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Jersey Number 24
Japreece Dean
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Vista Ridge HS
- Hometown:
- Austin, Texas
- Previous School:
- Texas Tech
Bio
2019-20
Started each of her 29 games in her final season with the Bruins โฆ Averaged 13.6 points and 5.5 assists en route to All-Pac-12 honors โฆ Finished her UCLA career with 1,088 points and became the 37th player in program history to achieve the 1,000-point milestone โฆ Scored in double figures in 20 games and notched six 20+ point performances โฆ Made her season debut against Long Beach State, dishing out a then-career-high 11 assists to go with seven points (Nov. 14) โฆ Recorded her first career triple-double with 20 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists in UCLAโs win over Yale (Nov. 26) โฆ It was just the eighth triple-double in school history โฆ Notched 19 points on 7-for-12 shooting against UCF (Nov. 30) โฆ Scored 24 points and dished out eight assists in UCLAโs home win over USC, her first of three-straight games with at least 20 points (Jan. 17) โฆ Scored 23 points and bagged five assists to help lead UCLA to a victory over Arizona State and its program-record 13th-straight win to start the season (Jan. 3) โฆ Dished out a career-high 12 assists to go with 22 points in UCLAโs comeback win over Oregon State (Feb. 17) โฆ Scored 14 points on 12-for-12 from the free throw line against Utah, notching eight assists and a pair of steals in the victory (Mar. 1) โฆ PAC-12 STATISTICAL RANKS: 2nd โ Assists per game (5.5) โฆ 2nd โ Assists (150) โฆ 2nd โ Free throw percentage (.841) โฆ 6th โ Assist/Turnover ratio (2.2) โฆ ย UCLA ALL-TIME RANKS: All-Time Career Ranks: 1st โ Free throw percentage (.868) โฆ 1st โ Consecutive free throws made (40) โฆ 5th โ Three-pointers (134) โฆ All-Time Senior Ranks: 7th โ Assists (159) โฆ HONORS: All-Pac-12 โฆ Top-10 finalist: Nancy Lieberman Award for nationโs top point guard.
2018-19:
Played in 35 games, making 34 starts โฆ Finished third on the team in scoring (14.1 PPG) and led the Bruins in assists (4.9 APG) โฆ Set UCLAโs single-season record for free throw percentage, going 107-for-116 for 92.2 percent, topping Anne Deanโs previous mark of 91.9 percent (68-for-74) set in 1984-85 โฆ Made 93 of her last 96 free throws of the season, good for 96.9 percent โฆ Set UCLAโs school record for consecutive free throw makes at 40, achieved during a stretch of 17 games between Nov. 24 (South Florida) and Feb. 8 (Colorado) โฆ Went 12-for-12 from the charity stripe vs. Fresno State (Dec. 7) en route to scoring 23 points to go along with 10 rebounds for her first-career double-double โฆ Made all 10 of her free throws and scored 24 points in a 100-90 win at No. 17 Utah (Feb. 10) โฆ Posted 11 points and 10 assists vs. Utah (March 1) โฆ Scored in double figures in 25 games, eclipsing the 20-point mark eight times โฆ Scored a career-high 28 points in an 80-74 win over California (Feb. 17) โฆ Made a career-high 10 field goals at No. 6 Stanford, shooting 10-for-17 on the way to 22 points (Jan. 6) โฆ Made 57 3-pointers on the year, which ranks seventh in UCLA single-season history โฆ Tied a career-high with five 3-pointers vs. No. 6 Oregon in the semifinals of the Pac-12 Tournament (March 9) โฆ Led UCLA with 24 points in a 73-69 victory over No. 20 Arizona State in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Tournament (March 8) โฆ Mustered a 22-point, 5-rebound and 5-assist effort at No. 9 Maryland in the second round of the NCAA Tournament (March 25) โฆ Led UCLA in assists in 26 games โฆ Dished out five or more dimes in 19 games. PAC-12 STATISTICAL RANKS: 1st โ Free Throw Percentage (92.2) โฆ 3rd โ Assists (171) โฆ 7th โ Assists Per Game (4.9) โฆ 11th โ Assist-to-Turnover Ratio (1.7) โฆ 8th โ Field Goal Attempts (459) โฆ 16th โ Points (494) โฆ 11th โ Free Throws Made (107) โฆ 9th โ Minutes Per Game (34.4). NATIONAL STATISTICAL RANKS: 5th โ Free Throw Percentage (92.2) โฆ 29th โ Assists (171). UCLA STATISTICAL RANKS: All-Time Single-Season Charts: 1st โ Free Throw Percentage (92.2, 2018-19) โฆ 7th โ Three-Point Field Goals Made (57, 2018-19) โฆ 10th โ Three-Point Field Goals Attempted (162, 2018-19).ย HONORS: Named to the Pac-12 All-Tournament Team.
