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UCLA to Host Oregon State on Saturday

Men's Basketball

UCLA will play its final regular-season game on Saturday afternoon.

LOS ANGELES – UCLA (15-15, 6-11) concludes its regular-season schedule against Oregon State (17-11, 8-9) this Saturday afternoon in Pauley Pavilion. Game time is 3:30 p.m. (PT). Prior to Saturday's game, UCLA will honor senior forward/center Tony Parker, who will be playing in his final regular-season game for the Bruins. Earlier this season, the Bruins secured an 82-73 win at Oregon State (Jan. 20, 2016).

GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Pauley Pavilion (13,800)
Tipoff Time: 3:36 p.m. (PT)
Television: Pac-12 Networks
TV Talent: J.B. Long (play-by-play), Matt Muehlebach (analyst)
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 15-15 this season and will play their final regular-season game this Saturday afternoon versus Oregon State in Pauley Pavilion ... UCLA has compiled a 3-4 record against teams ranked in the Associated Press top-25 poll, including wins over No. 1 Kentucky (Dec. 3), No. 20 Gonzaga (Dec. 12) and No. 7 Arizona (Jan. 7).

- Isaac Hamilton scored a team-leading 19 points on Wednesday night in the Bruins' 76-68 loss to No. 9 Oregon ... Hamilton has scored in double figures in 28 of 30 games, including each of UCLA's last 26 contests ... he is the only Pac-12 player this season to have scored in double figures in each of his team's conference games.

- UCLA has five players who have each averaged 10.0 or more points per game – Isaac Hamilton (16.9), Bryce Alford (16.2), Tony Parker (12.8), Thomas Welsh (11.1) and Aaron Holiday (10.3) ... Alford ranks second among all Pac-12 players in assists per game (5.4), assist-turnover ratio (2.6) and free throw percentage (83.0, 117-for-141).

- The Bruins are the only Pac-12 team with at least two scorers in the conference's top 10 (Isaac Hamilton is fourth with 16.9 ppg, Bryce Alford ranks sixth with 16.2 ppg) ... UCLA and Colorado are the only Pac-12 teams with two players among the league's top 10 rebounders (Thomas Welsh is fifth with 8.4, Tony Parker is sixth with 8.3).

ABOUT OREGON STATE
Under the direction of second-year head coach Wayne Tinkle, Oregon State has gone 17-11 with an 8-9 mark in Pac-12 play this season. Senior guard Gary Payton II has averaged team highs for Oregon State with 15.9 points, 7.6 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game. The Beavers dropped an 81-70 decision at USC on Wednesday evening.

SENIOR DAY
Tony Parker has averaged 12.8 points and 8.3 rebounds per game, playing in all 30 contests this season (25 starts). Parker ranks sixth in the Pac-12 in rebounding (8.3 rpg) and 10th among Pac-12 players in field goal percentage (54.4). The former standout at Miller Grove High School (Atlanta) has played in 134 career games at UCLA, the sixth-highest total in program history. Parker has been a part of three UCLA teams that have advanced to the NCAA Tournament, helping UCLA earn back-to-back Sweet 16 trips in 2014 and 2015.

ELITE COMPANY
This season, Tony Parker has crossed the 1,000 career point mark and moved into UCLA's “top 20” on the career rebounds list. Parker (1,109 points and 682 rebounds) has become the 16th player in program history to have recorded at least 1,000 career points and 670 career rebounds.

STREAKIN'
Junior guard Isaac Hamilton has scored in double figures in 26 consecutive games, the longest such streak since 2007-08, when freshman Kevin Love scored at least 10 points in all 39 games. The former standout at St. John Bosco High School has scored in double figures in each of UCLA's 17 league games. Prior to his streak of 26 straight games, then-freshman Shabazz Muhammad scored in double figures in each of UCLA's final 19 games in 2012-13. Hamilton ranks fourth in the Pac-12 in scoring (16.9 ppg) and is ninth in three-point field goals made per game (1.9).

BRUINS ON THE BOARDS
Tony Parker and Thomas Welsh rank first and second, respectively, among Pac-12 players in offensive rebounds (Parker at 3.3 o-rpg, Welsh at 3.1 o-rpg). Welsh has been the league's fifth-leading rebounder (8.4 rpg), while Parker currently ranks sixth (8.3 rpg). Parker and Welsh have each recorded nine double-doubles, tied for the fifth-highest total among Pac-12 players (along with California's Ivan Rabb). The Bruins' duo has grabbed 41.6 percent of UCLA's total rebounds (495 of 1191). Parker's offensive rebound total (99) is the second-highest at UCLA in the last four seasons.

SCORE AND DISTRIBUTE
Bryce Alford has averaged 16.2 points per game, a team-best 5.4 assists per game and 3.8 rebounds per game. UCLA's second-leading scorer, Alford ranks second in the Pac-12 in assist-turnover ratio (2.9). He has not committed more than three turnovers in any of the team's last 16 games, logging 87 assists and 23 turnovers over that span (3.8 assist-turnover ratio). With a conference-leading 159 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.

FRESHMAN PLAYMAKER
Aaron Holiday has started all 30 games during his freshman campaign, having averaged 10.3 points, 3.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game. The former standout at Campbell Hall High School has scored in double figures in 18 games. He is currently tied for sixth in the Pac-12 in steals per game (1.4) and ranks eighth in assists per game (4.0) and 13th in assist-turnover ratio (1.4). Holiday's 120 assists are the most by a UCLA freshman since Kyle Anderson had 122 in 2012-13 (and the second-most by a freshman since his brother Jrue Holiday had 129 in 2008-09).

NEXT WEEK
UCLA has secured the No. 10 seed at next week's Pac-12 Tournament. The Bruins will face the No. 7 seed (to be determined) at 6 p.m. (PT) on Wednesday, March 9, in a first-round game at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. The winner of the No. 7 vs. No. 10 matchup will advance to Thursday's quarterfinal, facing the No. 2 seed at 6 p.m. (PT). This marks the first season since the Pac-12 Tournament relocated to Las Vegas in 2013 in which UCLA will play in a first-round game. In 2012 at the Staples Center, UCLA faced USC in a first-round Pac-12 Tournament game.

SOPHOMORE SURGE
Sophomore center Thomas Welsh has significantly improved his production as a starter for the Bruins this season, averaging 11.1 points and 8.4 rebounds per game. Last summer, he helped the USA Basketball U-19 men's team win the gold medal at the FIBA World Championships on the island of Crete in Greece. As a freshman for the Bruins last season, Welsh averaged 3.8 points and 3.8 rebounds per game as a key contributor off the bench. This year, Welsh ranks fourth among Pac-12 players in field goal percentage (59.2), having made 145 of 245 total shot attempts.

AT THE STRIPE
Junior guard Bryce Alford ranks second in the Pac-12 in free throw percentage (83.0). He entered the season having shot 82.4 percent from the free throw line and currently ranks seventh on UCLA's all-time free throw percentage list (82.6 pct), behind former teammate Jordan Adams (fourth place), Reggie Miller (fifth) and Jason Kapono (sixth). Alford's current single-season percentage (83.0) is the highest by any UCLA player since 2009, when Darren Collison concluded his senior year shooting 89.7 percent from the free throw line.