SoCal NCAA Preview

Arizona St (14-5) at No. 5 UCLA (18-2), 7:30 pm

LOS ANGELES (Ticker) - Fifth-ranked UCLA returns home from a successful two-game road trip to host Arizona State in a Pac-10 Conference game on Thursday.

Freshman Kevin Love was named the Pac-10 Player of the Week after combining for 42 points and 39 rebounds in the Bruins' two wins at Oregon and Oregon State, respectively. Love leads the team in scoring and rebounding at 17.3 and 11.3, respectively, while Darren Collison is netting 14.6 per contest - including a career-high 33 against Oregon State on Saturday.

The Bruins (18-2, 6-1 Pac-10) have defeated the Sun Devils in six straight meetings and are currently one game ahead of Washington State (5-2) and Stanford (5-2) in the conference as they hope to win their third straight regular season Pac-10 title.

After a scorching start, the Sun Devils (14-5, 4-3) have dropped three straight games, including a 56-55 setback to Washington State on Saturday. Freshman guard James Harden leads Arizona State in scoring at 18.8 points per game. He netted 25 in the loss to the Cougars.