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Men's Basketball to Host Washington on Saturday Night
February 06, 2026 | Men's Basketball
LOS ANGELES – UCLA (16-7, 8-4) will close a three-game homestand, facing Washington this Saturday evening. Game time is 7 p.m. (PT). The Bruins are looking to sweep the regular-season series with Washington (12-11, 4-8), having won an 82-80 decision in Seattle on Dec. 3, 2025. Saturday evening's showdown in Pauley Pavilion will be nationally televised by FS1, while fans in the Los Angeles region can tune to AM 790 for the Bruins' radio call. Including this Saturday's game, UCLA has just four home games remaining on the 2025-26 schedule.
GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom
Capacity: 13,800
Tipoff Time: 7:10 p.m. (PT)
Broadcast Network: FS1
Broadcast Talent: Dan Hellie (play-by-play), Casey Jacobsen (analyst)
Radio (UCLA Audio Network): AM 790 (KABC)
Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Tracy Murray (analyst)
Sirius XM Channels: SiriusXM 372 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 four remaining regular-season games inside Pauley Pavilion. 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, be sure to check out all of the game themes and upcoming promotions for UCLA's remaining home games.
MOST RECENTLY
• The Bruins have won nine of their last 13 games, including last Tuesday night's 98-66 win against Rutgers.
• Through the Bruins' last five games, Donovan Dent has averaged 17.6 points and 8.8 assists per game.
• Xavier Booker totaled 24 points and was a perfect 4-for-4 from 3-point range in the most recent victory over Rutgers.
• UCLA totaled 25 assist and had just two turnovers in Tuesday's win over Rutgers.
• Through Wednesday, Feb. 4, Tyler Bilodeau led the Big Ten in 3-point shooting percentage (44.7%, 42-for-94)
• Five UCLA players scored at least 10 points in a 98-66 win against Rutgers on Tuesday evening.
• UCLA lost to Indiana in double OT last Saturday, 98-97, after having trailed 71-61 with 1:50 to play in the second half.
• That marked UCLA's first game that advanced to overtime since a 3-OT loss at Arizona State on Feb. 5, 2022.
• Trent Perry has averaged 15.2 points and 4.4 rebounds in UCLA's last five games (shooting 20-for-21 at the FT 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 (18.2 ppg).
• Tyler Bilodeau hit the game-winning 3-pointer with eight seconds to play in the win against Purdue on Jan. 20.
• Through Wednesday, Feb. 4, the Bruins ranked No. 2 in the Big Ten in 3-point percentage (38.3% in 23 games).
• Tyler Bilodeau ranks No. 8 in the Big Ten in scoring, having averaged 18.2 points per game.
• Tyler Bilodeau, Skyy Clark and Trent Perry have each scored 30 or more points in a game this season.
BRUINS VERSUS WASHINGTON
The Bruins will enter Saturday night's showdown in Westwood having won 15 of their last 17 contests against Washington. Most recently, UCLA held on for an 82-80 win against the Huskies in Seattle (Alaska Airlines Arena) on Dec. 3, earlier this season. Skyy Clark was 6-for-7 from 3-point distance in the win, a game in which Washington used a late 17-2 scoring run to trim the Bruins' advantage to 78-77. With a long history in the Pac-12 against Washington, UCLA has tallied an all-time record of 111-44 against the Huskies. Trent Perry (left ankle) missed the Bruins game against Washington in December.
UCLA TAKES DOWN RUTGERS, 98-66
Xavier Booker scored a career-high 24 points in the Bruins' 32-point win against Rutgers on Tuesday. UCLA, with 98 points, recorded its best single-game point total in a conference game since a 98-83 win over California, in the Pac-12, on Jan. 5, 2019. The Bruins' 98 points stand as the most by any UCLA team in a conference game under head coach Mick Cronin. Booker was 10-for-11 from the field and a perfect 4-for-4 from beyond the 3-point arc. The Bruins led at halftime, 52-40, and opened the second half on a 10-1 scoring run against the Scarlet Knights.
