>>> we're back here in anaheim for the halftime report. ucla with a difficult task in the first half facing a very athletic mississippi state team. they trail by 21, but can the bruins respond here the second half? we're about to find out. stay with us. beer? ear d een bottles t light, which can rn traditionally brewed beer skunky. brown bottles protect better. we use higher six packs protect it from the light. we put so much care into brewing the beer that we want to protect it. > >>>welcome back to the acura halftime report. mississippi state jumping all over ucla and having a 21-point lead at halftime. ucla came in averaging 65 points per game. they have only 19 in the first half on 27% shooting. >> marcus: yeah, defense of mississippi state has done a nice job. jarvis varnado has done a nice job blocking. won't have a chance to compete jarvis. >> steve: four blocks by varnado who leads the nation in blocked shots and the s.e.c. all time. alright, i need someone on the red-eye to our plant in jersey. who's it going to be, people? - i'll

jarvis. >> steve: welcome back to anaheim for the game between mississippi state and ucla. augustus and varnado are the two bigs. bost a very underrated point guard and their coach, rick stansbury, all-time winningest coach in mississippi state history averaging over 20 wins in 9 of his 11 seasons. then, of course, ucla, they go with the two bigs in nelson around dragovic and roll, lee and anderson, they will need a supreme game from anderson who has struggled at times for ben howland at the point and here's coach howland and has lead ucla to three straight final fours 2006 through 2008 including ucla's 13th appearance in the title game. they were out early last year and lost a lot of talent. bost has mississippi state in the dark uniforms and ucla in their home whites. dragovic is in defensively and pulling it away is michael roll. anderson getting the start at point, marcus. >> marcus: did a nice job against depaul in his first couple of three-point shots and the mindset and the mindset of this mississippi state team is to take it inside against ucla jarvis. >> steve: rol

. >> steve: this is jerime anderson, a talented young man, a sophomore from anaheim canyon high schoolhave much point guard depth. i know they're recruiting ray mcallen and jones. this is a program that does not have the point guard depth to it. a young man can come in here and play a lot of minutes immediately. >> marques: they don't have the speed and push defense position that they need with sherron collins. they have to know how to get to the gut and create problems for the defense. get those wide open shots for shooters on the outside. they have jerime anderson. he throws the basketball away. >> steve: a pickup and score and kansas with a ten-point lead. that was a bad pass by anderson. >> marques: talking about speed and quickness elijah johnson the freshman on the floor from las vegas high school, he comes out of the game, jerime anderson, but gets a pat on the head from bill self because he did his job. he forced jerime anderson into the turnover. >> steve: that was the second foul on elijah. honeycutt. they say he traveled. >> marques: it's got to be tough. a situation like th

there's only a certain amount of teams that i would even consider leaving anaheim for.e top of my list. i'm excited about the opportunity, and just really fired up to be apart of this organization. it will be a, you know, good fit for me, i think. >>> the situation for chris henry is now described as dire. wednesday evening, the cincinnati wide receiver was on life support in charlotte after reportedly falling out of a moving truck during a domestic dispute. henry is on injured reserve for the season. he was reportedly living in north carolina with his fiance. >>> coming up on "the final score" presented by burger king, cincinnati has a new football coach. but it's the bear cat basketball team that was looking for a little help on wednesday. >>> from one seed back in march to n.i.t. this year, can louisville pick up the pieces? >>> and start spreading the news. sean avery is up to his old tricks. tricks. islanders/rangers, coming up. caption funding provided by fox sports net it's a bartender. it's a captain and cola. marhhhh ahhh. (announcer) calling all captains. drin

capitals got in and were able to watch roberto luongo tangle with the anaheim ducks.have had a couple of days of practice to recharge and get set an look for win number 22 in the process. first place in the southeast division. brenden morrow returning to a place where he played so very well. washington on the road in the white the opening face-off presented by our friends at papa john's. the vancouver canucks still in the midst of an eight-game home stand. they are in the blue. daniel sedin working up front to get things started. centering pass. guided away by jeff schultz. >> craig: would like a better start than against the ducks. only two shots in the first period. >> joe: quick clicker there from burrows. 25 seconds in. >> craig: that's an early save you want from theodore. coming off a nice win against colorado but those type of savings will be imperative for bruce boudreau if his team will come out with a win. at the other end roberto luongo, joe, doesn't give up too many. got to be a fine shooter here tonight. >> joe: you saw the on ice officials. mike knuble t