2017-18:
Japreeceย Dean played in 26-of-35 games, making one start, missing the first nine gamesย of the year due to NCAA transfer rules โฆ scored at least one point in 23-of-26 games she played and in double figures in 7-of-26 โฆ saw her first action as a Bruin in a win at Seton Hall on Dec. 17 โฆ got her only start of the year in the 82-46 blowout win at No. 20 California (Dec. 31), finishing with five points and six assists (zero turnovers) in 22 minutes of action โฆ tallied at least one assist in 25-of-26 games and multiple assists in 17 games โฆ scored a season-high 21 points on a personal-best 5-for-7 from beyond the arc and added three rebounds and two assists in a blowout win at Colorado (Jan. 14) โฆ equaled her personal best with five made three-pointers (on nine attempts), finishing with 17 points, three steals and two assists in a win at Washington (Jan. 26) โฆ was fourth on the team in scoring last year (7.7 ppg) and third in assists (60, 2.3 apg) and three-point field goals made (46-for-131, .351) โฆย made at least one three-pointer in 19-of-26 games she played and hit multiple treys in aย game 12 timesย โฆย was one of four Bruins to average double figures in the NCAA Tournament, finishing fourth at 11.8 points per game โฆ led the team in NCAA action in every three-point shooting category(11-for-21, .524) โฆ scored 16 points (4-for-7 from downtown) in the Second Round win over Creighton (Mar. 19) and tallied 16 points (4-for-9 from 3-point range) in the Elite Eight loss to #1 Mississippi State (Mar. 25). PAC-12 STATISTICAL RANKS: Pac-12 Games: 10th - 3-Pointย Field Goals Made Per Game (1.8).
2016-17 (TEXAS TECH):
Japreece Dean started the first two games of the season at Texas Tech before transferring to UCLA โฆ scored nine points and added three assists, three steals and a rebound in the season-opening win over North Dakota (Nov. 13) โฆ also recorded four assists, three points, three rebounds and one steal in a loss to Texas A&M (Nov. 17).
2015-16 (TEXAS TECH):
Led all Big 12 freshmen in points per game, free throw percentage, assists and assist to turnover ratio โฆ named Big 12 Freshman of the Week six times, the first Lady Raider in Big 12 history to do so โฆ only three players in history won the award more โฆ ranked second on the team in scoring (12.5 ppg) and led the team in assists (3.3 apg) โฆ poured in what was a career-high 17 points, including hitting 9-of-13 free throws against SE Louisiana โฆ scored 11 of her 13 points in the fourth quarter against Idaho State, including a couple big buckets down the stretch โฆ set a new career-high 23 points against Idaho, hitting four threes, when she had yet to hit a three all season โฆ poured in 20 points for the second time in four games against Grambling, to go along with five rebounds and four assists โฆ dropped 22 points against TCU, her third 20-point game of the season before scoring 21 points at Texas โฆ had 13 points and four assists against Oklahoma State โฆ scored 12 points at TCU to go with five assists and a career-high seven rebounds โฆ dropped 10 points and six assists compared to just one turnover against Iowa State โฆ had 13 points against Oklahoma, the 10th time in 12 games she reached double figures โฆ followed that with 17 points at Baylor, going 6-for-6 from the free-throw line and a career-high three steals โฆ marked the 7th time she hit double figures in Big 12 play โฆ struck for 21 points and a career-high eight boards against Kansas, going 11-for-12 from the charity stripe, which was a career-high as well as a Texas Tech season high for makes โฆ had 16 points vs. West Virginia, marking her third straight game with at least 16 points, and her ninth conference game with at least 10 points โฆ made that 10 Big 12 games in double figures by scoring 11 at Oklahoma State, hitting 2-of-5 from beyond the arc โฆ scored 17 points and added five assists, as well as a perect 7-for-7 from the foul line at Kansas โฆ dropped in 14 points, four rebounds and three steals vs. Oklahoma โฆ had a breakout performance at the Big 12 Championship scoring 45 points over two games, 28 of which came in a first-round victory over Iowa State, a career-high โฆ also had five rebounds and five assists in that game against the Cyclones โฆ put up 17 points in Techโs quarterfinal loss to No. 4 Baylor. HONORS: Named to the Big-12 All-Freshman Team.