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UCLA Hoops to Host Washington

Men's Basketball

The Bruins to take on Washington this Thursday at 7 p.m. (PT).

LOS ANGELES – The Bruins return home this week to host Washington (13-6, 5-2) on Thursday evening. Game time is 7 p.m. (PT). Last week, UCLA (12-8, 3-4) split a pair of road games, earning an 83-72 victory at Oregon State on Wednesday before dropping an 86-72 decision at Oregon on Saturday. The Bruins will host Washington this Thursday and Washington State on Saturday before playing at USC on Thursday, Feb. 4.

GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Pauley Pavilion (13,800)
Tipoff Time: 7:01 p.m. (PT)
Television: Fox Sports 1
TV Talent: Gus Johnson (play-by-play), Steve Lavin (analyst)
Radio: AM 570
Radio Talent: Bill Roth (play-by-play), Darrick Martin (analyst)
SIRIUS/XM Channels: Ch. 157/Ch. 202

GETTING TO THE GAME
Tickets are available by ordering online or calling the UCLA Central Ticket Office at 310-UCLA-WIN (825-2946). The Pauley Pavilion Box Office (north side) will be open by 5:30 p.m. on Thursday evening prior to the 7 p.m. tipoff. Additional information about directions to Pauley Pavilion, parking and tickets can be found through our Gameday Info website.

ABOUT THE BRUINS
- The Bruins have gone 12-8, including a 3-4 mark in Pac-12 games, and have 11 regular-season games remaining ... three of UCLA's wins this season have come against teams ranked in the Associated Press top-25 poll – No. 1 Kentucky (Dec. 3), at No. 20 Gonzaga (Dec. 12) and No. 7 Arizona (Jan. 7).

- Last week, UCLA split a pair of road games at Oregon State and Oregon ... the Bruins won at Oregon State, 82-73, on Wednesday, Jan. 20, marking the team's first win at OSU since Jan. 13, 2011 ... UCLA dropped an 86-72 decision at Oregon on Saturday afternoon, as all five starters scored in double figures (led by Aaron Holiday's season-high 19 points).

- UCLA is the only Pac-12 team to have at least two scorers in the conference's top 10 (Bryce Alford at 16.7 ppg and Isaac Hamilton at 16.3 ppg) ... the Bruins are the only program with at least two players who rank in the Pac-12's top 10 rebounding leaders (Tony Parker is third with 9.9 rpg and Thomas Welsh ranks sixth with 8.8 rpg).

- Junior guard Isaac Hamilton has scored in double figures in each of the Bruins' last 16 games ... Hamilton has averaged 18.4 points per game in that 16-game stretch after having logged just 8.0 points per game in the team's first four contests ... Hamilton has scored 20 or more points in six of UCLA's last 12 games.

BRUINS TO FACE HUSKIES
- Thursday night's nationally-televised game (Fox Sports 1) features a rematch of a New Year's Day double-overtime thriller at Washington's Alaska Airlines Arena ... Bryce Alford scored a season-high 30 points as the Bruins dropped a 96-93 decision in double overtime ... Washington's Andrew Andrews scored a game-leading 35 points.

- UCLA has won four of its last five home games against Washington (includes one game at the L.A. Sports Arena in 2012) ... overall the Bruins lead the all-time series against the Huskies, 96-41 ... last season, UCLA defeated Washington in Pauley Pavilion, 88-66, in the two teams' only meeting of the season.

MOST RECENTLY ...
- Aaron Holliday scored a season-high 19 points in UCLA's 86-72 loss at Oregon last Saturday afternoon ... the Bruins trailed at halftime, 41-31 ... UCLA's five starters each scored in double figures ... Isaac Hamilton scored in double figures for the 16th consecutive game ... Thomas Welsh registered 16 points and a team-leading eight rebounds.

- Isaac Hamilton scored a team-leading 25 points in the Bruins' 82-73 win over Oregon State on Wednesday, Jan. 20 ... Bryce Alford finished with 19 points in the win at OSU, making 8 of 10 free throw shots ... Thomas Welsh recorded his eighth double-double of the season, scoring 10 points and grabbing a team-best 12 rebounds.