THANKS FOR THE ASSIST
Donovan Dent enters the weekend having totaled 154 assists (and 45 turnovers) through 22 games played, averaging 7.0 assist per game. He has tallied 11 assists in each of UCLA's last two games, a double-overtime loss to Indiana last Saturday and a 32-point win over Rutgers on Tuesday night. 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). No UCLA player has logged 190 or more assists since Jaylen Hands had 201 during his sophomore season in 2018-19.
LOOKING AHEAD FOR UCLA
• Next week, the Bruins will play at Michigan (Saturday, Feb. 14) for the first time since Dec. 9, 2017.
• Last season, Michigan won the only showdown with the Bruins, earning a 94-75 win at Pauley Pavilion.
• Following the game at Michigan on Feb. 14, UCLA will play at Michigan State on the night of Tuesday, Feb. 17.
• UCLA has just three more regular-season games to play outside of the Pacific time zone.
• The Bruins' upcoming schedule in February includes six more games (three at home and three on the road).
MORE ABOUT THE BRUINS
• Tyler Bilodeau has scored in double figures in 19 of 21 games played, totaling 20 points or more in seven games.
• Donovan Dent (13.5 ppg) leads UCLA with 154 assists, averaging 7.0 assists per game (ranks No. 3 in the Big Ten).
• Skyy Clark (89.3%), Tyler Bilodeau (86.6%) and Trent Perry (84.6%) are shooting over 80 percent at the free throw line.
• Trent Perry has scored at least 10 points in 10 of UCLA's last 12 games.
• The Bruins have gone 12-3 this season when committing fewer turnovers than their opposition.
• 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. 2 in the Big Ten, among all 18 teams, in 3-point shooting percentage (38.3%).
• The Bruins have not shot 37.0% or better since the 2020-21 season (UCLA shot 37.2 percent from three that year).
• The Bruins are currently shooting 76.8 percent at the free throw stripe, ranking No. 6 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 22 games played, senior Donovan Dent has averaged 13.5 points and 7.0 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 (18.2 ppg) and No. 8 in shooting percentage (52.4%), through Wednesday, Feb. 4. The 6-foot-9 product from Kennewick, Wash., has scored at least 15 points this season in 15 of the Bruins' 23 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, Dec. 31, totaling 18 points and a season-high 11 rebounds. Through UCLA's last 10 games, he has averaged 17.4 points and 6.3 rebounds per game while shooting 48.6 percent overall. Through Wednesday's games, Bilodeau ranked No. 10 in the Big Ten in free throw percentage (86.6%, 97-for-112).
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 12.1 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.7 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 14 games for UCLA this season, logging 60 assists and 28 turnovers for an assist-turnover ratio of 2.1-to-1. Over the Bruins' last 10 contests, Perry has averaged 15.1 points and 4.1 rebounds, shooting 41.3 percent overall and 44.2 percent from beyond the 3-point arc.
RUNNING THE POINT
Senior Donovan Dent has averaged 13.5 points, 7.0 assists and 2.5 rebounds through 22 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 five point-assist double-doubles this season (totaling 11 in his career). Most recently, Dent had 13 points and 11 assists (with just one turnover) in a 32-point win against Rutgers on Tuesday, Feb. 3. Through Wednesday, Feb. 4, he ranked third among all Big Ten players in assists per game (6.8) and was No. 8, nationally. Over UCLA's last 10 contests, Dent has logged 75 assists and 15 turnovers while averaging 14.7 points and 7.5 assists per game.
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 7.0 assists per game in 22 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 23 games, the Bruins have logged an assist-turnover ratio of 1.7-to-1 (ranks No. 22, 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 77-34 in conference play (logging a 69.4 win percentage). UCLA went 13-7 in Big Ten play 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 87 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.
