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WACO, Texas -- Kalani Brown is 20 pounds lighter this season, and Baylors 6-foot-7 sophomore post player is moving smoothly up and down the court. And shes dominating on both ends for the second-ranked Lady Bears.Brown set career highs with 25 points, 19 rebounds and six assists and Baylor took over after halftime on way to an 84-70 victory over ninth-ranked UCLA on Monday night.My game is elevated, said Brown, the Louisiana native who said she ate healthier and worked extra throughout the offseason. Being able to take off getting my second wind, it feels really good.UCLA coach Cori Close put it simply: Kalani Brown was a hand full.Baylor had trailed 48-41 at halftime, but got even in the first 2 minutes of the third quarter. Alexis Prince hit a 3-pointer before Alexis Jones and Brown each had baskets, and assisted each other.Up by only two going to the fourth quarter, a layup by Jones soon after that started a 14-0 run over a 5-minute span for the Lady Bears (2-0). That spurt included a 13-foot straight-up jumper for Brown, who finished 12-of-15 shooting.Asked if it was the kind of overall game she expected of Brown, who also matched her career high with five blocked shots, Baylor coach Kim Mulkey responded, Yes, quite frankly. ... Kalani was one of the guys in the Oregon State game at the end of the year that wasnt afraid to get in there and bang with you. Yeah, thats why she stayed on the floor.Jordin Canada led UCLA (1-1) with 23 points, while Monique Billings had 16 points with 10 rebounds. Kari Korver had 13 points.Preseason All-America forward Nina Davis, Prince and Jones each had 15 points for Baylor. All played the entire second half, when Baylor outscored UCLA 43-22, and Kristy Wallace played the entire game.Our defense, not only picked it up in intensity, we just had positioning where we were smarter, Mulkey said. And I just think that you went with the most experienced, veteran players that could produce in a big game.BIG PICTUREUCLA: While the Bruins played like a top-10 team most of the first half, they just didnt have a big body to match up with Brown. After six 3-pointers (on 15 shots), helped UCLA take as much as an 11-point lead in the first half, they were 0-for-7 from long range after halftime. They came out in the second half and exerted their will, Close said of Baylor.Baylor: With consecutive games against top-10 opponents Mulkey leaned on the returning players. The three freshmen for the Lady Bears are going to be standout players, but Lauren Cox was 0-for-4 shooting with two rebounds in 4 minutes, and Natalie Chou was 0-for-1 with two rebounds in 12 minutes. Juicy Landrum didnt even play. All three got significant action in the season-opening rout over Houston Baptist.POLL IMPLICATIONSBaylor certainly lived up to its No. 2 ranking against another top-10 team, and gets another quick test at No. 3 UConn. UCLA has a chance to recover with the next two games at home and could stay in the top 10 with a couple of wins.BIG BOARDSThe Lady Bears had a 52-25 rebounding edge. Take out Browns 19 (including eight offensive boards), and Baylor still would have a 33-25 advantage.MAYBE IN MARCH?All the credit to Baylor, they showed great experience and poise, and I hope we get to play them again, Close said.REALLY, COACHWhen Mulkey was asked how blunt she was with her halftime message, she said, Its too early in the year to get ugly with them. Brown had a grin on her face when she rolled her eyes. Asked if she was getting soft, Mulkey then replied, Im just mellowing in my old age.UP NEXTUCLA returns home to play at home twice in three days. The Bruins play Southern University on Friday, then host Cal Poly on Sunday.Baylor hits the road for the first time and plays another top-10 opponent. The Lady Bears play Thursday at third-ranked UConn. Fake Vans Shoes . 1 position. The Mustangs (6-0), who beat Queens 50-31 last weekend, earned 17 first-place votes and 287 points in voting by the Football Reporters of Canada. Western was last ranked first in the country in October 2011. Fake Vans Online . LeBron James and Chris Bosh didnt need any more. Williams scored 11 points in 10 minutes, Alan Anderson scored 17 points, and the Brooklyn Nets finished the exhibition season with a 108-87 win over the Miami Heat on Friday night. http://www.fakevans.com/ . If ever they start actually putting pictures beside words in the dictionary, the Blue Jays left-handers mug will appear beside “Consistency. Fake Vans SK8 . World champions Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov of Russia won the gold medal with 237.71 points, Moore-Towers and Moscovitch followed at 208.45 and Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov of Russia were third at 187. Fake Vans Outlet . The 17-year-old native of Marystown, N.L., pulled out of Skate Canada International last month in Saint