UCLA leads at the half, 14-0
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Washington State continues to struggle.
Nothing that occurred during the first half of tonight's UCLA-Washington State game should be cause for alarm to any of the Pacific 10 Conference's top teams.
But for the Bruins, this was progress. They walked off the field after the first half with a 14-0 lead.
Baby steps, to be sure, but they were moving forward.
Kevin Craft was efficient enough and Kahlil Bell burrowed into the Cougars defensive front enough for the Bruins to put together two methodical touchdown drives.
The UCLA defense, back peddling the past three games, held the Cougars to 89 yards.
All of which allowed the Bruins to go into halftime leading for the first time this season.
A first-quarter punting competition went to Washington State. UCLA started one drive on its six-yard line and another on its one. But after the Cougars failed on a fourth-and-one play at the UCLA 35, the Bruins began to move.
Craft drove them 64 yards in nine plays, throwing a 16-yard touchdown pass to Ryan Moya for a 7-0 lead with 13 minutes 48 seconds left in the second quarter.
Craft completed 13 of 20 passes for 132 yards in the half.
Bell finished off the Bruins' next drive with a one-yard touchdown run. He had 32 yards in 13 carries, but hobbled off the field just before halftime. Bell is playing with a sore left ankle.
chris.foster@latimes.com
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