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UCLA to Host California on Sunday Evening
January 17, 2020 | Men's Basketball
LOS ANGELES โ The Bruins return to action this Sunday evening, hosting California in Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom. Game time is 5 p.m. (PT). UCLA's game against the Golden Bears will be nationally televised on ESPNU. UCLA (8-9, 1-3) has won its last five meetings against California, including a pair of regular-season wins last season. Sunday's matchup in Pauley Pavilion will mark the only regular-season contest between UCLA and California this season. The Bruins will not travel to the San Francisco Bay Area to face Stanford and California.
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GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom
Venue Capacity: 13,800
Tipoff Time: 5:05 p.m. (PT)
Television: ESPNU
TV Talent: Roxy Bernstein (play-by-play), Corey Williams (analyst)
Radio (UCLA Sports Network): AM 570
Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Tracy Murray (analyst)
SIRIUS and XM Channels: Ch. 84 / Ch. 84
SIRIUSXM Internet Channel: Ch. 84
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Other Relevant Links
UCLA Men's Basketball homepage
UCLA Men's Basketball online information guide
California Men's Basketball homepage
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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
Sunday's game will mark a "Centennial Celebration" for the men's basketball program. Fans will have the opportunity to pick up special Centennial-themed pins and souvenir mosaic posters (available for the first 5,000 fans in attendance). In addition, the first 800 UCLA students will receive a free Under Armour "Centennial" jersey t-shirt. The halftime show will include a speed painting performance by Tim Decker, and postgame free throws for all children (under high school age) will take place at the conclusion of the game. Fans can enjoy $1 drinks as well as culinary options from three food trucks โ Middle Feast, Go Fish House, and Chicken & Rice โ along the arena's south concourse. Tickets for Sunday's game start at less than $30 (by clicking here), or fans can visit the box office on the day of the game.
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ACCESSING GAME NOTES
All game notes from the 2019-20 season area available online (link: https://ucla.in/368i5Di). In an effort to reduce wasted paper at athletic events, UCLA Athletics encourages individuals to view game notes online (via laptop, tablet or a mobile device). A limited supply of "game notes" will be available in the Dick Enberg Press Room on the day of a game. The link above also provides access to PDF versions of game notes from opposing teams, as well as PDF versions from the previous three men's basketball seasons.
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LOOKING AT LAST SEASON
UCLA went 2-0 against California in a pair of regular-season meetings last year. The Bruins opened Pac-12 play with two home victories, including a 98-83 win against Cal in the second of those two games on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019. UCLA outlasted California in overtime, 75-67, at Haas Pavilion (Berkeley, Calif.), behind a team-leading 27 points and 10 rebounds by Kris Wilkes (Wilkes made 9 of 15 shots in the game).
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ABOUT THE GOLDEN BEARS
Under the direction of first-year head coach Mark Fox (now in his 15th season as a college head coach), California has gone 8-9 with a 2-2 mark in Pac-12 action. Most recently, Cal lost at USC, 88-56, on Thursday night. Matt Bradley scored 13 points and Kareem South finished with 12 points at USC's Galen Center. The Golden Bears were limited to 33.9 percent shooting overall and made just 5 of 25 attempts from 3-point range.
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UCLA'S LAST TIME OUT
Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 15 points and Jalen Hill had a double-double (14 points, 12 rebounds) as UCLA lost to Stanford, 74-59, on Wednesday evening in Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom. UCLA led Stanford, 29-22, with just under five minutes to play before halftime. The Cardinal used a 9-2 scoring run to enter the locker room at the half with a 33-31 advantage. Stanford outscored UCLA in the second half, 41-28. Tyrell Terry led the Cardinal with a game-best 24 points.
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MORE NOTES ON THE BRUINS
- UCLA has gone 8-0 this season when limiting the opposition to 73 points or fewer.
- Junior Chris Smith has averaged 15.3 points, 8.8 rebounds and 3.0 assists in the Bruins' four Pac-12 games.
- Freshman Jaime Jaquez Jr. (7.9 ppg, 4.5 rpg) has led the Bruins in scoring in three games this season.
- Sophomore Jalen Hill has averaged a team-leading 7.4 rebounds per game, which ranks eighth in the Pac-12.
- UCLA has had 11 players, including freshmen, establish new career highs in points scored this season.
- The Bruins led the Pac-12 in rebounding margin (+7.6 rpg), through games played Thursday, Jan. 16.
- UCLA has out-rebounded the opposition in 16 of 17 games this year (currently averaging 38.5 rebounds per game).
- Through games played Thursday, Jan. 16, the Bruins ranked No. 20 in the nation in rebounding margin (+7.6).
- In addition, UCLA ranked No. 25 in the nation (through Thursday, Jan. 16) in offensive rebounds per game (13.1).
