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UCLA Football: Ethan Garbers Officially Named Starter For Bruins vs Minnesota
UCLA football will start Ethan Garbers at quarterback against the Minnesota Golden Gophers on Saturday at the Rose Bowl, the broadcast announced. Garbers came into the game listed as questionable, but will now play. Both quarterbacks were seen warming up before the game.
UCLA backup Justyn Martin and starter Ethan Garbers warming up from across each other as they both prepare pending Garbers’ status pic.twitter.com/9x4Gd1fSxy
— Tracy McDannald 📎 (@Tracy_McDannald) October 12, 2024
Garbers missed last week’s game at Penn State due to an ankle injury he appeared to sustain while playing against Oregon the week prior. Garbers was a game-time decision heading into the game, but the Bruins started Justyn Martin in his place. Martin went 22-30 for 167 yards and one touchdown against the Nittany Lions.
Marin did show moments of poise during his first career start — especially in front of a record-breaking crowd at Beaver Stadium — but the Bruins still only scored three points during the first three quarters of the game. Their lone touchdown came after the game was long over.
Foster did say he was “happy” with how Martin performed against Penn State, but that Garbers remains the starting quarterback when healthy.
Garbers has not played as well as he did last season to begin the 2024 campaign. After coming off of an Offensive MVP performance at the LA Bowl against Boise State to close out the 2023 season, Garbers is currently completing just 57.3 percent of his passes for 808 yards, three touchdowns, and six interceptions. Garbers has had to play behind an offensive line that has struggled to protect the quarterback this season or consistently block well in the run game, leading to a significant regression offensively.
The Bruins will notably be without wide receiver Titus Mokiao-Atimalala again in this game, as well as offensive lineman Reuben Unije. Rico Flores, Ale Kaho, Croix Stewart, Travis Drosos, Jack Clarke, Jaylan Jeffers, Sam Summa, and Jacob Busic were all listed as questionable prior to Saturday’s game.
Minnesota will be without Maverick Baranowski, Kerry Brown, and Pierce Walsh on Saturday. They have no players listed as questionable heading into the game, via Tracy McDannald.
The availability reports about 2 hours before kickoff for UCLA and Minnesota.
Garbers among those officially questionable, as is WR Rico Flores Jr., LB Ale Kaho and DE Jacob Busic. pic.twitter.com/OLrD6XjQCX — Tracy McDannald 📎 (@Tracy_McDannald) October 12, 2024
The Bruins are still seeking their first conference victory of the season after officially joining the Big Ten over the summer. They are just 1-4 on the season, with their lone win coming over Hawaii in Week 1.
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The Wild were taken down by the Utah Mammoth 5-2 on Friday night to end Minnesota’s winning streak at six games.
Lawson Crouse scored twice and U.S. Olympian Clayton Keller had a goal and two assists for Utah.
Logan Cooley and Barrett Hayton also scored and Karel Vejmelka made 21 saves to help the Mammoth rebound from a 4-2 home loss to NHL-leading Colorado on Wednesday night in their return from the Olympic break. Utah began the night in the first wild-card spot in the Western Conference.
U.S. Olympian Matt Boldy scored and assisted on Kirill Kaprizov’s goal for Minnesota. Second behind Central Division-rival Colorado in the West, the Wild are 9-2-1 in their last 12. They beat the Avalanche 5-2 on Thursday night in Denver.
Cooley opened the scoring with a short-handed goal with 6:37 left in the first period. The former University of Minnesota star got the puck on the right side off a deflection and put a shot between Wallstedt’s legs for his 15th goal.
Keller scored his 18th at 4:26 of the second. Nick Schmaltz forced a turnover on a forecheck and fed Keller on the right side.
Crouse made it 3-0 at 7:49 of the second. He came down the middle, took a pass from Keller and beat Wallstedt with a backhander.
Kaprizov countered for Minnesota on a power play with 5:57 left in the second. He has 33 goals this season.
Hayton made it 4-1 on a power play at 1:19 of the third, and Crouse added his 16th of the season on a tip with 7:12 to go.
Boldy got his 35th of the season with 5:57 remaining.
Up next
Wild: Host St. Louis on Sunday.
Mammoth: Host Chicago on Sunday.
Anthony Edwards scored 31 points, Donte DiVincenzo added 18 and the surging Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Clippers 94-88 on Thursday night.
Jaden McDaniels and Ayo Dosunmu each scored 12 points and Rudy Gobert had 13 rebounds to help the Timberwolves improve to 5-1 since Feb. 9 and 3-1 since the All-Star break.
Edwards, returning to the site of the All-Star Game, where he was the MVP, was 12 for 24 from the floor and sealed the victory with a step-back three-pointer over two defenders for a 92-88 lead with 42.9 seconds left.
Minnesota improved to 2-0 on a three-game trip.
Derrick Jones Jr. scored 18 points and Bennedict Mathurin added 14 for the Clippers, who struggled from the outset with a season-low 38 points in the first half. Kris Dunn had 11 points for the Clippers (27-31), who have lost three consecutive games for the first time since December.
The Clippers struggled on offense without star Kawhi Leonard, out because of ankle soreness. The Clippers shot 40.5% from the floor, including 18.2% (four for 22) in the second quarter. Minnesota shot 43.4% in the game.
The Timberwolves (37-23) scored just 15 points in the second quarter and still topped the Clippers, who had 11. Minnesota led 44-38 at halftime behind 12 points from DiVincenzo and 11 from Edwards.
The Clippers led by six in the third quarter and were up 68-63 heading into the fourth. Edwards’ drive and reverse layup put the Timberwolves up for good at 76-74 with 7:40 remaining.
The Clippers pulled within one three times in the last 2½ minutes, but Edwards answered each time. He scored the Timberwolves’ last nine points.
Up next for Clippers: vs. New Orleans on Sunday night.
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