No. 9 UCLA Hosts Michigan on Sunday on Pac-12 Network

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LOS ANGELES, Calif. – No. 9 UCLA (6-1) hosts Michigan (7-2) on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016 in Pauley Pavilion. Tip-off is slated for 11:06 a.m. PT on Pac-12 Network. UCLA leads the series with Michigan, 3-0, after defeating the Wolverines 86-77 in Ann Arbor, Mich., last year (Dec. 13, 2015). The Bruins also defeated UM in the semifinals of the WNIT, winning at Michigan, 69-65 (Apr. 1, 2015).

Promos for game against Michigan include: It is Snow Day! Come have a snow ball fight, take pictures with Joe and Josie Bruin and play in the snow starting at 9 am on Sunday morning. Bring a new toy to donate for the holidays, or your ticket stub from Saturday's men's basketball game against Michigan to receive FREE admission to Sunday's women's game! Have breakfast with the Bruins! The first 500 fans at Snow Day will get free snow balls, also known as white powdered donut holes. The first 500 fans inside Pauley Pavilion will also get FREE pom-poms to show off their Bruin spirit. Postgame autographs with two Bruins.
In-Game Experience for Michigan contest; Emcee and DJ on hand; Fun Zone; Stephany Jacques to sing National Anthem; Bingo; Junior Spirit squad performance at halftime.

GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Pauley Pavilion (13,800)
Date: Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016
Tipoff Time: 11:06 a.m. (PT)
Television: Pac-12 Network
Talent: Anne Marie Anderson (play-by-play); Mary Murphy (analyst); Layshia Clarendon (analyst)
Internet Radio: uclabruins.com
Talent: Dave Marcus (play-by-play)

TICKETS
Purchase tickets to UCLA's upcoming exhibition game by calling the UCLA Central Ticket Office (310-825-2101) on weekdays between 10 am and 4 pm. Purchase tickets online by clicking here. Single-game tickets, mini plans, group tickets and team day tickets will are on sale now.

BRUINS AT A GLANCE
UCLA returns nine letterwinners who competed last season, including three of the team's starters – junior guard Jordin Canada, junior forward Monique Billings and senior guard Kari Korver. Other prominent contributors back from last season's team are junior forward Lajahna Drummer, sophomore guard Kennedy Burke, junior guard Kelli Hayes, junior forward Paulina Hersler and sophomore forward Ashley Hearn. The Bruins also regain the services of junior guard Dominique Williams and junior guard Chrissy Baird. In all, UCLA's roster includes two seniors, seven juniors, two sophomores and two freshmen.

SENIOR LEADERS
Kari Korver and Nicole Kornet, a pair of guards, are the only two seniors on the 2016-17 roster. Korver is one of three returning starters that averaged 7.9 points and 3.1 rebounds per game last year. Korver set the UCLA single-season record for three-pointers made with 74 in 2014-15. She was named Pac-12 Second Team All-Academic last year. Kornet sat out last season at UCLA after transferring from Oklahoma. This summer, she led the Bruins in scoring at 16.0 points per game and also averaged 5.8 rebounds per contest.

JUNIOR CAMPAIGN
The junior class at UCLA was the No. 1 ranked recruiting class in 2013-14 and is loaded with seven players, including returning starters Jordin Canada and Monique Billings. Canada led the team in scoring (16.1 ppg), assists (5.7 apg) and steals (2.3 spg) a year ago and was named first team All-Pac-12 and Pac-12 All-Defensive Team. Billings was third on the team in scoring (12.7 ppg) and led the Bruins in rebounds (8.1 rpg) and blocks (1.6 bpg). She was named Honorable Mention All-Pac-12.

SOPHOMORE SEASON
Just two sophomores on the roster for 2016-17 as guard Kennedy Burke and forward Ashley Hearn return for their second season in Westwood. Burke was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team after averaging 5.8 points and 3.7 rebounds per game last year. Hearn averaged 0.3 points and 1.2 rebounds per game off the bench in just 6.6 minutes per game.

WELCOME TO WESTWOOD
Two standout freshmen have arrived in Westwood for their first collegiate campaign. Guard Lindsey Corsaro (Indianapolis, Ind./Roncalli HS) and forward Ally Rosenblum (Newport Coast, Calif./Mater Dei HS). Corsaro is a McDonald's All-American and averaged 25.3 ppg and 9.7 rpg in her senior year. Rosenblum averaged 17.7 ppg and 8.2 rpg in her last prep year.

KORVER CLIMBING CAREER CHARTS
Junior guard Kari Korver is currently at No. 1 on UCLA's career free throw percentage list at 82.8 percent (154-for-186). She also ranks in the top 10 in all three categories for three-point shooting, ranking No. 5 in three-point percentage (.373), at No. 2 in makes (194) and at No. 2 in attempts (520).

CANADA ON NANCY LIEBERMAN AWARD WATCH LIST
Junior All-American point guard Jordin Canada was named among the 20 watch list candidates for the 2017 Nancy Lieberman Award. She was one of three Pac-12 point guards selected.

CANADA NAMED TO espnW's TOP 25
After tallying the votes from Charlie Creme, Graham Hays and Mechelle Voepel, espnW.com named its top 25 players for the 2016-17 season and UCLA junior point guard Jordin Canada made the list, coming in at No. 21.

