LOS ANGELES – With three games left in the regular season, UCLA (15-13, 6-9) will play at Stanford (14-12, 7-8) on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. (PT). UCLA's game will be nationally televised on FOX with the radio broadcast available in southern California on AM 570 (KLAC).
Last year, UCLA won a pair of games against Stanford during the regular season. Since the start of the 2005-06 season, UCLA has won 18 of its last 22 games against Stanford and currently leads the all-time series by a 142-92 margin. The Bruins have won seven of their last eight meetings against the Cardinal.
GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Maples Pavilion (7,329)
Tipoff Time: 1:37 p.m. (PT)
Television: FOX
TV Talent: Joe Davis (play-by-play), Steve Lavin (analyst), Molly McGrath (sideline)
Radio: AM 570
Radio Talent: Bill Roth (play-by-play), Darrick Martin (analyst)
SIRIUS/XM Channels: Ch. 137/Ch. 197
ABOUT THE BRUINS
- The Bruins have gone 15-13 and have just three regular-season games remaining, one at Stanford on Saturday and two at home next week ... 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).
- Most recently, Tony Parker and Bryce Alford each scored 15 points in the Bruins' 75-63 loss at California on Thursday evening ... Isaac Hamilton scored in double figures for the 24th consecutive game (12 points) ... Hamilton is the only Pac-12 player who has scored in double figures in each of his team's conference games this season.
- The Bruins are currently amidst a seven-game stretch that features five road games ... prior to last week's home games against Utah and Colorado, UCLA played consecutive road games at USC, Arizona and Arizona State ... the Bruins will close their regular-season schedule at home versus Oregon (March 2) and Oregon State (March 5).
- UCLA is the only Pac-12 team with at least two scorers in the conference's top 10 (Isaac Hamilton is fourth with 16.8 ppg, Bryce Alford ranks sixth with 16.1 ppg) ... UCLA and Colorado are the only Pac-12 teams with two players among the league's top 10 rebounders (Tony Parker is fifth with 8.7 rpg, Thomas Welsh ranks sixth with 8.5 rpg).
With just three games left in the regular season, UCLA will play at Stanford on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. (PT). UCLA's game will be nationally televised on FOX with the radio broadcast available in southern California on AM 570 (KLAC). Last season, UCLA won a pair of games against Stanford during the regular season. Since the start of the 2005-06 season, UCLA has won 18 of its last 22 games against Stanford and currently leads the all-time series by a 142-92 margin. The Bruins have won seven of their last eight meetings against the Cardinal.
ABOUT THE CARDINAL
Under the direction of eighth-year head coach Johnny Dawkins, Stanford has gone 14-12 this season, recording a 7-8 mark in league games. Senior Rosco Allen has led the Cardinal in scoring (15.6 ppg, 43.1 FG%) and ranks second on the team in rebounds per game (6.3).
STREAKIN'
Junior guard Isaac Hamilton has scored in double figures in 24 consecutive games, the longest such streak since 2007-08, when freshman Kevin Love scored at least 10 points in all 39 games. Hamilton has scored in double figures in each of UCLA's 15 Pac-12 games. Prior to Hamilton's streak of 24 straight games, freshman Shabazz Muhammad scored in double figures in each of UCLA's final 19 games during the 2012-13 campaign. Hamilton ranks fourth in the Pac-12 in scoring (16.8 ppg) and is tied for ninth in three-point field goals made per game (1.9).
FRESHMAN PLAYMAKER
Aaron Holiday, a freshman guard who starred at Campbell Hall High School, has averaged 10.6 points, 3.9 assists and 3.0 rebounds per game, starting all 28 contests. He ranks fifth in the Pac-12 in steals per game (1.5) and ninth in assists per game (3.9). Among Pac-12 freshmen, Holiday ranks third in the league in three-point field goal percentage (40.5, 32-for-79) and second in steals per game (1.5). In addition, he has made 28 of his last 35 free throw attempts (80.0 percent), shooting 72.3 percent overall from the free throw line (60 for 83) this season.
BRUINS ON THE BOARDS
Tony Parker and Thomas Welsh rank first and second, respectively, among all Pac-12 players in offensive rebounds. Parker, who ranks fifth in the league in total rebounds per game (8.7 rpg), has registered 3.4 offensive boards per game. Welsh, the league's sixth-leading rebounder (8.5 rpg), has averaged 3.2 offensive rebounds per contest. Parker and Welsh have each recorded nine double-doubles, tied for the fifth-highest total among Pac-12 players. The Bruins' duo has grabbed 41.7 percent of UCLA's total rebounds (473 of 1133).
SCORE AND DISTRIBUTE
Bryce Alford has averaged 16.1 points per game, a team-best 5.4 assists per game and 3.9 rebounds per game. UCLA's second-leading scorer, Alford ranks second in the Pac-12 in assist-turnover ratio (2.6). He has not committed more than three turnovers in any of the team's last 14 games, logging 79 assists and 21 turnovers over that span (3.76 assist-turnover ratio). With a conference-leading 151 assists, Alford 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 1,299 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 1,000th career point (joining Alford, Jordan Adams and Norman Powell). Parker has also moved into the No. 19 slot on the school's all-time rebounds list (676, 21 behind Keith Erickson's total of 697).