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Was a four-year letterwinner in basketball, a two-year letterwinner in cross country and a one-year letterwinner in track and field at Vista Ridge High School in ย โฆ ended her high school career averaging 17 points and 7.1 assists per game โฆ led VRHS to an overall record of 133-17 in four seasons โฆ in 2014-15, Vista Ridge went 36-3 overall and advanced to the State semifinals with Dean averaging 18.6 points and 6.0 assists per game โฆ named District 25 5A MVP โฆ was a Texas Association of Basketball Coaches and Texas Girls Coaches Association All-State selection โฆ also named Academic All-State, All-Central Texas First Team and was a State of Texas All-Star selection โฆ was a McDonaldโs All-American nominee โฆ in 2013-14, she was also an All-Central Texas First Team, a Texas Association of Basketball Coaches and Texas Girls Coaches Association All-State selection โฆ in 2012-13, she was named District 25 MVP, All-Central Texas First Team, a Texas Association of Basketball Coaches and Texas Girls Coaches Association All-State selection โฆ in 2011-12, named All-District and All-Region First Team โฆ played AAU ball with TeamXpress.
PERSONAL
Full name: Japreece Monet Dean โฆ her parents are Joseph and Angelique Dean โฆ has two brothers, Lamon and Lenorris Watson โฆ mother, Angelique, played basketball at Frank Phillips Junior College โฆ father, Joseph, is the National Girlโs Basketball Scout with Premier Basketball Report โฆ lists LeBron James, Russell Westbrook and Kyrie Irving as the athletes she admires โฆ lists her greatest athletic achievement to date as, โhitting the game-winning shot vs. Georgetown my senior year to go undefeated in district playโ โฆ says she chose to attend UCLA because, โI really love the level of education UCLA has to offer and also love the fact that Coach Close is very passionate about her players well beyond the game of basketball.โ โฆ majoring in history.
Started each of her 29 games in her final season with the Bruins โฆ Averaged 13.6 points and 5.5 assists en route to All-Pac-12 honors โฆ Finished her UCLA career with 1,088 points and became the 37th player in program history to achieve the 1,000-point milestone โฆ Scored in double figures in 20 games and notched six 20+ point performances โฆ Made her season debut against Long Beach State, dishing out a then-career-high 11 assists to go with seven points (Nov. 14) โฆ Recorded her first career triple-double with 20 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists in UCLAโs win over Yale (Nov. 26) โฆ It was just the eighth triple-double in school history โฆ Notched 19 points on 7-for-12 shooting against UCF (Nov. 30) โฆ Scored 24 points and dished out eight assists in UCLAโs home win over USC, her first of three-straight games with at least 20 points (Jan. 17) โฆ Scored 23 points and bagged five assists to help lead UCLA to a victory over Arizona State and its program-record 13th-straight win to start the season (Jan. 3) โฆ Dished out a career-high 12 assists to go with 22 points in UCLAโs comeback win over Oregon State (Feb. 17) โฆ Scored 14 points on 12-for-12 from the free throw line against Utah, notching eight assists and a pair of steals in the victory (Mar. 1) โฆ PAC-12 STATISTICAL RANKS: 2nd โ Assists per game (5.5) โฆ 2nd โ Assists (150) โฆ 2nd โ Free throw percentage (.841) โฆ 6th โ Assist/Turnover ratio (2.2) โฆ ย UCLA ALL-TIME RANKS: All-Time Career Ranks: 1st โ Free throw percentage (.868) โฆ 1st โ Consecutive free throws made (40) โฆ 5th โ Three-pointers (134) โฆ All-Time Senior Ranks: 7th โ Assists (159) โฆ HONORS: All-Pac-12 โฆ Top-10 finalist: Nancy Lieberman Award for nationโs top point guard.
