UCLA F Moser won't return

UCLA F Moser won't return

Published Apr. 6, 2010 2:31 a.m. ET

Forward Mike Moser is leaving UCLA after one season.

Moser became the third underclassman to leave the Bruins in the past four months on Monday. UCLA finished 14-18, its worst record since coach Ben Howland's first year in 2003-04.

Sophomore center J'mison Morgan was dismissed from the team last Tuesday, and sophomore forward Drew Gordon left the Bruins last December.

Moser played in 15 of the Bruins' 32 games as a freshman this year, scoring nine points while apparently struggling with the Bruins' defense-minded style. The former high school star from Portland, Ore., originally committed to Arizona out of high school.

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Howland praised Moser's work ethic and attitude, but supports the forward's decision to transfer.

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