TEMPE, Ariz. - UCLA (13-11, 4-7) will face Arizona State (14-11, 4-8) at Wells Fargo Arena this Sunday evening. Game time is 5:30 pm PT (6:30 pm MT). The Bruins downed Arizona State, 81-74, in Pauley Pavilion on Saturday, Jan. 9, and are seeking their first win at ASU since Feb. 23, 2012.
GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Wells Fargo Arena (10,978)
Game Time: 5:30 pm (PT) / 6:30 pm (MT)
Television: ESPNU
TV Talent: Roxy Bernstein (play-by-play), Corey Williams (analyst)
Radio: AM 570
Radio Talent: Bill Roth (play-by-play), Darrick Martin (analyst)
SIRIUS/XM Channels: Ch. 81/Ch. 81
ABOUT THE BRUINS
- The Bruins have gone 13-11, including a 4-7 mark in Pac-12 games, and have seven 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).
- UCLA lost at No. 17 Arizona on Friday night, 81-75, before 14,644 at the McKale Center in Tucson, Ariz. The Bruins led at halftime, 44-34, but the host Wildcats outscored UCLA by a 29-16 margin in the game's final nine minutes to secure the six-point victory. Isaac Hamilton scored a team-leading 24 points for UCLA, connecting on 10 of 15 shots.
- The Bruins are currently amidst a seven-game stretch that features five road games ... following this Sunday evening's game at Arizona State, UCLA will return home to host Utah (Feb. 18) and Colorado (Feb. 20) ... UCLA is looking for its first victory at Arizona State since Feb. 23, 2012 (the Bruins won that game, 66-57).
- UCLA is the only Pac-12 team to have at least two scorers in the conference's top 10 (Bryce Alford is fourth with 16.7 ppg, Isaac Hamilton ranks sixth with 16.6 ppg) ... the Bruins are the only Pac-12 team with at least two players among the league's top 10 rebounders (Tony Parker is third with 9.4 rpg, Thomas Welsh ranks sixth with 8.5 rpg).
SUNDAY'S MATCHUP
UCLA looks to sweep the regular-season series against Arizona State this Sunday evening. During the Bruins' second week of Pac-12 play, UCLA registered an 81-74 victory over the Sun Devils in Pauley Pavilion (Jan. 9). In that contest, UCLA trailed 56-50 with 11:49 to go and 63-59 at the 7:54 mark. Isaac Hamilton made six consecutive points for the Bruins to tie the game, 65-65, before Aaron Holiday gave the Bruins a 77-74 cushion on a tie-breaking 3-pointer with 1:13 left. Bryce Alford's 3-pointer with 26 seconds remaining put the Bruins ahead, 80-74.
LOOKING AT THE SERIES
UCLA has posted a 65-19 all-time record against Arizona State. The Bruins have won four of their last five games against ASU and eight of the last 10. Last season, UCLA and ASU split a pair of regular-season games, with each team winning the meeting on its home court.
STREAKIN'
Junior guard Isaac Hamilton has scored in double figures in 20 consecutive games for UCLA, the longest such streak since 2007-08, when freshman Kevin Love scored at least 10 points in all 39 games. Love was drafted fifth overall in the 2008 NBA Draft by the Memphis Grizzlies. Prior to Hamilton's streak of 20 straight games, freshman Shabazz Muhammad scored in double figures in each of UCLA's final 19 games during the 2012-13 campaign. This season, Hamilton ranks sixth among all scorers in the Pac-12, having averaged 16.6 points per game.
FRESHMAN PLAYMAKER
Aaron Holiday, a freshman guard who starred at nearby Campbell Hall High School, has averaged 11.0 points, 3.7 assists and 3.0 rebounds per game, starting all 24 contests. Holiday's streak of nine consecutive games with at least 10 points was snapped at Arizona last Friday evening. Holiday continues to lead the Bruins in three-point field goal percentage (39.1), having made 27 of 69 attempts. In addition, Holiday has made 26 of his last 30 free throw attempts (86.7 percent), shooting 74.4 percent overall from the line (58 for 78).
BRUINS ON THE BOARDS
Senior Tony Parker and Thomas Welsh rank first and second, respectively, among all Pac-12 players in offensive rebounds. Parker, who ranks third in the league in total rebounds per game (9.4 rpg), has registered 3.8 offensive boards per game. Welsh, the league's sixth-leading rebounder (8.5 rpg), has averaged 3.4 offensive rebounds per contest. Parker and Welsh have each recorded nine double-doubles, tied for the fourth-highest total among Pac-12 players. The Bruins' duo has grabbed 42.9 percent of UCLA's total rebounds (421 of 981).
SCORE AND DISTRIBUTE
Junior guard Bryce Alford has averaged a team-leading 16.7 points per game, the fourth-highest scoring average in the Pac-12. Alford also ranks third in the conference in both assists per game (5.3) and assist-turnover ratio (2.4). He has not committed more than two turnovers in any of the team's last 10 games, logging 54 assists and 14 turnovers over that span (3.86 assist-turnover ratio). With a conference-leading 126 assists this year, he has become UCLA's first player since Earl Watson (1998-2001) to have dished at least 100 assists in each of his first three seasons.
1,000 POINT CLUB
Bryce Alford and Tony Parker have each crossed the 1,000 point mark at UCLA this season. Alford, currently at 1,250 career points, accomplished the feat during UCLA's 71-66 victory at No. 20 Gonzaga on Dec. 12. Parker scored career point No. 1,000 against Washington in Pauley Pavilion (Jan. 28). Parker became the fourth UCLA player in the last three seasons to have recorded his No. 1,000 career point (joining Alford, Jordan Adams and Norman Powell). Parker ranks No. 22 on the Bruins' all-time rebounds list (just six behind Jamaal Wilkes, who had 653).