2018-19:
Played in 35 games, making 34 starts โฆ Finished third on the team in scoring (14.1 PPG) and led the Bruins in assists (4.9 APG) โฆ Set UCLAโs single-season record for free throw percentage, going 107-for-116 for 92.2 percent, topping Anne Deanโs previous mark of 91.9 percent (68-for-74) set in 1984-85 โฆ Made 93 of her last 96 free throws of the season, good for 96.9 percent โฆ Set UCLAโs school record for consecutive free throw makes at 40, achieved during a stretch of 17 games between Nov. 24 (South Florida) and Feb. 8 (Colorado) โฆ Went 12-for-12 from the charity stripe vs. Fresno State (Dec. 7) en route to scoring 23 points to go along with 10 rebounds for her first-career double-double โฆ Made all 10 of her free throws and scored 24 points in a 100-90 win at No. 17 Utah (Feb. 10) โฆ Posted 11 points and 10 assists vs. Utah (March 1) โฆ Scored in double figures in 25 games, eclipsing the 20-point mark eight times โฆ Scored a career-high 28 points in an 80-74 win over California (Feb. 17) โฆ Made a career-high 10 field goals at No. 6 Stanford, shooting 10-for-17 on the way to 22 points (Jan. 6) โฆ Made 57 3-pointers on the year, which ranks seventh in UCLA single-season history โฆ Tied a career-high with five 3-pointers vs. No. 6 Oregon in the semifinals of the Pac-12 Tournament (March 9) โฆ Led UCLA with 24 points in a 73-69 victory over No. 20 Arizona State in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Tournament (March 8) โฆ Mustered a 22-point, 5-rebound and 5-assist effort at No. 9 Maryland in the second round of the NCAA Tournament (March 25) โฆ Led UCLA in assists in 26 games โฆ Dished out five or more dimes in 19 games. PAC-12 STATISTICAL RANKS: 1st โ Free Throw Percentage (92.2) โฆ 3rd โ Assists (171) โฆ 7th โ Assists Per Game (4.9) โฆ 11th โ Assist-to-Turnover Ratio (1.7) โฆ 8th โ Field Goal Attempts (459) โฆ 16th โ Points (494) โฆ 11th โ Free Throws Made (107) โฆ 9th โ Minutes Per Game (34.4). NATIONAL STATISTICAL RANKS: 5th โ Free Throw Percentage (92.2) โฆ 29th โ Assists (171). UCLA STATISTICAL RANKS: All-Time Single-Season Charts: 1st โ Free Throw Percentage (92.2, 2018-19) โฆ 7th โ Three-Point Field Goals Made (57, 2018-19) โฆ 10th โ Three-Point Field Goals Attempted (162, 2018-19).ย HONORS: Named to the Pac-12 All-Tournament Team.
2017-18:
Japreeceย Dean played in 26-of-35 games, making one start, missing the first nine gamesย of the year due to NCAA transfer rules โฆ scored at least one point in 23-of-26 games she played and in double figures in 7-of-26 โฆ saw her first action as a Bruin in a win at Seton Hall on Dec. 17 โฆ got her only start of the year in the 82-46 blowout win at No. 20 California (Dec. 31), finishing with five points and six assists (zero turnovers) in 22 minutes of action โฆ tallied at least one assist in 25-of-26 games and multiple assists in 17 games โฆ scored a season-high 21 points on a personal-best 5-for-7 from beyond the arc and added three rebounds and two assists in a blowout win at Colorado (Jan. 14) โฆ equaled her personal best with five made three-pointers (on nine attempts), finishing with 17 points, three steals and two assists in a win at Washington (Jan. 26) โฆ was fourth on the team in scoring last year (7.7 ppg) and third in assists (60, 2.3 apg) and three-point field goals made (46-for-131, .351) โฆย made at least one three-pointer in 19-of-26 games she played and hit multiple treys in aย game 12 timesย โฆย was one of four Bruins to average double figures in the NCAA Tournament, finishing fourth at 11.8 points per game โฆ led the team in NCAA action in every three-point shooting category(11-for-21, .524) โฆ scored 16 points (4-for-7 from downtown) in the Second Round win over Creighton (Mar. 19) and tallied 16 points (4-for-9 from 3-point range) in the Elite Eight loss to #1 Mississippi State (Mar. 25). PAC-12 STATISTICAL RANKS: Pac-12 Games: 10th - 3-Pointย Field Goals Made Per Game (1.8).