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UCLA'S LEADING SCORER
Junior guard Chris Smith enters the weekend as UCLA's leading scorer, having averaged 12.1 points and 5.4 rebounds per game in all 17 contests. Smith has posted career-high percentages this season in overall field goals (45.8%), 3-pointers (32.3%) and free throws (85.5%). In fact, he ranks fourth among all Pac-12 players in free throw percentage. He has scored 205 points this season, just two shy of his entire total from last year (207). In addition, Smith has made 71 shots (shooting 45.8%), just four fewer shots than he made as a sophomore last year (75, shooting 40.5% overall in 2018-19).
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DOUBLE-DOUBLES
Sophomore Jalen Hill ranks second on the team in scoring (9.9 ppg) and first in rebounding (7.4 rpg), entering Sunday's game against California. The 6-foot-10 forward/center registered his fourth double-double of the season on Wednesday against Stanford (14 points, 12 rebounds). In fact, Hill has now tallied seven double-doubles in his career. He has scored 14 points in each of the Bruins' last two games (against USC and Stanford) and has shot 53.8 percent overall in 17 games this season. Hill has twice scored at least 20 points in a game this year (including 24 points against Hofstra on Nov. 21).
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ABOUT COACH CRONIN
Midway through his first year as UCLA's head coach, Mick Cronin spent the previous 13 seasons as head coach at Cincinnati (his alma mater). Cronin was named The Michael Price Family UCLA Men's Head Basketball Coach in April of 2019 and entered the season with 16 years of experience as a college head coach. He guided Cincinnati to the NCAA Tournament in each of the previous nine seasons (and in 11 of 13 total years at Cincinnati). He has compiled an all-time record of 373-180, entering Sunday evening's Pac-12 game against California.
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GLANCING AT UCLA'S ROSTER
UCLA's roster features 15 student-athletes, including 13 players who were on the team last season. The Bruins have returned eight of 11 players who competed in the bulk of the team's games last season. That returning nucleus includes fifth-year seniors Prince Ali and Alex Olesinski, junior Chris Smith and sophomores Jalen Hill, Cody Riley, Jules Bernard, Kenneth Nwuba and David Singleton. The Bruins return redshirt freshmen Tyger Campbell and Shareef O'Neal and have added incoming freshmen Jaime Jaquez Jr. (Camarillo, Calif.) and Jake Kyman (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), a pair of 6-foot-6 guards.
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UCLA'S LAST ROAD TRIP
The Bruins split a pair of road games at Washington (W, 66-64) and Washington State (L, 79-71 in OT) to open Pac-12 play. In the two-point win over Washington, Jake Kyman made 7 of 12 attempts from 3-point distance. Kyman nailed the game-winning 3-pointer with under nine seconds to play in the second half. He became UCLA's first player to make at least seven 3-pointers since Jaylen Hands went 7-for-10 from long range in a 90-83 win over Oregon on Feb. 23, 2019.
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REBOUNDING MARGIN
UCLA will enter this Sunday's game with a rebounding margin of +7.6, which is the team's best such margin since 2007-08. That year, UCLA went 35-4 and advanced to the NCAA Final Four with a rebounding margin of +8.2. Over the past 30 seasons, UCLA has only had four teams post rebound margins of at least 6.0 or better. UCLA's 1995-96 squad recorded a rebounding margin of +6.0, and the Bruins' 1993-94 team had a rebounding margin of +7.7.
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SINGLETON FROM 3-POINT RANGE
Sophomore David Singleton currently ranks No. 2 on UCLA's career list for highest 3-point percentage (minimum of 100 career 3-point attempts). Singleton has made 45.0% of his career 3-point attempts (shooting 50 for 111) through 48 games. UCLA's all-time leader in that category is former four-year standout Pooh Richardson (52-for-112, 46.4%). Two years ago, Aaron Holiday concluded his three-year career at the No. 5 slot on the career list (180-427, 42.2%).
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FRESHMAN POINT GUARD
Tyger Campbell missed the entire 2018-19 season, as he recovered from a torn ACL in his left knee (sustained on Oct. 7, 2018, in practice). He enters this Sunday's game having averaged 7.4 points and 4.3 assists per game. Campbell has registered 73 assists and 32 turnovers, compiling an assist-turnover ratio of 2.3 in 17 contests. Campbell has scored in double figures in six games this season. He recorded a career-high 18 points against Cal State Fullerton (Dec. 28).
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GENERATING OFFENSE
UCLA has seven of its players this season lead the team in scoring in at least one game. Most recently, freshman Jaime Jaquez Jr. had a team-high 15 points in a loss to Stanford (74-59) on Wednesday, Jan. 15. Two weeks ago, freshman Jake Kyman registered his first-ever double-digit scoring effort with 21 points against Washington. Kyman made 7 of 12 shots, all from 3-point distance, in the 66-64 win at Washington. Chris Smith, who has averaged 12.1 points per game, has led the Bruins in scoring in six of 17 games (no other player has led the team in scoring in that many games).
