1 ranked Bruins
(6-0) defeated UC Riverside 61-38 on Sunday and look to go 7-0 against the 5-1
Titans.
CSUF point guard Bobby Brown said a key for the Titans against UCLA will be to
keep their emotions in check. Brown pointed out to last year's home game against
Pacifica as an example.
Brown said the Titans came out too amped and ran out of gas.
"We can't come out, like, all rowdy," Brown said.
Head coach Bob Burton said that getting the players excited about the UCLA game
won't be a problem.
"If anything, it's going to be the opposite," he said.
The onus to keep the Titans' composure level will be on him, and the Los Angeles
native knows is.
"I'm going to go in and be a leader," said Brown, who played with a lot of the
UCLA players during the summer. "Do the same things I've been doing for four
years. I know all of them. It will be real fun."
Injury Report
Scott Cutley injured his back during a practice on Thursday and was unable to
even walk on Friday. But on game night, "I got lucky," Cutley said. "They (the
trainers) got me ready to go."
And it's a good thing, because the 6-foot-5- inch 235-pound forward scored 12
points and pulled down 10 rebounds. It was his second double-double in three
games.
Cutley said nothing will keep him out of the UCLA game, but he hopes that his
back is healed and he is 100 percent.
Cutley is not the only injured Titan, Burton said. Frank Robinson (leg cramp),
Marcus Crenshaw (ankle) and Marcus Morgan (knee) will all be questionable for
tonight, he said.
Crenshaw was noticeably gimpy after the game, but said he was fine and that
he'll be ready for UCLA.