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Sometimes you just have to take the win and move on.

That was the position UCLA found itself in Monday night during its season opener, the 12th-ranked Bruins hardly looking like an unstoppable power against a team from the Big Sky Conference.

UCLA’s defense kept getting beat around the basket. Its offense endured long scoreless stretches.

Even transfer point guard Donovan Dent , for all his brilliance, had a regrettable moment, missing a breakaway dunk.

But the only takeaway that mattered was the final score.

UCLA avoided massive disappointment by holding on for an 80-74 victory at Pauley Pavilion over Eastern Washington, which had closed to within single digits in the final

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