- Bryce Alford has dished a conference-best 105 assists this season ... in each of his three seasons at UCLA, Alford has registered at least 100 assists (102 as a freshman, 176 as a sophomore) ... Alford has become UCLA's first player since Earl Watson (1998-2001) to have 100 or more assists in each of his first three seasons.

- UCLA's win last Wednesday marked the team's first victory at Oregon State since Jan. 13, 2011 ... the Bruins had dropped each of their last three contests in Corvallis., Ore. ... the Bruins shot 51.8 percent at Oregon State last week, the team's highest highest shooting percentage away from Pauley Pavilion in eight games this season.

HAMILTON STAYS HOT
- Junior guard Isaac Hamilton ranked sixth in the Pac-12 in scoring (16.3 ppg), through Jan. 23, and led all Pac-12 players in field goals made (126) ... Hamilton has shot 49.2 percent from the field (126-for-256).

- Hamilton has scored in double figures in each of the team's last 15 games, totaling at least 20 points in six games this season ... Hamilton has shot a team-leading 58.9 percent from the field in UCLA's eight road/neutral games.

- Earlier this season, Hamilton had a streak of five straight games with at least eight field goals made, the longest such streak by any UCLA player since 1991, when Tracy Murray did that in six consecutive games.

PARKER AND WELSH
- Senior forward/center Tony Parker has averaged 13.4 points and a team-best 9.9 rebounds per game ... Parker has grabbed 630 career rebounds in four seasons at UCLA, the 25th-highest career total in school history.

- Parker has registered a team-leading nine double-doubles, the third-highest total in the Pac-12 (through Jan. 23) ... Parker, who also ranks third in the league in rebounding (9.9 rpg), has scored 993 career points at UCLA.

- Sophomore forward Thomas Welsh has registered 12.9 points and 8.8 rebounds per game, starting in 19 contests ... he averaged 13.0 points and 10.0 rebounds in the Bruins' two road games last week.

- Parker and Welsh currently rank first and second, respectively, in the Pac-12 in offensive rebounds per game ... Parker has totaled 4.1 offensive boards per game, while Welsh has averaged 3.6 offensive rebounds per game.

- Welsh has tallied eight double-doubles in 19 games ... he totaled a career-high 16 rebounds (and scored 12 points) in UCLA's 81-74 victory against Arizona State in Pauley Pavilion on Jan. 9.

- Welsh ranked fourth in the Pac-12 in field goal percentage (60.2), through Jan. 23 ... he has made 109 of 181 field goal attempts ... in a pair of road games last week, Welsh made 11 of 15 field goal attempts (73.3 percent).

WHO'S ON DECK
Following this Thursday night's game versus Washington, the Bruins will face Washington State on Saturday, Jan. 30 (4 p.m. PT). UCLA dropped an 85-78 decision at Washington State in the team's second league game of the season (Sunday, Jan. 3). In that game, Washington State claimed a 40-36 advantage at halftime and extended its lead to 10 points (61-51) with 10:50 to play in the second half. Isaac Hamilton scored a season-high 27 points in that contest. Washington State will be playing at USC on Thursday evening at 7:30 p.m. (PT).

AT THE STRIPE
Junior guard Bryce Alford led all Pac-12 players in free throw percentage, through Jan. 23. Alford, who entered the season having shot 82.4 percent from the free throw line, has converted a Pac-12 leading 86.1 percent of his free throws this season (87-for-101). In fact, Alford currently ranks sixth on UCLA's all-time free throw percentage list, just behind Jordan Adams (fourth place) and Reggie Miller (fifth place). Alford's current single-season percentage (86.1) is the highest by any UCLA player since 2009, when Darren Collison concluded his senior year shooting 89.7 from the line.

YEAR THREE
Steve Alford is currently in his third season as UCLA's head coach and his 25th year as a college basketball head coach. In his third year at UCLA, Alford has led the Bruins to a 62-31 overall record. After guiding the Bruins to the Pac-12 Tournament title and a Sweet 16 appearance in 2014, Alford helped UCLA engineer a second consecutive trip to the Sweet 16 last March. He has led his teams to at least 22 wins in each of the last eight years, including at least 28 wins in three of the previous four seasons (107-36 record over the previous four years).