCLA returns to a .500 record.

Your UCLA Bruins notched a 69-62 victory over the Oregon State University Beavers on Thursday, ending a miserable four-game skid. The win elevated UCLA to a 6-6 record on the 2023-24 NCAA season.

Per UCLA Communications, both head coach Mick Cronin and freshman guard Brandon Williams believed in the import of offensive rebounding in helping the club secure the win.

“Huge. I just told the guys. It was 25 to 11 second chance points. I just told the guys, 37 or 38 percent of our points were second chance points," Cronin said. "You can talk all you want about talent, Oregon State is a better team this year. Last year, we came in here and scored 62. Today, we have 69 and make nine threes. Last year we were a superior defensive team. Superior. We got to continue to play smarter, which I thought we had a lot of growth in that."

“Really important," Williams agreed in his own postgame presser. "We came out in the second half and we were down, so the offensive rebounds got us more second chance points. We finished with 25 points off second chances, so that was big for us.”

UCLA's next matchup is set for Saturday against the Oregon Ducks.