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Bailey Will Take This One to the Bank

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Ryan Bailey stood at the free-throw line Saturday with the game on the line.

“I know if he would have missed them, I would have killed him,” teammate Rico Hines said. “We’re roommates, so when we got home I would have strangled him.”

Bailey, who had made five of eight this season and 58.3% of his attempts last season, banked in the first try and got a generous bounce off the heel of the rim on the second with 14.9 seconds remaining to turn UCLA’s 69-68 lead into a 71-68 victory at the Smith Center.

“I definitely felt the pressure,” said Bailey, a junior reserve guard. “In an arena like this and against a class program like North Carolina, I was definitely feeling that. I’ll remember those for the rest of my life.”

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* Thursday vs. Arizona, 7:30 p.m., Pauley Pavilion--One of the Bruins’ biggest victories last season was at home against the Wildcats.

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