No. 5/4 UCLA Heads to Las Vegas for Thanksgiving

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LOS ANGELES, Calif. – #5/4 UCLA (3-1) heads to Las Vegas, Nev., for two games in the South Point Thanksgiving Shootout at the South Point Hotel and Casino. The Bruins will face Kansas State (4-0) on Friday, Nov. 24 at 1:15 p.m. and will then take on Creighton (3-1) on Saturday, Nov. 25 at 3:30 p.m. Both games will be streamed live and you can listen to Dave Marcus call all of the exciting action on uclabruins.com. Tickets to the South Point Thanksgiving Shootout are $20 per day and can be purchased by clicking here.

GAME INFORMATION
Opponent: Kansas State (4-0)
Series: UCLA leads 3-0 (Last Meeting: W, 83-70 in Los Angeles, Calif., Dec. 19, 1980)
Venue: South Point Arena
Date: Friday, Nov. 24, 2017
Tipoff Time: 1:15 p.m. (PT)
Stream: South Point Live Stream
Internet Radio: uclabruins.com
Talent: Dave Marcus (play-by-play)
Live Stats: Presto Sports

GAME INFORMATION
Opponent: Creighton (3-1)
Series: First meeting
Venue: South Point Arena
Date: Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017
Tipoff Time: 3:30 p.m. (PT)
Stream: South Point Live Stream
Internet Radio: uclabruins.com
Talent: Dave Marcus (play-by-play)
Live Stats: Presto Sports

SERIES HISTORY VS. KANSAS STATE
This is the fourth overall meeting between Kansas State and UCLA with the Bruins winning all three previous games. It is the first meeting between the two teams since UCLA beat the Wildcats in Los Angeles, 83-70 on Dec. 19, 1980. The Bruins won a tight affair, 64-60, in Manhattan, Kan., on Feb. 2, 1979 and opened the series with a 123-62 shellacking of K-State at UCLA on Jan. 23, 1978.

SERIES HISTORY VS. CREIGHTON
This is the first-ever meeting between Creighton and UCLA. However, the Bruins have a little familiarity with teams out of the Big East Conference, sporting an overall record of 5-1 against Big East teams. That record includes going 2-0 vs. St. John's, 2-0 vs. DePaul and 1-1 vs. Seton Hall.

SCORING RECORDS FALL
UCLA scored a school-record 129 points in its 60-point (129-69) season-opening home win over San José State on Nov. 10. The Bruins snapped a record that was set 47 years ago and then equalled 42 years ago, bettering the previous mark of 125 set in 1971 (against Utah State) and 1976 (against Oregon State). Freshman guard Kayla Owens made a 3-pointer to put UCLA over the 125-point mark with 1:21 remaining in the fourth quarter. The Bruins opened with 38 points in the first quarter (38-26), which was the most points scored by UCLA since the NCAA switched to quarters two full seasons ago (2015-16). The Bruins also scored 35 in the third quarter, which is the second-most points scored in a single quarter.

BIG MACS ON CAMPUS
UCLA's roster features a school-record five McDonald's All-Americans in 2017-18 as freshman forward Michaela Onyenwere (2017) joins redshirt freshman guard Lindsey Corsaro (2016), junior forward Ashley Hearn (2015), redshirt junior forward Lajahna Drummer (2014) and senior point guard Jordin Canada (2014) as current Bruins that have played in the McDonald's All-American Game.

JOHN R. WOODEN AWARD PRESEASON WATCH LIST
The John R. Wooden Award® presented by Wendy's® announced the Women's Preseason Top 30 on ESPN's SportsCenter and espnW and UCLA senior point guard Jordin Canada and senior forward Monique Billings have made the list. The list is comprised of 30 student-athletes who are the early front-runners for college basketball's most prestigious honor. The list is chosen by a preseason poll of national women's college basketball media members.

NANCY LIEBERMAN AWARD TOP 20 WATCH LIST
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced on Nov. 6, 2017 the 20 watch list candidates for the 2018 Nancy Lieberman Award and UCLA senior Jordin Canada was on the list. Now in its nineteenth year, the award recognizes the top point guard in women's NCAA Division I college basketball. Candidates exhibit the floor leadership, play-making and ball-handling skills of Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman.

ANN MEYERS DRYSDALE AWARD TOP 20 WATCH LIST
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced on Nov. 7, 2017 the 20 watch list candidates for the 2018 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award and UCLA junior guard Kennedy Burke was on the list. Named after the first player, male or female, named to the All-America Team in four straight college seasons, the annual award in its inaugural year recognizes the top shooting guard in women's NCAA Division I college basketball.

CHERYL MILLER AWARD TOP 20 WATCH LIST
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association announced on Nov. 8, 2017 the 20 watch list candidates for the 2018 Cheryl Miller Award and UCLA's Kennedy Burke was on the list. Named after the three-time Naismith Player of the Year, the annual award in its inaugural year recognizes the top small forwards in women's NCAA Division I college basketball.

LISA LESLIE AWARD PRESEASON WATCH LIST
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association announced on Nov. 10, 2017 the 20 watch list candidates for the 2018 Lisa Leslie Award and UCLA senior Monique Billings was on the list. Named after the three-time All-American and 1994 National Player of the Year, the annual award in its inaugural year recognizes the top centers in women's NCAA Division I college basketball.

PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS
Senior point guard Jordin Canada was a first team preseason All-American by Street & Smith's, a second team All-American by Athlon Sports and a third team All-American by Lindy's Sports. Senior forward Monique Billings was a second team All-American by Street & Smith's.

PRESEASON ALL-PAC-12
Senior point guard Jordin Canada and senior forward Monique Billings were both named preseason All-Pac-12 in a vote by the league's media.

PRESEASON PROJECTIONS
For the second-consecutive year, UCLA was voted first in the Pac-12 Women's Basketball Coaches Poll and the Pac-12 Media Poll. The Bruins collected 115 points and seven first-place votes to earn the top spot ahead of Oregon and Stanford who tied for second place with 108 points each in the Coaches Poll. The Bruins received 14 first-place votes and 242 points to finish ahead of Oregon in the Media Poll. The Pac-12 is coming off another historic season where a league-record seven teams earned NCAA Tournament bids in 2016-17. Both polls were identical with Stanford being picked third or tied for second and Oregon State (4th) and California (5th) rounding out the top five. Arizona State was projected to finish sixth with Washington State, USC and Utah right behind. In 10th was Colorado while Arizona and Washington were picked to claim the last two spots.

BRUINS IN THE POLLS
UCLA enters the third week of the 2017-18 season ranked at No. 5, the highest since week one of the 1999-2000 season, in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll (week three) with 672 points and tied for No. 4, which is also tied for the highest in UCLA history (since the preseason and week one polls of the 1999-2000 season) in the USA TODAY Coaches Poll (week three) with 668 points. The Bruins have now been ranked for 38 straight weeks in the AP Poll (dates back to week 4, Nov. 30, 2015) and for 34 consecutive weeks in the USA Today Poll (dates back to week 9, Jan. 4, 2016). The Bruins' 2017-18 ranked opponents are in bold in both polls to the left.

POLLING THE BRUINS
In addition to picking up a preseason ranking of 8th in the Associated Press Poll (second straight year in the top 10) and 7th in the USA Today Coaches Poll, the Bruins were ranked 5th by Athlon Sports, 5th by Street & Smith's and 7th by Lindy's Sports.

DOUBLE TRIPLE-DOUBLE
Senior Jordin Canada recorded the second triple-double of her career and the seventh in UCLA history with 26 points, 11 steals and 10 assists in the win over San José State (Nov. 10). It marked the third time in UCLA history that a triple-double was recorded with points, assists and steals and the first time it was achieved in a season opener. She joins Ann Meyers as the only Bruins to record two triple-doubles. It also marked the 31st triple-double in the history of the Pac-12 Conference.

DOUBLE-DOUBLE RECORD
In the 129-69 season-opening win over San José State (Nov. 10), UCLA had four players record double-doubles, a UCLA record. In addition to Jordin Canada's triple-double (26 points, 11 steals, 10 points), Monique Billings had 19 points and 11 rebounds, Michaela Onyenwere had 19 points and 10 rebounds and Kennedy Burke added 13 points and 13 rebounds.

BILLINGS ON THE BLOCK
UCLA senior forward Monique Billings took over the top spot on the UCLA career lists for blocks with three in the win over #3 Baylor (Nov. 18). She now has 180 for a career average of 1.6 bpg (110 games).

CANADA WITH THE ASSIST
UCLA senior point guard Jordin Canada moved into the second spot in career assists with 13 in the win over #3 Baylor (Nov. 18). She now has 611 for a career of 5.8 apg (106 games).

CANADA'S EARLY SEASON NUMBERS ARE OUT OF THIS WORLD
Senior point guard Jordin Canada is off to a hot start in 2017-18, averaging 16.8 points, 7.0 assists and 4.5 steals per game. She has an assist/turnover ratio of 3.5 to one (28 assists/eight turnovers) while shooting 51.0 percent from the field (25-for-49), 52.6 percent from beyond the arc (10-for-19) and 87.5 percent (7-for-8) from the free-throw line. She had a triple-double (26 points, 11 steals and 10 assists) in the season-opening win over San José State (Nov. 10) and recorded a double-double of 20 points and 13 assists in the upset win over #3 Baylor (Nov. 18).

CANADA NAMED PAC-12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK
In a vote by the Pac-12 media, UCLA senior point guard Jordin Canada (Los Angeles, Calif.) was named the Pac-12 Player of the Week as announced by the league office on Nov. 20. In the Bruins' only game of the week, she recorded her second double-double of the year in leading UCLA to an 82-68 win over No. 3 Baylor. She scored 20 points and added 13 assists while shooting 50 percent from three-point range (3-for-6) against the Bears. The 13 assists were tied for the 8th-most in UCLA history. The win was UCLA's 32nd-straight home victory (second longest in the country to UConn) and the 10th-straight home win over a ranked team. It also marked UCLA's first win over a top-three opponent since beating No. 2 Stanford on Jan. 4, 2008. This marks the 55th all-time selection for UCLA and second-career weekly honor for Canada.

BRUINS NEARLY BREAK ATTENDANCE RECORD
The UCLA Bruins came within 268 people of breaking the UCLA all-time women's basketball single-game attendance record against No. 1 UConn on Nov. 21, 2017 when 9,263 people witnessed the battle of top five teams in Pauley Pavilion. It was the third-highest attended game behind the Jan. 23, 1999 game against USC (9,530) and the AIAW Tournament game against Maryland on March 25, 1978 (9,351).

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