Men's Basketball Prepares to Play at No. 2 Michigan

Saturday, February 14

Ann Arbor, Mich.

9:45 AM (PT)

UCLA

Michigan

Donovan Dent

Photo by: Jan Kim Lim

Men's Basketball Prepares to Play at No. 2 Michigan

February 12, 2026 | Men's Basketball

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ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The Bruins (17-7, 9-4) will play at No. 2-ranked Michigan (23-1, 13-1 Big Ten) on Saturday in a nationally-televised showdown on CBS. Game time is set for 9:45 a.m. PT (12:45 p.m. ET) at Michigan's Crisler Center. This will mark UCLA's first showdown against Michigan in Ann Arbor since an overtime contest on Dec. 9, 2017 (Michigan won that game against UCLA, 78-69). The Bruins are scheduled to play at Michigan this Saturday and at Michigan State on Tuesday, Feb. 17. In all, the Bruins have seven regular-season games remaining -- four on the road, and three at home.

GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Crisler Center
Capacity: 12,707
Tipoff Time: 9:49 a.m. PT (12:49 p.m. ET, in Michigan)
Broadcast Network: CBS
Broadcast Talent: Ian Eagle (play-by-play), Bill Raftery (analyst)
Radio (UCLA Audio Network): AM 790 (KABC)
Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Tracy Murray (analyst)
Sirius XM Channels: SiriusXM 387 and SiriusXM App
Live Stats: ucla.statbroadcast.com (link here)

UCLA'S TICKET INFORMATION (HOME GAMES)
Single-game tickets for UCLA's home games are on sale. The Bruins have three remaining regular-season games inside Pauley Pavilion – against Illinois on Feb. 21, versus USC on Feb. 24 and against Nebraska on March 3. Fans can view complete ticket information about UCLA men's basketball by clicking here. Direct links to single-game ticket purchases can be viewed here. Fans can call (310) 206-5991 or email tickets@athletics.ucla.edu for more information. In addition, check out the upcoming game themes and promotions for UCLA's final home games.

MOST RECENTLY
• The Bruins have won 10 of their last 14 games, including last Saturday's 77-73 win over Washington.
• Through the Bruins' last five games, Donovan Dent has averaged 16.4 points and 8.2 assists per game.
• Trent Perry scored a team-leading 23 points last Saturday night in a win over Washington at Pauley Pavilion.
• Last week, the Bruins registered 25 assists and two turnovers in a 98-66 win over Rutgers.
• Through Thursday, Feb. 12, Tyler Bilodeau led the Big Ten in 3-point shooting percentage (45.0%, 45-for-100).
• Tyler Bilodeau will enter the weekend ranking No. 7 in the Big Ten in shooting percentage (52.2%).
• Trent Perry has averaged 17.6 points and 3.6 rebounds in UCLA's last five games (30 for 32, at the free throw line).
• Donovan Dent totaled 23 points and a season-high 13 assists in UCLA's 69-67 win over No. 4 Purdue on Jan. 20.
• Five Bruins have averaged at least 10 points per game this season, led by senior Tyler Bilodeau (18.3 ppg).
• Tyler Bilodeau hit the game-winning 3-pointer with eight seconds to play in the win against Purdue on Jan. 20.

UCLA VERSUS MICHIGAN
• Last season, Michigan secured a 94-75 win over UCLA in a Big Ten game played at Pauley Pavilion (Jan. 7, 2025).
• UCLA has gone 13-7 in 20 previous meetings against Michigan (five contests played in the NCAA Tournament).
• UCLA last faced a top-2 ranked team on March 12, 2022 (UCLA lost to No. 2 Arizona, 84-76, in the Pac-12 title game).
• The Bruins lost to Michigan in their most recent contest at Crisler Center (Michigan won, 78-69, in OT on Dec. 9, 2017).
• UCLA advanced to the 2021 Final Four in Indianapolis with a 51-49 win over Michigan in the Elite Eight.
• Saturday's game will mark UCLA's fifth contest against Michigan at Crisler Center (all since Dec. of 2003).
• The Bruins have gone 2-2 against the Wolverines in four previous meetings at Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Mich.

LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
UCLA recorded home wins last week against Rutgers (98-66 on Feb. 3) and Washington (77-73 on Feb. 7), limiting the opposition to 30.8 percent shooting from 3-point range (12-for-39). Tyler Bilodeau averaged 19.0 points and 5.0 rebounds, while Trent Perry averaged 16.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game. Perry shot 60.0 percent through both games (9-for-15), was 5-for-5 from 3-point distance, and made 10 of 11 free throws (90.9%). Donovan Dent averaged 15.0 points, 10.5 assists and 3.0 rebounds in UCLA's two wins. He totaled 21 assists and three turnovers to help UCLA improve its overall record to 17-7 (and to 9-4 in Big Ten play). UCLA made 20 of 39 attempts from 3-point range (51.3%).

THANKS FOR THE ASSIST
Donovan Dent has totaled 164 assists (and 47 turnovers) through 23 games, averaging 7.1 assist per game. He has tallied 10 or more assists in each of the Bruins' past three games, becoming UCLA's first-ever player to record point-assist double-doubles in three straight contests (since the assists were routinely recorded in 1978-79). Dent had 17 points, 10 assists, six rebounds and two turnovers in the Bruins' 77-73 win over Washington on Saturday, Feb. 7. He knocked down 7 of 8 free throws in the win, as UCLA swept the season series agianst the Huskies. The Bruins have not had a player since Tyger Campbell in 2022-23 with as many as 160 assists in a season (Campbell finished that year with a team-best 186 assists).

LOOKING AHEAD FOR UCLA
• Next week, the Bruins will play at No. 10-ranked Michigan State (Tuesday, Feb. 17) for the first time since Dec. 21, 2004.
• Last season, UCLA defeated the Spartans in Los Angeles, securing a 63-61 win on Feb. 4, 2025.
• Following the game at Michigan State next Tuesday, UCLA will host No. 8-ranked Illinois on Saturday, Feb. 21.
• Including this road trip, UCLA has three more regular-season games to play outside of the Pacific time zone.
• The Bruins' upcoming schedule in February includes five more games (two at home and three on the road).
• UCLA will host crosstown rival USC at Pauley Pavilion on Tuesday, Feb. 24, the first meeting against the Trojans this year.

MORE ABOUT THE BRUINS
• Tyler Bilodeau has scored in double figures in 20 of 22 games played, totaling 20 points or more in seven games.
• Tyler Bilodeau has totaled 848 points in two seasons at UCLA, averaging 15.4 points in 55 games in the Bruins' uniform.
• Donovan Dent ranks third in the Big Ten in assists per game (7.1 apg) and has averaged 13.7 points per game.
• Trent Perry has scored at least 10 points in 11 of UCLA's last 13 games.
• UCLA has posted a 14-2 record when leading at halftime and has gone 15-1 when building a lead of 10 or more points.
• UCLA ranks No. 1 in the Big Ten, among all 18 teams, in 3-point shooting percentage (38.5%), through Feb. 12.
• The Bruins have not shot 37.0% or better (from three) since the 2020-21 season (37.2 percent from three, that year).
• The Bruins are currently shooting 77.0 percent at the free throw stripe, ranking No. 5 in the Big Ten.
• The school single-season record for best free throw percentage is 75.6 percent, back in the 1978-79 season.

ASSISTS PER GAME
Through 23 games played, senior Donovan Dent has averaged 13.7 points and 7.1 assists per game. Dent, a 6-foot-2 guard from Riverside, Calif., could be on track to join a rare group of UCLA guards who averaged at least 10 points and six assists per game over the course of a full season. Most recently, then-sophomore Jaylen Hands averaged 14.2 points and 6.1 assists during UCLA's 2018-19 season. Pooh Richardson in the late 1980s accomplished this per-game average all four seasons, including a pair of back-to-back seasons where he averaged at least 7.0 assists per game.

