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Men's Basketball to Play at Minnesota on Saturday
February 27, 2026 | Men's Basketball
MINNEAPOLIS โ UCLA (19-9, 11-6) will return to action at Minnesota (13-15, 6-11) this Saturday with a nationally-televised game (FS1) at 11 a.m. PT (1 p.m. CT, in Minnesota). The Bruins have three regular-season games left, including this Saturday's contest at Nebraska. Next week, UCLA will host Nebraska on Tuesday evening before playing its regular-season finale at USC on Saturday, March 7. ย
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GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Williams Arena
Capacity: 14,625
Tipoff Time: 11:05 a.m. PT (1:05 p.m. CT)
Broadcast Network: FS1
Broadcast Talent: Noah Reed (play-by-play), Nick Bahe (analyst)
Radio (UCLA Audio Network): AM 790 (KABC)
Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Tracy Murray (analyst)
Sirius XM Channels: SiriusXM 390 and SiriusXM App
Live Stats: ucla.statbroadcast.com (link here)
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UCLA'S TICKET INFORMATION (HOME GAMES)
The Bruins have one remaining regular-season game โ versus Nebraska on Tuesday, March 3. Fans can view complete ticket information about UCLA men's basketball by clicking here. 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 home games.
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MOST RECENTLY
โข Donovan Dent scored a season-high 30 points and had eight assists on Tuesday in UCLA's 81-62 win over USC.
โข The Bruins have improved to 19-9 overall with a pair of back-to-back home wins over No. 10 Illinois and USC.
โข UCLA overcame a 23-point deficit (33-10) last Saturday, securing a 95-94 overtime win over No. 10-ranked Illinois.
โข Donovan Dent drove the length of the court in 4.9 seconds, scoring on a driving layup at the buzzer against Illinois.
โข Donovan Dent became the fourth UCLA player to have recorded 15 or more assists in a game (15 assists, no turnovers).
โข Tyler Bilodeau has totaled at least 10 points in each of UCLA's last 21 games (dating back to Dec. 3, at Washington).
โข Trent Perry has scored at least 10 points in 12 of the Bruins' last 14 games.
โข The Bruins have gone 16-1 at home this season while compiling a 3-8 record in road and neutral-site games.
โข Through Wednesday, Feb. 25, Tyler Bilodeau led all Big Ten players in 3-point percentage (44.8%, 52-for-116).
โข Donovan Dent has totaled 116 assists and 26 turnovers (4.46 ratio) through the Bruins' last 15 games.
โข Five Bruins have averaged at least 10 points per game this season, led by senior Tyler Bilodeau (18.1 ppg).
โข Tyler Bilodeau hit the game-winning 3-pointer with eight seconds to play in the win over No. 4 Purdue on Jan. 20.
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THANKS FOR THE ASSIST
โข Donovan Dent ranks No. 3 in the conference and No. 5, nationally, with 7.2 assists per game (through Wednesday).
โข Over the last two games, Dent has averaged 22.0 points and 11.5 assists per game with no turnovers (23 assists).
โข Dent tallied 10 or more assists in three straight games (Jan. 31-Feb. 7) midway through Big Ten play.
โข Dent's 15 assists last Saturday versus Illinois were one shy of Earl Watson's record (16, on March 18, 2000).
โข Entering Saturday's game at Minnesota, Dent stands six assists shy of moving into UCLA's single-season top 10 list.
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UCLA VERSUS MINNESOTA
โข Last season, Minnesota overcame a double-digit deficit to defeat UCLA, 64-61, in Pauley Pavilion (Feb. 18, 2025).
โข UCLA led Minnesota, 35-24, at halftime in the contest last season (Minnesota outscored UCLA, 41-27, after halftime).
โข The Bruins have compiled a 5-3 all-time record against Minnesota, including last season's result in Los Angeles.
โข Minnesota has twice defeated the Bruins in NCAA Tournament action (in March 1997 and in March 2013).
โข These two programs first faced each other on Dec. 21, 1959, and square off four times in the 1960s.
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BRUINS VERSUS THE HUSKERS
โข Last season, Nebraska secured a 66-58 win over UCLA in Lincoln, Neb., the Bruins' first game at Nebraska since 1955.
โข In all, UCLA has compiled a 6-3 record in nine meetings, with the final three of those matchups occuring after 1956.
โข UCLA's game against Nebraska next Tuesday evening will mark the Bruins' final regular-season home game.
โข UCLA and Nebraska first faced off with a pair of meetings during the 1938-39 basketball season.
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LAST WEEKEND
The Bruins crawled back from a 33-10 first-half deficit last Saturday evening, reducing Illinois' advantage to 50-43 by halftime. UCLA tied the game (56-56) with 14:45 to play in regulation and the game pushed into overtime, deadlocked at 86-86. Donovan Dent took an inbounds pass from Brandon Williams and raced the length of the court in under 4.9 seconds to score on a layup at the buzzer, sending UCLA past the Fighting Illini, 95-94. With the driving layup at the buzzer, UCLA had achieved its best-ever comeback (23 points) and the second-largest comeback in Big Ten history.
