Swanson: UCLA’s Mick Cronin isn’t sweating Donovan Dent’s shot

LOS ANGELES – It was the best of times, and the worst too – shooting-wise. Really, a tale of two halves. The UCLA men’s basketball team was on almost unreasonably hot in the first half Saturday, 15 for 27 (55.6%) from the floor. And ice bath cold after the break, 9 for 28 (32.1%). And still, the Bruins hung on to beat Oregon 74-63 at Pauley Pavilion: “Awful, awful shooting,” Coach Mick Cronin said. “And we still were able to win by 11. Gotta be happy with that.” Happy that his team could survive a second-half offensive stall out, and that even after shooting so many bricks, Cronin joked they could’ve built a wall, the Bruins (7-2, 2-0 Big Ten) huffed and puffed and blew past the Ducks (4-5,...