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  FULLERTON, Calif. Joe Staley Jersey . -- UCLA senior guard Bryce Alford wants the ball in his hands during critical moments at the end of games. He had it, and he delivered, scoring 14 of his 18 points in the second half to pace the No. 14 Bruins to a 82-71 victory over Nebraska in the Wooden Legacy semifinals Friday at Cal State Fullerton.The Bruins (6-0) will play Texas A&M in Sundays championship game at the Honda Center in Anaheim.Alford made a 3-pointer with 1:02 left to give UCLA a 77-66 lead. He made all four of his free throws after that. Isaac Hamilton scored 15 points and Lonzo Ball added 13 for UCLA. Center Thomas Welsh had his fourth double double of the season with 12 points and 11 rebounds.As a basketball player, those are the kind of moments you live for, Bryce Alford said. Thats something Ive always prided myself on, being a closer ... Its about making smart plays down the stretch to help our team win games. I put (us) in a position to do that tonight.Nebraska (4-1) was led by Glynn Watson Jr., who scored a game-high 27 points.The Bruins led 38-25 at halftime and on the first play of the second half, star freshman guard Ball wowed as he converted an alleyoop dunk with a pass from T.J. Leaf. He had many more highlight-reel plays after that. Midway through the second half, he tried to convert an alleyoop pass that was just off the mark into a basket. It didnt fall, but he tipped in his own miss for the score.Nebraska made just 10 of 35 shots in the first half for a dismal 28.6 field-goal percentage. The Cornhuskers made just one 3-pointer and shot 12.5 percent from long range. Nebraska cut the lead to two points at 58-56 on a 3-pointer from Watson Jr., but it would never get closer.I felt like we were very tentative in the first half, Nebraska coach Tim Miles said. Thats not like us. I thought the second half was more of a snapshot of what were like. But every time got the game down to 2 or 3, they answered. Alford made some tough shots. (Aaron) Holiday made some tough shots. They hurt us. We didnt get enough outside shooting.Ball left the game with four fouls for a 3:03-span but came back with 4:58 left in the game and then fouled out.BIG PICTURENebraska: The Cornhuskers lost for just the first time this season in playing one of the countrys top teams. The third-place game wont be easy, but Nebraska has an extra day to prepare for Virginia Tech.UCLA: The Bruins played on national television but perhaps didnt make many inroads with the East Coast audience as the game started at 12 a.m., EST. The Wooden Legacy championship game is at a much more viewer-friendly hour at 8:30 p.m. EST on Sunday.UP NEXTNebraska plays Virginia Tech in the third-place game on Sunday. Theyll have work to do in preparing for a physical team that just suffered its first loss of the season as well.UCLA gets one day off before playing in the championship game against Texas A&M on Sunday. The Bruins are playing in the final of the tournament named after Wooden, who won 10 national championships in Westwood. No pressure.POLL IMPLICATIONSUCLA cemented its status as a top-15 team by surviving its first real test of the season against a Big Ten Conference team.STAT OF THE NIGHTUCLA is 4-0 in the all-time series against Texas A&M. The teams last played in the Wooden Classic in 2006 and 2008. Both of those games were decided by three points or less.HE SAIDNebraska lost its first game of the season but is scheduled to be at the happiest place on earth on Saturday -- Disneyland -- before playing Virginia Tech for third place on Sunday.... We have to bounce back. We cant hang our heads. (Saturday), we can mope around and hang out with Goofy and Minney and Mickey, thats fine, but on Sunday we need to be ready to go in and go to battle.-- Nebraska coach Tim MilesHE SAID WHAT?On Thursday night, Lonzo Balls father, LaVar Ball, guaranteed in a nationally-televised interview that UCLA would win the national championship. Asked how he felt about that, the freshman said: Im thankful for him. Thats how he is. Loud and to the point. Im his son, so why wouldnt he want the best for me? Deion Sanders Jersey . Argentina winger Ezequiel Lavezzi and France midfielder Blaise Matuidi scored, with star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic setting up both despite having a poor game by his high standards. Forward Eduardo gave Ajaccio the lead in the sixth minute after being set up by right winger Benjamin Andre, and the Corsican side looked comfortable in the first half, with the lively Johan Cavalli causing problems with his probing runs from midfield. Dwight Clark Jersey . -- Catcher Brett Hayes has agreed to a $630,000, one-year contract with the Kansas City Royals, avoiding salary arbitration. http://www.official49ersnflauthenticshop.com/jaquiski-tartt-stitched-jersey/ . PAUL, Minn. FRISCO, Texas --?Dallas Cowboys coach Jason Garrett did not make any promises about the rest of the season, but he made it clear that?Dak Prescott is the teams starting quarterback.You can make it as simple or as complex as you want to make it, Garrett said. Its pretty simple for us: Daks going to play quarterback as we go forward.After Sundays 10-7 loss to the New York Giants, Garrett said at no point did he contemplate pulling Prescott in favor of Tony Romo, who has been the No. 2 quarterback the past four games.Prescott struggled against the Giants, completing 17 of 37 passes for 165 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions. He was also sacked three times. Prescott has gone three straight games without passing for at least 200 yards.Romo, the franchises all-time leader in passing yards and touchdowns, suffered a compression fracture in his back on Aug. 25 and was on injured reserve for the first nine games. During that span, Prescott went 8-1 as the starter and had 13 touchdown passes to two interceptions. He completed better than 65 percent of his passes in nine of the first 11 games.Over the past two games, howeveer, Prescott has found the going rougher. Jerry Rice Jersey. The Cowboys beat the Minnesota Vikings 17-15, but Prescott threw for just 139 yards on 12-of-18 passing. He did not have an interception but he was sacked three times.In the past two games, the Cowboys have converted just two of 24 third-down opportunities, and both came on runs -- a scramble by Prescott against the Vikings and a run by Ezekiel Elliott.Were just focused on Dak playing quarterback for us, Garrett said when asked what he would need to see -- or not see -- in order to make a move to Romo. And well continue to do that in our preparation this week and as we go forward.Hes done a really good job for us up to this point, won 11 of 13 games that hes started, and hes handled really every situation as well as you can handle it. So well just continue that way. Tony will be in a backup role for us and hell be ready to go if hes called upon to play.But Daks done an outstanding job up to this point. [Im] excited to see him continue to play. Wholesale Jerseys Discount NFL Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys China Jerseys Wholesale Cheap Jerseys Online Jerseys Wholesale ' ' '