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2021 FINAL FOUR
UCLA had compiled a 17-9 record through 26 games in 2020-21. The Bruins had lost four straight games to fall to 17-9 that season (heading into the NCAA Tournament), before winning five consecutive NCAA Tournament games to advance from the First Four to the Final Four. UCLA finished that season with a 22-10 record.
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TRENDS AND PERCENTAGES
โข The Bruins are seeking their seventh 20-win season in the last 10 years, with a win on Saturday versus Minnesota.
โข Tyler Bilodeau has scored in double figures in 24 of 26 games played, totaling 20 points or more in eight games.
โข Tyler Bilodeau has totaled 911 points in two seasons at UCLA, averaging 15.4 points in 59 games in the Bruins' uniform.
โข Donovan Dent ranks third in the Big Ten in assists per game (7.2 apg) and has averaged 13.9 points per game.
โข UCLA has posted a 15-2 record when leading at halftime and has gone 16-1 when building a lead of 10 or more points.
โข UCLA ranked No. 2 in the Big Ten among all 18 teams, in 3-point shooting percentage through Wednesday (37.8%).
โข The Bruins have not shot 37.0% or better (from three) since the 2020-21 season (37.2 percent from three, that year).
โข The Bruins are currently shooting 76.8 percent at the free throw stripe, ranking sixth in the Big Ten.
โข The school single-season record for best free throw percentage is 75.6 percent, back in the 1978-79 season.
โข Through 28 games last season, UCLA had compiled an overall record of 20-8 (and 11-6 in conference games).
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ASSISTS PER GAME
Through 27 games played, senior Donovan Dent has averaged 13.9 points and 7.2 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.
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GLANCING AT THE METRICS
UCLA has gone 19-9 overall with an 11-6 record in Big Ten play, currently tied with Wisconsin (11-6) for sixth-place in the 18-team league standings. Through Wednesday, Feb. 25, the Bruins had registered a record of 9-9 against Quad 1 and Quad 2 opponents, while posting a perfect record of 10-0 against Quad 3 and Quad 4 teams. UCLA has played six games against teams currently ranked among the top 12 in college basketball's NET rankings (posting a 2-4 record in those contests, with victories over 4-Illinois and 7-Purdue). UCLA will have one more opportunity to face a top-15 team (in the NET) when the Bruins host 15-Nebraska on Tuesday night at Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom Financial.
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UCLA'S LEADING SCORER
Senior forward Tyler Bilodeau ranked No. 11 in scoring among all Big Ten players (17.9 ppg) and No. 8 in shooting percentage (51.4%), through Wednesday, Feb. 25. The 6-foot-9 product from Kennewick, Wash., has scored at least 15 points this season in 18 of the Bruins' 28 games (did not play in two games). Through Wednesday's games, he continued to lead the Big Ten in 3-point shooting percentage, having made 52 of 116 long-range attempts (44.8%). Through UCLA's last 10 games, Bilodeau averaged 18.6 points and 6.0 rebounds per game while shooting 50.0 percent overall.
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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 12.7 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 18 games for UCLA this season, logging 71 assists and 35 turnovers for an assist-turnover ratio of 2-to-1. Over the Bruins' last 10 contests, Perry has averaged 15.2 points and 3.5 rebounds, shooting 47.9 percent overall and 50.0 percent from beyond the 3-point arc (17-for-34).
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RUNNING THE POINT
Senior Donovan Dent has averaged 13.3 points, 7.2 assists and 2.7 rebounds through 26 games. Dent, a 6-foot-2 guard from nearby Riverside, Calif., transferred from New Mexico to UCLA in the offseason. He has recorded seven point-assist double-doubles this season (totaling 14 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 games versus Indiana, Rutgers and Washington). He ranks No. 3 in the Big Ten in assists per game (7.2) and was sixth in the nation, through Sunday, Feb. 22. He has totaled 119 assists and 32 turnovers in 16 Big Ten contests (3.7 assist-turnover ratio in league play).
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REACHING FOR THE SKYY
Senior Skyy Clark has averaged 12.7 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.9 assists, through 18 games this season. Clark missed 10 games in January and February with a hamstring strain (returned on Saturday, Feb. 14). 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 games. In the last four games, Clark has averaged 8.5 points per game and has shot 13-for-26 (50.0%) through nearly 87 minutes. He leads UCLA's team in 3-point shooting percentage (47.6%).
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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.
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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 95-16 home record (85.6 win percentage). The Bruins have compiled a 16-1 record in 17 home contests this season (one home game left versus Nebraska).
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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES ON UCLA
โข This marks the first basketball season since 2016-17 (Bryce Alford, Isaac Hamilton and TJ Leaf) in which UCLA's team has had at least three players with a 30-point contest. The Bruins have four players this season who have scored at least 30 points or more in one game (Tyler Bilodeau, Skyy Clark, Donovan Dent and Trent Perry).
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โข UCLA has gone 7-0 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).
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โข Senior guard Donovan Dent has averaged 7.2 assists per game in 27 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).
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โข 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).
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โข Since the start of the 2020-21 season, the Bruins have gone 80-36 in conference play (logging a 69.0 win percentage). UCLA went 13-7 in Big Ten action last season, tied for fourth place in the 18-team league standings.
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