CANADA SELECTED TO NAISMITH TROPHY WATCH LIST
UCLA junior guard Jordin Canada was selected to the Naismith Trophy Women's 50 preseason watch list, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced on Nov. 30. The 50 players on the watch list are in consideration for the 2017 Naismith Women's College Player of the Year award. The mid-season list of 30 will be announced on Feb. 8, 2017.

CANADA NAMED PAC-12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK
UCLA junior Jordin Canada was named the Pac-12 Player of the Week on Nov. 21, 2016. She led the Bruins to a 2-1 week by averaging 17.7 points, 9.0 assists, 7.7 rebounds and 3.3 steals per game while shooting 100 percent (15-for-15) from the free throw line. Canada recorded the 6th triple-double in UCLA history and the first since 2012 with 11 points, 10 boards and a career-high 12 assists in a win over Southern on Nov. 18. She nearly had the first back-to-back triple-double in UCLA history and the first in the Pac-12 since 2002 but finished one assist shy with 19 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists in a win over Cal Poly on Nov. 20. She began the week with 23 points, six assists, four steals and three boards in a loss at #2 Baylor (Nov. 14). She also became the 32nd player in UCLA history to surpass the 1,000-point mark in her career in the same game as the triple-double.

BOMBS AWAY
The Bruins have two three-point shooting contest winners on the roster this year as sophomore guard Kennedy Burke won the 2015 high school three-point shooting contest, a competition won by senior guard Kari Korver in 2012. Last year, the pair combined to make 88 of the team's 149 three-pointers (59.1% -- Korver made 67, Burke made 21). This year they have made 25-of-52 (48.1%).

BIG MACS ON CAMPUS
UCLA's roster features a school-record-tying four McDonald's All-Americans in 2016-17 as freshman guard Lindsey Corsaro (2016) joins sophomore forward Ashley Hearn (2015) and juniors Jordin Canada and Lajahna Drummer (2014).

BRUINS DOWN UNDER
UCLA spent 10 full days in Australia in August 2016, going 4-0 in the preseason games (NCAA rules allow college programs to take a foreign trip once every four years). The Bruins opened with an 83-48 win over Southern Districts and then posted a 101-58 win at the Cairns Dolphins. UCLA rallied past the Sydney Flames, 73-69 (WNBL) and then defeated the Sydney Comets, 78-58 (WNBL). Five Bruins averaged in double figures, led by Nicole Kornet's 16.0 ppg. Monique Billings was second (13.0 ppg) and led the Bruins in rebound (8.3 rpg). Kari Korver (11.0 ppg), Jordin Canada (10.8 ppg) and Kelli Hayes (10.3 ppg) rounded out the five players in double digits. Sophomore Kennedy Burke just missed the double-digit mark at 9.3 ppg.

BRUINS PICKED TO WIN PAC-12
For the first time since 1999-2000 and the third time in program history, UCLA was voted first in the Pac-12 women's basketball regular season, the Conference office announced on Oct. 20 at Pac-12 Women's Basketball Media Day. The Bruins received eight first-place votes and 116 points for the top spot. Stanford collected two first-place votes and 110 points for second place in the polling, followed by NCAA Final Four participant Washington. The Huskies picked up 93 points and two first-place votes to round out the top three. The Bruins had the No. 1 recruiting class in the nation two years ago and that class is now juniors. Under the direction of sixth-year head coach Cori Close, UCLA welcomes back three starters from last year's squad that went to the NCAA Sweet 16 for the first time since 1999. UCLA's returning starters are juniors Monique Billings and Jordin Canada and senior guard Kari Korver.

2016-17 PAC-12 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL COACHES' POLL
Team (First Place) Points
1. UCLA (8) 116
2. Stanford (2) 110
3. Washington (2) 93
4. Arizona State 89
5. Oregon State 81
6. California 71
7. Oregon 69
8. Utah 52
9. USC 44
10. Washington State 31
11. Colorado 22
12. Arizona 14

PAC-12 STILL GOING TO BE STRONG IN 2016-17
The Pac-12 is coming off its most historic women's basketball season, claiming two teams in the NCAA Women's Final Four. Five teams earned NCAA Tournament bids and league teams went 5-0 in the first round. Other firsts from last season included four teams in the Sweet 16 and three teams in the Elite Eight. The Conference also welcomes back eight of the 14 All-Pac-12 honorees and five top-20 recruiting classes.

BRUINS SLATED FOR 19 TV GAMES THIS YEAR
UCLA will have 19 regular-season women's basketball games televised live this season. The Bruins will have games televised on three different networks, including 15 on the Pac-12 Networks, three on the ESPN family of networks, and one on Fox Sports Plus. All three games slated to be televised by ESPN will be on the road. The Bruins' non-conference game at South Carolina (Dec. 18) will be televised nationally on ESPN2 while league road games at Washington (Jan. 8) and at Stanford (Feb. 6) will air on ESPN. Additionally, UCLA will make one appearance on Fox Sports Plus when the Bruins take on Baylor in Waco, Texas (Nov. 14).

Pac-12 Networks is scheduled to carry 15 contests, including two non-conference games, Hawai'i (Dec. 4) and Michigan (Dec. 11). The remaining 13 games on the Pac-12 Networks are all league contests – at Washington State (Jan. 6), Oregon State (Jan. 13), Oregon (Jan. 15), at USC (Jan. 18), USC (Jan. 22), Arizona State (Jan. 27), at California (Feb. 3), at Oregon (Feb. 10), at Oregon State (Feb. 12), Washington (Feb. 17), Washington State (Feb. 19), at Arizona (Feb. 24) and at Arizona State (Feb. 26).

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