No. 13 UCLA to Host UC Davis on Wednesday Afternoon

LOS ANGELES – The Bruins return to action against UC Davis this Wednesday at 2 p.m. (PT). This will mark UCLA's final non-conference game before entering the bulk of Pac-12 play. UCLA has gone 10-2 through its first 12 games. Following this Wednesday's contest, UCLA will return to the road for games at Washington State (Dec. 30) and Washington (Jan. 1).

UCLA has gone 4-0 in the all-time series against UC Davis. The Bruins won the most recent meeting during the 2011-12 season, when UCLA played all of its "home" games at either the Los Angeles Sports Arena or the Honda Center (in Anaheim). The Bruins defeated UC Davis by an 82-39 margin in a mid-December matchup at the Honda Center (Dec. 17, 2011).

GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom
Tipoff Time: 2:02 p.m. (PT)
Television: Pac-12 Network
TV Talent: J.B. Long (play-by-play), Don MacLean (analyst)
Radio Broadcast (UCLA Sports Network): AM 570
Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Tracy Murray (analyst)
SIRIUS XM, SIRIUS XM App Channels: Ch. 99 or 198, Ch. 960

CONSECUTIVE VICTORIES
Winners of their last seven games this season, UCLA has not recorded eight consecutive wins since late in the 2016-17 season. UCLA has won its last 15 consecutive home games, dating back to a loss in overtime last season against Oregon (Thursday, Jan. 13). The Bruins have posted a perfect 7-0 record at home this season.

REVISITING LAST WEEK
– UCLA defeated No. 13 Kentucky, 63-53, at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, three days after securing an 87-60 win at No. 20 Maryland (on Wednesday, Dec. 14). The Bruins extended their winning streak to a season-long seven games. UCLA limited the opposition to an average of 56.5 points per game and to a 36.2 shooting percentage.

– Jaime Jaquez Jr. (16.5 ppg, 9.5 rpg, 4.0 spg last week) and Jaylen Clark (17.0 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 4.0 spg last week) helped propel the Bruins to a pair of wins on the East Coast. David Singleton (13.0 ppg, last week) made six of seven attempts from 3-point range (85.7 percent) in the wins. Jaquez Jr. was honored as the Pac-12 Player of the Week on Monday, Dec. 19.

KEY NOTES ABOUT UCLA
– UCLA has won seven straight games after having dropped back-to-back games in Las Vegas against No. 19 Illinois and No. 5 Baylor (Nov. 18 and Nov. 20). Jaime Jaquez Jr. recorded his 10th career double-double (and first of this season) with a 19-point, 12-rebound and 4-steal effort in UCLA's 63-53 win against Kentucky at Madison Square Garden on Saturday.

– Through games played on Sunday, Dec. 17, UCLA ranks No. 2 in the Pac-12 in scoring (80.3 ppg) and No. 3 in scoring defense (62.2 ppg allowed). The Bruins rank first in the Pac-12 in scoring margin (18.1 ppg, ranks No. 13 in the nation) and turnover margin (+9.9 per game, ranks No. 8 in the nation). UCLA also leads the Pac-12 in steals (9.0 spg).

– UCLA has limited the opposition to 62.2 points per game, which ranked No. 41 nationally, through Wednesday, Dec. 14. In four seasons under coach Mick Cronin, the Bruins have gone 57-2 when limiting the opposition to 65 points or fewer. This season, UCLA has posted an 8-0 record when holding the opponent to 65 points or fewer.

– UCLA had not tallied consecutive wins over top-25 ranked teams (AP poll) during the regular season since Nov. 2006, when the Bruins downed (20) Kentucky and (19) Georgia Tech (Nov. 20-21, 2006) at the Maui Invitational. UCLA logged back-to-back wins over top-25 ranked squads in the 2021 NCAA Tournament (No. 5 Alabama, No. 4 Michigan).

– The Bruins ranked No. 3, nationally, in the Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings (KenPom.com), through games played Sunday, Dec. 17. UCLA has compiled the No. 3-ranked offensive efficiency and are No. 11 in the defensive efficiency category (one of three teams among the top 15 in both categories). Ranked No. 13 in the AP poll, and No. 9 in the USA Today Sports Coaches poll, the Bruins have been ranked in each of the last 26 AP polls (since the start of the 2021-22 season).

