Why has Sebastian Mack thrived as UCLA’s cold-blooded closer

The only things lost from his appearance with the approach of the University of California in Los Angeles is a song entrance and a breathtaking advertisement from the broader of PA.

“Prepare to take the large shot of Broens, No. 12, Sebastian Mac! “

Otherwise, the second year’s goalkeeper mastered seizing a game in the last minutes.

It made the three indicator Usc was prevented from completing the return. He converted a play from three points from the old style to He pushed his team forward against Gonzaga. he Leave Wesconsen with a barrage From the buoys and the leadership of the ball.

Like the best associate in the baseball game, Mack showed a talent for being reliable in pressure situations.

“Sebastian is not afraid,” Ucla Cronin coach “When you have such a man, it is believed that he can register at any time,” said Wednesday.

Mac often ends what his colleagues started, as they got out of the bench to provide a crime pumping. The last of which came with 68 seconds left on Monday against the Trojan horses, who infiltrated a point after it decreased by 12.

With the end of the hour, on the verge of completion and three of the five best scorers in Bruins on the bench – Tyler Bilodo With the infected ankle, Dylan Andrews With cramps and Cuban Johnson With five errors-Mac rose to the three index that calmed down the massive crowd inside the Galen Center.

“It was my mind, just try to find something,” said Mac. “… I felt that I could get us there, I will take us home.”

After developed a tendency to photograph the drive engines that barely cleansing the edge, MACK may have benefited from good defense to many of the late jump players.

Cronin said: “Because they were disputed, he had to raise his venue and end up, so he shot the ball with the bow, the way it should be and the way we try to work with him, and for this reason they made them.”

Mac pointed out that others also went up late in the games. Burdo Arizona was buried With a wave of baskets, Skyy Clark Free Lightnings In many games and Andrews sank three drawings Against Oregon and Washington.

But Mac has become the other difference that you don’t want to see with the ball in his hands in the last moments.

“It is good to have you Mariano Rivera “He can get a bucket,” Chronin said, referring to the Hall of the Hall of New York Yanxiz. “He can get you out. It is good to make you someone get a bucket when you need a bucket while in his DNA; this is the wire method.”

Major decision

UCLA Aday Mara (15) is retrieving the ball after an attempt to steal by USC Rashaun Age striker (12) at the Galen Center Monday.

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Shhonin should go with Bilodo or Adi Mara At the start of the start, as soon as Bilodo, his imminent return from the ankle injury that forced him to miss most of the last two games?

What about both of them?

Chronin said he returned and watched a handful of situations in which both players were on the field together this season. The challenge with this squad includes oppositions who play four guards, putting Bilodo in a non -fastest player against a player much faster.

Chronin said: “If you want this collection and want Tyler in the four,” How will you deal with that if he is guarding the fourth goalkeeper? “

Cronin may not have to answer this question against No. 16 Oregon on Thursday evening at Pauley Pavilion since the ducks usually do not use a small ball approach. This may lead to more minutes for Maara, which has average 15.3 points, 7.7 rebounds and 4.0 blocks while he was releasing 64.3 % during his past three games, even if Biludo returned from his injury. Peludo practiced with the team on Wednesday, put it on the right track to play against the ducks.

Chronin said that the defense and its scourge, not to mention his willingness to decline against the counterparts trying to infiltrate him, was the biggest reasons he got more than the time of play.

Chronin said: “The more his hands, the more his fighting, the more officials in reality, the higher [on the other player]Yes?”

Familiar problem

UCLA Erik Daily Junior (3), Cuban Johnson (0) and Dylan Andrews (2) interact after the Broken Adi Mara Center (15) stumbled while registering against the University of South California on Monday at the Galen Center.

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The cramps that forced Andrews have been sitting in the last five minutes against USC have been a continuous issue since his arrival at the campus.

Breeze McDonald, Araba Andrews, told the Times last year that the wide test revealed that the situation was linked to moisture and nerves.

“He was crowded for a long time, even when he was not cramping, he didn’t want not to cramp, if I got it,” said McDonald. “So he was playing differently, he became psychologically at that point,” Wow, I don’t want to let my team let “, and … He continued,” No, I will run it. “

The Andrews treatment plan, created by a team of specialists, includes a special diet, fluids and supplements.

“He has been seen from all angles,” Chronin said. “I think it’s one of those things that they helped a lot, but it infiltrated again.”

No lost love

UCLA Aday Mara (15) and goalkeeper Kobe Johnson (0) Box Out Usc Rashaun Age (12) at the Monday Galen Center.

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Johnson, when being beaten every time I touched the ball on his return to the Galen Center after spending the first three seasons at the University of Southern California: “I didn’t expect it to be so bad, but I loved every second of it.”

Before he was disturbed by seven points, and three rebounds and two assistants, Johnson kept his finger on his mouth in a severe gesture with Bruins on their way to a second consecutive victory over the Truggans court.

A group of California University students in Los Angeles got the last word while walking in the match after the match, chanting “Cuban Johnson!”

Johnson said: “This is huge for me, knowing that the University of California in Los Angeles has already embraced me, so I can’t wait to try to continue to win here,” Johnson said.