STRONG SCORING
Senior forward Tyler Bilodeau ranked No. 9 in scoring among all Big Ten players (18.3 ppg) and No. 7 in shooting percentage (52.2%), through Wednesday, Feb. 11. The 6-foot-9 product from Kennewick, Wash., has scored at least 15 points this season in 16 of the Bruins' 24 games (did not play in two games). He netted his first double-double of the season in a double overtime loss to Indiana on Saturday, Jan. 31, totaling 18 points and a season-high 11 rebounds. Through UCLA's last 10 games, he has averaged 18.3 points and 6.2 rebounds per game while shooting 51.3 percent overall. Through Thursday's games, Bilodeau ranked No. 9 in the Big Ten in free throw percentage (85.3%, 99-for-116).

SOPHOMORE JUMP
Sophomore Trent Perry scored a career-best 30 points in UCLA's 71-60 win at Penn State on Jan. 14. Perry was perfect at the free throw line, going 12-for-12, while knocking down 4 of 8 shots from beyond the 3-point arc. This season, he has averaged 12.6 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game. Last year, he registered 3.7 points and 1.7 rebounds per game in 32 contests as a freshman. Perry has scored at least 10 points in 15 games for UCLA this season, logging 60 assists and 29 turnovers for an assist-turnover ratio of 2.1-to-1. Over the Bruins' last 10 contests, Perry has averaged 16.7 points and 3.8 rebounds, shooting 44.2 percent overall and 48.8 percent from beyond the 3-point arc.

RUNNING THE POINT
Senior Donovan Dent has averaged 13.7 points, 7.1 assists and 2.6 rebounds through 23 games this season. Dent, a 6-foot-2 guard from nearby Riverside, Calif., transferred from New Mexico to UCLA in the offseason. He has recorded six point-assist double-doubles this season (totaling 13 in his career). Since assists were routinely tracked, starting in 1978-79, Dent has become the first UCLA player with three consecutive point-assist double-doubles (UCLA's last three games). Through Thursday's games, Dent ranked No. 3 in the Big Ten in assists per game (7.1) and was No. 7, nationally. Throug the past 10 contests, he has recorded 80 assists and 14 turnovers, averaging 13.9 points and 8.0 assists per game.

REACHING FOR THE SKYY
Senior Skyy Clark has averaged 13.5 points and 2.8 rebounds through 14 games. He connected on six 3-pointers in back-to-back victories against Arizona State (Dec. 17) and Cal Poly (Dec. 19), becoming UCLA's first-ever player to have nailed six or more threes in consecutive contests. In his last five games on the court for UCLA, Clark had averaged 15.0 points and 3.0 rebounds while shooting 46.6 percent overall and 45.5 percent from 3-point range. Entering the Bruins' upcoming home game against Washington, he leads the team in 3-point percentage (48.6%, does not qualify on the Big Ten's list).

TOP DEFENDERS
The Bruins' program has produced some of the nation's most talented defensive players over the past several seasons. Last year, then-senior Kobe Johnson was honored as one of five players on the Big Ten All-Defensive Team, closing the year at No. 6 in the conference in steals per game (1.6 spg, 55 steals in 34 games). Two seasons ago (2023-24), then-sophomore Adem Bona was honored as the Pac-12 Conference's Defensive Player of the Year. Bona led UCLA's team that season in blocks (58 blocks, 1.8 bpg) and was second in steals (37 steals, 1.1 spg). Three seasons ago (2022-23), then-junior Jaylen Clark was honored as the Naismith Men's Defensive Player of the Year and the NABC Defensive Player of the Year.