WHO IS BACK FOR THE BRUINS?
UCLA's program has returned five of the main 11 contributors from last year. UCLA went 27-8 overall last season, advancing to the NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16. Key players back include seniors Tyger Campbell, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kenneth Nwuba and David Singleton and junior Jaylen Clark. Each of those student-athletes played in at least 20 games in 2021-22. All five competed in the 2021 NCAA Tournament (the "First Four" to the Final Four). UCLA also has returned one pair of redshirt freshmen in Mac Etienne and Will McClendon, who both missed last season with knee injuries (torn ACL).

– Seven Bruins have scored at least 10 points in a game this season. Jaime Jaquez Jr. has scored at least 10 points in every game. Jaquez Jr., Campbell and Clark have scored at least 20 points in a game this season.

– Senior David Singleton ranks second on UCLA's all-time 3-point percentage list (45.0%) in 139 career contests. Through Sunday's games, he ranked No. 1 in the league in 3-point shooting percentage (51.9%).

– UCLA's assist-turnover ratio (1.61) ranks No. 8, nationally, and leads all Pac-12 teams. Tyger Campbell has totaled 51 assists and 22 turnovers (2.3 ratio), while Dylan Andrews has 17 assists and three turnovers.

– The Bruins have committed fewer turnovers than the opposition in all 12 games this season (going 10-2 overall). Last season, UCLA committed fewer turnovers than the opponent in 28 of 35 games.

ROAD WARRIORS
In addition to UCLA's 87-60 victory at Maryland last Wednesday, the Bruins have also assembled substantial road victory margins in the past 12 months at Marquette (last December, led at halftime 35-21 and won, 67-56) and at Oregon State (last February, led at halftime 43-28 and won, 94-55). Earlier this month, the Bruins raced to a 17-0 lead in a Pac-12 game against Stanford (UCLA won, 80-66). Against Maryland last week, UCLA led 39-11 with 3:30 to play before halftime.

– Last season, UCLA went 13-7 in road/neutral site games. In 2020-21, the Bruins went 11-9 in contests played away from home. This season, UCLA has gone 3-2 in five road/neutral site contests.

JAQUEZ JR. AND CAMPBELL
Seniors Tyger Campbell and Jaime Jaquez Jr. have been named to the 50-person watch list for this season's John R. Wooden Award, which annually honors the nation's top men's and women's college basketball players. The UCLA men's basketball program has seen past standout players Marques Johnson (1977) and Ed O'Bannon (1995) win the Wooden Award. In fact, Marques Johnson won the Wooden Award in 1977, in the award's first-ever season.

– Last season, Campbell secured first-team All-Pac-12 acclaim for the second consecutive year. He became the first UCLA player to earn first-team all-conference honors in back-to-back years since Arron Afflalo (2006 and 2007). This season, he has averaged 13.0 points, 2.3 rebounds and a team-leading 4.3 assists in 12 games.

– Jaquez Jr. was inserted into UCLA's starting lineup during the Maui Invitational (freshman year, in Nov. 2019) and has been a mainstay in the lineup since that week. He has played in 109 career games at UCLA, having averaged 30.8 minutes per contest. He has logged career averages of 12.4 points and 5.6 rebounds per game.

– Jaquez Jr. (1,350 points) and Campbell (1,138 points) have both crossed the 1,000-career point threshold. Jaquez Jr. accomplished that historic feat last season, and Campbell reached that milestone in the second game of this season. Jaquez Jr. currently ranks No. 34 on the all-time list and Campbell ranks No. 50.

– Campbell has become one of eight UCLA players to have logged at least 1,000 career points and 500 assists in the Bruins' uniform (of note, the assist stat has been tracked at UCLA since the start of the 1973-74 season). Campbell currently ranks No. 8 on the Bruins' career assists list (520 total assists).

HIGH-LEVEL FRESHMAN
Freshman guard Amari Bailey has averaged 9.7 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists through his first 12 college games. Bailey scored 19 points, three weeks ago, in a win over Pepperdine (Nov. 23) and tied his season-high with a 19-point and six-rebound effort at Stanford on Thursday, Dec. 1. Bailey scored 15 of his 19 points against Stanford in the first half, helping the Bruins secure a 50-29 cushion at halftime at Maples Pavilion. He was honored as the Pac-12 Freshman of the Week in back-to-back weeks (Nov. 28, Dec. 5). Bailey has scored at least 10 points in seven games this season. In addition, the 6-foot-5 guard from Chicago has averaged 26.9 minutes per game, starting all 12 contests for UCLA.