2016-17 (TEXAS TECH):
Japreece Dean started the first two games of the season at Texas Tech before transferring to UCLA โฆ scored nine points and added three assists, three steals and a rebound in the season-opening win over North Dakota (Nov. 13) โฆ also recorded four assists, three points, three rebounds and one steal in a loss to Texas A&M (Nov. 17).
2015-16 (TEXAS TECH):
Led all Big 12 freshmen in points per game, free throw percentage, assists and assist to turnover ratio โฆ named Big 12 Freshman of the Week six times, the first Lady Raider in Big 12 history to do so โฆ only three players in history won the award more โฆ ranked second on the team in scoring (12.5 ppg) and led the team in assists (3.3 apg) โฆ poured in what was a career-high 17 points, including hitting 9-of-13 free throws against SE Louisiana โฆ scored 11 of her 13 points in the fourth quarter against Idaho State, including a couple big buckets down the stretch โฆ set a new career-high 23 points against Idaho, hitting four threes, when she had yet to hit a three all season โฆ poured in 20 points for the second time in four games against Grambling, to go along with five rebounds and four assists โฆ dropped 22 points against TCU, her third 20-point game of the season before scoring 21 points at Texas โฆ had 13 points and four assists against Oklahoma State โฆ scored 12 points at TCU to go with five assists and a career-high seven rebounds โฆ dropped 10 points and six assists compared to just one turnover against Iowa State โฆ had 13 points against Oklahoma, the 10th time in 12 games she reached double figures โฆ followed that with 17 points at Baylor, going 6-for-6 from the free-throw line and a career-high three steals โฆ marked the 7th time she hit double figures in Big 12 play โฆ struck for 21 points and a career-high eight boards against Kansas, going 11-for-12 from the charity stripe, which was a career-high as well as a Texas Tech season high for makes โฆ had 16 points vs. West Virginia, marking her third straight game with at least 16 points, and her ninth conference game with at least 10 points โฆ made that 10 Big 12 games in double figures by scoring 11 at Oklahoma State, hitting 2-of-5 from beyond the arc โฆ scored 17 points and added five assists, as well as a perect 7-for-7 from the foul line at Kansas โฆ dropped in 14 points, four rebounds and three steals vs. Oklahoma โฆ had a breakout performance at the Big 12 Championship scoring 45 points over two games, 28 of which came in a first-round victory over Iowa State, a career-high โฆ also had five rebounds and five assists in that game against the Cyclones โฆ put up 17 points in Techโs quarterfinal loss to No. 4 Baylor. HONORS: Named to the Big-12 All-Freshman Team.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Was a four-year letterwinner in basketball, a two-year letterwinner in cross country and a one-year letterwinner in track and field at Vista Ridge High School in ย โฆ ended her high school career averaging 17 points and 7.1 assists per game โฆ led VRHS to an overall record of 133-17 in four seasons โฆ in 2014-15, Vista Ridge went 36-3 overall and advanced to the State semifinals with Dean averaging 18.6 points and 6.0 assists per game โฆ named District 25 5A MVP โฆ was a Texas Association of Basketball Coaches and Texas Girls Coaches Association All-State selection โฆ also named Academic All-State, All-Central Texas First Team and was a State of Texas All-Star selection โฆ was a McDonaldโs All-American nominee โฆ in 2013-14, she was also an All-Central Texas First Team, a Texas Association of Basketball Coaches and Texas Girls Coaches Association All-State selection โฆ in 2012-13, she was named District 25 MVP, All-Central Texas First Team, a Texas Association of Basketball Coaches and Texas Girls Coaches Association All-State selection โฆ in 2011-12, named All-District and All-Region First Team โฆ played AAU ball with TeamXpress.
PERSONAL
Full name: Japreece Monet Dean โฆ her parents are Joseph and Angelique Dean โฆ has two brothers, Lamon and Lenorris Watson โฆ mother, Angelique, played basketball at Frank Phillips Junior College โฆ father, Joseph, is the National Girlโs Basketball Scout with Premier Basketball Report โฆ lists LeBron James, Russell Westbrook and Kyrie Irving as the athletes she admires โฆ lists her greatest athletic achievement to date as, โhitting the game-winning shot vs. Georgetown my senior year to go undefeated in district playโ โฆ says she chose to attend UCLA because, โI really love the level of education UCLA has to offer and also love the fact that Coach Close is very passionate about her players well beyond the game of basketball.โ โฆ majoring in history.
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