NOTES ON PAULEY PAVILION
This marks UCLA's 60th season playing basketball at Pauley Pavilion and the 14th season since the arena underwent a major renovation. Last year, the Bruins went 15-2 in Pauley Pavilion. The first game in Pauley took place on Dec. 3, 1965, as No. 1 UCLA defeated Ohio State, 92-66. UCLA spent 47 seasons in Pauley Pavilion before the venue was closed for an 18-month renovation (closed in March of 2011). UCLA hosted 18 home games in 2011-12 at the Los Angeles Sports Arena (14 games) near downtown L.A. and at the Honda Center in Anaheim (four games) before returning home in Nov. of 2012.

In 2023-24, CSUN snapped UCLA's 29-home-game winning streak with a 76-72 win over the Bruins (Dec. 19, 2023). Prior to that game, UCLA had not lost at home since an overtime setback (84-81) to Oregon on Jan. 13, 2022. Since taking over as UCLA's head coach prior to 2019-20, Mick Cronin has guided UCLA to a 92-16 home record (85.2 win percentage). The Bruins will enter this Saturday's game against Washington with a 13-1 home record.

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES ON UCLA
• UCLA has gone 6-0 when shooting at least 50 percent from the field this season. The Bruins' season-high 62.7 shooting percentage in a win at home against Presbyterian was the program's best single-game mark since Dec. 10, 2016 (UCLA shot 62.7% in an 102-84 win at home against Michigan, shooting 39-for-58 overall).

• Senior guard Donovan Dent has averaged 7.1 assists per game in 23 contests this season. Since assists were routinely recorded at UCLA, starting in 1973-74, only three student-athletes have logged at least 7.0 assists per game in one season (Pooh Richardson, twice, as well as Lonzo Ball in 2016-17 and Larry Drew II in 2012-13).

• The Bruins' 15-man roster this season includes eight student-athletes who are from the Southern California region. All 15 student-athletes are from the United States. Looking at the eight local players, five are from Los Angeles County and three are from Riverside County (Donovan Dent, Eric Freeny and Anthony Peoples Jr. all went to Corona Centennial HS).

• Through 24 games, the Bruins have logged an assist-turnover ratio of 1.69-to-1 (ranks No. 21, nationally). Last season, UCLA's assist-turnover ratio (1.55-to-1) ranked No. 20 in the nation and was second in the Big Ten. The Bruins concluded the 2024-25 season with an assist-turnover ratio of 1.55, but posted a ratio of 1.81 in their final 15 games.

• Since the start of the 2020-21 season, the Bruins have gone 78-34 in conference play (logging a 69.6 win percentage). UCLA went 13-7 in Big Ten action last season, tied for fourth place in the 18-team league standings.

CONSECUTIVE THREE-POINTERS
UCLA has made at least one 3-pointer in each of its last 88 games. The Bruins went 0-for-6 from long range in a 78-58 win against Long Island University early in the 2023-24 season in Pauley Pavilion (on Nov. 15, 2023). That game snapped a streak of 792 consecutive contests with at least one made 3-pointer by UCLA. That 3-point streak began after the Bruins finished 0-for-14 from 3-point distance in a home loss to No. 2 Stanford (78-63) on Feb. 3, 2000. The Bruins' single-game 3-point record stands at 19 made 3-pointers (going 19-for-31) in an 104-89 win at Colorado on Jan. 12, 2017.

TRENDS AND RECORDS
The Bruins have gone 41-25 in games decided by five points or fewer under head coach Mick Cronin (includes all overtime games, regardless of the final score margin). Through Coach Cronin's final three seasons at Cincinnati (2016-17 through 2018-19), his teams went 18-7 in such situations. From 2016-17 through 2025-26, Coach Cronin's teams have gone 59-32 in these contests. In addition, UCLA has gone 66-13 when forcing at least 15 turnovers by the opponent (8-1 in 2019-20, 6-1 in 2020-21, 10-2 in 2021-22, 21-3 in 2022-23, 5-0 in 2023-24, 10-5 in 2024-25 and 6-1 this season).