10-15-2007, 12:40 PM
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Love already mixing it up in practice
Freshman post player absorbs punishment from Aboya, dishes out some of his own, and enjoys both experiences.
By Diane Pucin, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
October 14, 2007
Kevin Love is enthusiastic after two days of UCLA basketball practice. He wasn't shy about saying that junior forward Alfred Aboya knocked him down four times. "And that doesn't happen very often," Love said.
Speaking after Love on a conference call Saturday, Coach Ben Howland wondered if Love had mentioned how many players he had knocked down. And the answer was no. "It was a few," Howland said.
While Love said it was fun watching televised snippets of other teams cavorting through "Midnight Madness" practices, many of them filled with more singing, dancing and goofing around than actual basketball, UCLA's prized freshman post player said what he went through -- "practices lots longer and higher intensity than what I'm used to" -- was more useful than getting some TV time at midnight. "We're trying to get an edge on everybody else," Love said.
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Mayo's first shot inside the Galen Center was an airball Friday night during a two-ball competition in which he was paired with a female student, but the freshman redeemed himself by scoring 17 points during the scrimmage. "Everyone had fun," Mayo said. "That was the main thing, to make sure we had fun."
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