John, N.B., with the same problem. TORONTO -- Only three players of color are competing in the World Cup of Hockey. Team USA coach John Tortorellas stance on the anthem protests across professional sports has only made hockey look more exclusionary, an insulated world as unyielding as the ice its played on.Before the tournament began, Tortorella made it clear that his players would be punished for following Colin Kaepernicks lead. If any of my players sit on the bench for the national anthem, they will sit there the rest of the game, Tortorella told ESPNs Linda Cohn.Tortorella was given the chance to walk back his comments. He declined the opportunity.It is probably the most disrespectful thing you can do as a U.S. citizen is to bring that in, he said. Because thats our symbol. All for [expressing] yourself. Thats whats so great. Everybody does. But no chance when it comes to the flag and anthem. No chance.By Tortorellas measure, protest is fine so long as it meets his own particular standards of what is or isnt an acceptable form of expression.As a coach, Tortorella has an authority over his players, and ice time is his principal means to wield it. Workplaces routinely set limits that the U.S. government never should.As the father of a son serving his third tour in Afghanistan -- Nick Tortorella is part of the U.S. Army 75th Ranger Regiment -- he is understandably sensitive to the sacrifices made by the men and women serving in the armed forces and their families.As an American, however, Tortorella should remember that some rules arent his to make or break. He represents his country and its ideals to the world just as much as his players do. He also represents hockey.J.T. Brown, an African-American forward on the Tampa Bay Lightning, provided perhaps the most notable opposition to Tortorellas order.Brown followed his tweet with a thoughtful statement to the Tampa Bay Times.I could have been quiet and just kept my opinion to myself, it read in part, but I dont want young minorities who love the game of hockey to think that whats going on in America today is going unnoticed by the hockey community.I love America and thank the military for protecting our freedoms, as well as law enforcement for protecting and serving our communities, but that doesnt mean I cant acknowledge that there is still racism today. I am glad my tweet provoked a discussion, because we need to start having a conversation about racism if we want to work towards a better America.Brown is not part of Team USA; Winnipeg Jets defensemaan Dustin Byfuglien is the only player of color on the American roster.dddddddddddd Asked about Tortorellas comments before the tournament began, Byfuglien essentially said players remained free to protest: You still do it. But you take your chances.He was a healthy scratch for Saturdays opening game against Team Europe.Tortorella said his choice was purely about numbers, a function of having a roster of 23 players and being able to dress only 20. Sources within Team USA were emphatic that the decision to sit Byfuglien had nothing to do with the anthem debate or the possibility that he might disobey his coachs demand.Byfuglien said he wasnt given a reason for not making the cut. No, he said. Just, Youre out.No matter the calculus, Byfugliens absence has meant the World Cup has seen only two nonwhite players so far out of the 184 playing in incredibly diverse Toronto.One is Seth Jones, who plays defense for Team North America and Tortorellas Blue Jackets in the NHL. Jones said he had no problem with his coachs comments. During the American anthem before Team North Americas opener against Finland on Sunday and again on Monday against Russia, Jones stood with his head bowed, tapping his stick after in salute.The other is French winger Pierre-Edouard Bellemare. He suited up for Team Europe, which doesnt have an anthem to stand for.That leaves Byfuglien, and all indications are he will dress for Team USA during Tuesdays all-important game against Canada. Asked what playing might mean to him, he was even quieter than he usually is. Its everything, he said.Asked whether he had plans to protest during the anthem, he shook his head. Nothing. Nothing, he said. No, Im not going to do anything.America, like hockey, works best when it occupies that great gulf between everything and nothing, between love it or leave it. It can be a messy and complicated place to be, full of compromise and the fog of debate. Extremes are attractive because they are easier. Rules dont just tell us how to behave, but they also tell us how others will.If Dustin Byfuglien stands for the anthem on Tuesday night, thats his right. If he sits, or kneels, or raises his fist, or skates out without his stick or with his jersey inside-out, that should be his right, too.In a world and a game that can seem defined by its polarity, thats the most American, and admirable, of absolutes. ' ' '