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FIFTH-YEAR SENIORS
Redshirt seniors Prince Ali (8.9 ppg, 2.8 rpg) and Alex Olesinski (1.6 ppg, 2.1 rpg) are the first players at UCLA to have spent more than four years on the team since Michael Roll was a fifth-year senior in 2009-10. Roll finished his UCLA career as the program's all-time leader in games played (147 games, 2005-06 through 2009-10). Recent fifth-year seniors who didn't spend all five seasons in Westwood have included Travis Wear (senior in 2013-14), David Wear (senior in 2013-14) and Larry Drew II (senior in 2012-13) Both Ali and Olesinski have fulfilled their undergraduate degree requirements.
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NEWS AND NOTES
- Looking at UCLA's 15-man roster, 10 of the team's student-athletes either grew up in the Southern California region or attended high school in the Los Angeles area. Cody Riley (listed as Kansas City, Kan.), moved to the Los Angeles area when he was in middle school and attended Sierra Canyon High School (Chatsworth, Calif.).
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- UCLA has out-rebounded the opposition in 16 of 17 games. The Bruins were out-rebounded by USC (35-31) on Saturday, Jan. 11, marking the first game all year in which the opposing team secured more rebounds than UCLA. Jalen Hill will etner this Sunday's game as the Bruins' leading rebounder (7.4 rpg). Hill has amassed a team-best 325 career rebounds.
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- The Bruins have two players, entering this Sunday's game, who have scored at least 500 career points (Prince Ali and Chris Smith). Ali has scored a team-best 814 career points in 105 games (averaging 7.8 points per game). Smith has registered 542 career points through 83 games (averaging 6.5 points per contest).
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- Freshman Jake Kyman set the school's single-game record for most 3-pointers by a freshman (7), as he made 7 of 12 attempts from long range in the team's 66-64 win at Washington on Thursday, Jan. 2. Kyman is UCLA's only freshman and just the ninth player in school history to have made seven or more 3-point field goals in one game.
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- UCLA's 22 offensive rebounds in the win at Washington (Jan. 2) marked the team's highest single-game offensive rebound total since Jan. 1, 2016. The Bruins had 23 offensive boards in a double overtime loss (96-93) at Washington on Jan. 1, 2016, to open Pac-12 action. In that game back in 2016, the Bruins totaled 59 rebounds against the Huskies.
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- Jules Bernard, a sophomore from Los Angeles, scored 20 points off the bench in UCLA's 77-61 victory against UC Santa Barbara (Nov. 10). He tied his career high (points) in that game, having also logged 20 points off the bench in the Bruins' 90-83 victory at home against Oregon last season (Feb. 23, 2019), in what was UCLA's second-to-last home contest.
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- The largest single-game point total of any current UCLA player belongs to sophomore Jalen Hill, who had a career-best 24 points in a loss to Hofstra (Nov. 21, 2019) in Pauley Pavilion. The largest single-game rebound total of any current Bruin also belongs to Hill, who tallied 20 boards in a win against Presbyterian last season (Nov. 19, 2018).
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- Sophomore David Singleton finished his freshman campaign (2018-19) ranking No. 6 on the school's single-season list for highest 3-point percentage (46.7%). He made 35 of 75 shots from 3-point range, logging the second-highest percentage of any player in the Pac-12 (behind California's Matt Bradley, who shot 47.2%, making 50 of 106 attempts).
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NEXT NOVEMBER
UCLA will join Georgetown, Virginia and Kansas in the 2020 Paycom Wooden Legacy during the week of Thanksgiving (Anaheim Convention Center). This will mark UCLA's first appearance in the Wooden Legacy since winning the event in 2016. UCLA played in the tournament at the Anaheim Convention Center (2009) when the event was named the 76 Classic. In 2016, the Bruins defeated Portland and Nebraska on consecutive days at Cal State Fullerton (Nov. 24-25, 2016) before recording a 74-67 win over Texas A&M in the championship contest at the Honda center (Nov. 27, 2016).
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THE BRUINS WHEN ...
Since the start of the 2016-17 season, UCLA has gone 61-9 when leading at halftime (spanning 119 games). During that span, the Bruins have gone 14-32 when trailing at halftime (2-2 when tied at the break). UCLA's largest halftime deficit overcome in that stretch has been 16 points โ UCLA trailed at home against Oregon, 44-28, on Feb. 23, 2019, and outscored the Ducks in the second half (62-39) to win, 90-83. When the Bruins have built a 10-point lead (or larger) at any point in the game, UCLA has gone 67-9. When trailing by 10 or more points in a game, UCLA has gone 10-35.
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STREAKING
UCLA has made at least one 3-pointer played in its last 672 games. That 3-point streak began after the Bruins went 0-for-14 from 3-point territory in a 78-63 loss at No. 2-ranked Stanford on Feb. 3, 2000 (Maples Pavilion). UCLA has made at least three 3-pointers in 218 of 224 games since the start of the 2013-14 season. The Bruins made a school single-game-record 19 three-pointers (on 31 attempts) at Colorado on Jan. 12, 2017. UCLA won that road game, 104-89.
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