WELCOME TO WESTWOOD
UCLA has added six freshmen to the roster with guards Dylan Andrews, Amari Bailey, Abramo Canka and Jack Seidler and forwards Adem Bona and Evan Manjikian. Bailey (6-foot-5 guard) and Bona (6-foot-10 forward) were both honored as McDonald's All-America selections in the spring of 2022. Bailey was recently listed as a preseason honorable mention All-Pac-12 Conference selection (along with junior Jaylen Clark). Andrews (6-foot-2 guard) spent his first three years of high school at nearby Windward School (Los Angeles) before excelling as a senior at Compass Prep in Arizona. Bona averaged 15.5 points and 10.5 rebounds per game last season as a senior at Prolific Prep (Napa, Calif.).

– Including redshirt freshmen Mac Etienne (6-foot-10, forward) and Will McClendon (6-foot-3, guard), the Bruins have eight total freshmen on this season's roster (six true freshmen, two redshirt freshmen).

THREE-POINT STREAK
UCLA has made at least one 3-pointer played in its last 765 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 308 of 317 games since the start of the 2013-14 season. The Bruins made a school single-game-record 19 three-pointers, on 31 attempts, in a 104-89 win at Colorado on Jan. 12, 2017. UCLA's previous 3-point record was set earlier that season, as the Bruins made 18 of 30 attempts in the regular-season opener against Pacific (Nov. 11, 2016). UCLA has made 17 or more 3-point field goals in four games (19 once, 18 once and 17 twice).

JAYLEN THE SPARK PLUG
Junior Jaylen Clark has been a key contributor for the Bruins this season. He has averaged 15.5 points and a team-best 6.3 rebounds per game (11 contests). Clark is tied for the Pac-12 lead in steals (29) and has registered 21 assists. This isn't the first time Clark has filled up the stat sheet, both on offense and defense. He had a five-game stretch as a sophomore (Feb. 2022), averaging 14.8 points, 6.4 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 2.4 steals (UCLA went 4-1 in those five contests).

HISTORY & TRADITION
The 2022-23 school year marks the 104th season in which UCLA has fielded a men's basketball team (first season was 1919-20). In addition, this is the 57th season in which the Bruins have called Pauley Pavilion their home. The arena opened at the start of the 1965-66 season, and UCLA spent the next 46 seasons playing home games in Pauley Pavilion. The arena was closed for an 18-month renovation during the 2011-12 school year, re-opening in Nov. 2012. In all, the Bruins have won a nation-leading 11 NCAA Championships and have advanced to the NCAA Final Four 19 times.

HOME GAMES, PAC-12 CONTESTS
– The Bruins went 14-1 at home last season, winning their final eight games in Pauley Pavilion. UCLA will enter next the upcoming game versus UC Davis having won their last 15 home contests. Last season, the Bruins' only loss at home was an 84-81 overtime setback against Oregon (on Thursday, Jan. 13). Since taking over as UCLA's head coach (fall of 2019), Mick Cronin has led the Bruins to a 45-6 record in all games played in Pauley Pavilion.

– With the COVID-19 pandemic prompting teams to close their arenas to fans, none of UCLA's home games in 2020-21 were played in front of a crowd. Likewise, three of UCLA's games in January of 2022 were played before no fans (arena was limited to players' family members only). Including a seven-game home win streak to close the 2019-20 home schedule, UCLA has won its last 26 home contests with fans in Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom.

– Since the start of the 2020-21 season, UCLA has compiled a 30-11 mark in the Pac-12 (13-6 in 2020-21, and 15-5 last season). The Bruins have won 25 of their last 27 home games in Pac-12 action (the Bruins lost to USC in March of 2021 and to Oregon in overtime last season on Jan. 13, 2022). The Bruins won their final seven home Pac-12 games in 2019-20, during Coach Cronin's first season as UCLA's head coach.

THE BRUINS WHEN ...
Since the start of the 2017-18 season, the Bruins have gone 88-17 when leading at halftime (through 176 games). During that span, UCLA has gone 25-41 when trailing at halftime (3-2 when tied at the break). UCLA's largest halftime deficit overcome in that stretch has been 16 points – 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 92-12. When trailing by 10 or more points in a game, UCLA has gone 17-42.

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