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No. 20 UCLA Hoops to Host Presbyterian on Monday
November 18, 2018 | Men's Basketball
LOS ANGELES – No. 20 UCLA (3-0) seeks its fourth consecutive win this Monday night, as the Bruins will host Presbyterian (3-2) in Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom. Game time is 8 p.m. (PT). This Monday's game is being played as part of the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational. Friday night's game will be televised by Pac-12 Network, while the radio broadcast will be available on AM 1150 in the Los Angeles area.
GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom (13,800)
Tipoff Time: 8:06 p.m. (PT)
Television: Pac-12 Network
TV Talent: Roxy Bernstein (play-by-play), Don MacLean (analyst)
Radio (UCLA Sports Network): AM 1150
Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Tracy Murray (analyst)
SIRIUS/XM Radio Channels: Ch. 206 / Ch. 207
SIRIUS App Channel: Ch. 972
UCLA SEEKS FOURTH STRAIGHT WIN
The Bruins will host Presbyterian on Monday, seeking their first 4-0 start since opening the 2016-17 season with 13 consecutive victories (all in non-conference play). Freshman Moses Brown (19.7 ppg, 13.7 rpg) and sophomores Kris Wilkes (19.3 ppg, 5.0 rpg) and Chris Smith (12.7 ppg, 6.3 rpg) have scored in double figures in each of the Bruins' three games. Following this Monday's home game, UCLA will play in Las Vegas against No. 11 Michigan State on Thursday, Nov. 22.
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HISTORIC DOUBLE-DOUBLES
Moses Brown has become UCLA's first freshman to record double-doubles in each of his first three games. Brown, a 7-foot-1 center from Queens, N.Y., finished with a season-high 23 points, 14 rebounds and eight blocks in the win against Saint Francis U on Friday evening. He became UCLA's first player with at least 20 points and five blocks in a game since Jerome Moiso had 22 points and five blocks in the Bruins' 83-77 win at home against Arizona State on Jan. 22, 2000.
THAT'S ELITE COMPANY
Moses Brown became UCLA's first player to record at least 19 points and 17 rebounds in his collegiate debut since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (then Lew Alcindor) registered a then-school-record 56 points and totaled 21 rebounds in UCLA's 105-90 win over USC on Dec. 3, 1966. Abdul-Jabbar made 23 of 32 shots from the field and 10 of 14 free throws in the Bruins' season opener in Pauley Pavilion (the arena had opened in December 1965).
RECORD TERRITORY
Moses Brown had eight blocks in the win last Friday against Saint Francis U. Since UCLA began officially recording blocks in 1978-79, only three other players have recorded at least eight blocks. Jelani McCoy set the school record with 11 blocks in his seventh game of his freshman season (vs. Maryland, Nov. 9, 1995). David Greenwood had eight against Boston College (Dec. 23, 1978) and Tyler Honeycutt had eight versus Oregon State (Feb. 12, 2011).
EXCELLING OFF THE BENCH
Sophomore Chris Smith had 15 points, four rebounds and three assists in the Bruins' 95-58 victory last Friday against Saint Francis U, equaling his career high in points (set last season against South Carolina State, Nov. 17, 2017).The 6-foot-9 guard from Chicago, Ill, averaged 3.9 points and 1.9 rebounds per game last season (played in all 33 contests off the bench). Through three games this year, Smith has averaged 12.7 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game.
VERSATILE SCORER
Sophomore Kris Wilkes finished his freshman campaign as the Bruins' second-leading scorer and rebounder (13.7 points and 4.9 rebounds per game). The 6-foot-8 guard from Indianapolis, Ind., has scored in double figures in each of UCLA's first three games this season. He enters Monday's game having averaged 19.3 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game. Wilkes scored a career-best 27 points and had 10 rebounds in the season-opening win against Purdue Fort Wayne (Nov. 6).
KEY NOTES ABOUT UCLA
The Bruins return five of their eight rotation players from last season's team, a squad that went 21-12 overall en route to the NCAA Tournament's "First Four" in Dayton, Ohio. Redshirt juniors Prince Ali and Alex Olesinski, along with sophomores Kris Wilkes and Chris Smith, played in all 33 games last season. Sophomore Jaylen Hands played in 31 of 33 games. This year's team brings in eight freshmen – six true freshmen and a pair of redshirt freshmen (Jalen Hill and Cody Riley).
Steve Alford enters his sixth season as The Michael Price Family UCLA Men's Head Basketball Coach. Hired as the Bruins' head coach in March 2013, he has guided the program to an overall record of 120-57. UCLA has made four trips to the NCAA Tournament (and three Sweet 16 appearances) under Coach Alford. In addition, the Bruins have produced 11 NBA Draft selections during Coach Alford's five years as the program's head coach.
FROM LONG DISTANCE
In the past two seasons, UCLA has shot the No. 1 percentage from 3-point territory of any Pac-12 team. With Lonzo Ball and Bryce Alford in 2016-17, the Bruins shot 40.6 percent from 3-point range. In 2017-18, after losing Ball and Alford along with Isaac Hamilton and TJ Leaf, the Bruins shot 38.1 percent from 3-point distance, a mark that still ranked No. 1 in the conference. Aaron Holiday led the Bruins last season by shooting 42.9 percent from 3-point territory.
IN THE RECORD BOOKS
UCLA established its program record for most attempted 3-pointers (872) and made 3-pointers (354) in 2016-17. Last season, the Bruins came close. UCLA made its second-most 3-pointers in program history (310) and recorded its second-highest total of 3-point attempts (813).
THE STREAK CONTINUES
UCLA has made at least one three-pointer in its last 625 games. That streak began after the Bruins went 0-for-14 from three-point range in a 78-63 loss at No. 2 Stanford on Feb. 3, 2000. The Bruins have made at least three 3-pointers in 172 of 177 games under sixth-year head coach Steve Alford.
THE BRUINS' FRONTCOURT
Last season, UCLA ranked No. 28 in the nation in rebounds per game (38.8) and finished the year No. 11 in defensive rebounds per game (28.6). The Bruins are now relying on freshman center Moses Brown, redshirt freshmen Jalen Hill and Cody Riley and freshman forward Kenneth Nwuba. Those players are responsible for replacing the production of graduates Thomas Welsh and G.G. Goloman, a pair of players who were at UCLA for four seasons.
MORE ABOUT PRINCE ALI
Redshirt junior Prince Ali has entered his fourth season at UCLA. The 6-foot-4 guard from The Bronx, N.Y., played as a true freshman in 2015-16 and missed the entire 2016-17 season (redshirted, after having sustained a knee injury in July 2016). Last season, Ali averaged 9.1 points and 3.1 rebounds per game. Ali played in all 33 games last year (making 22 starts), and shot 36 percent from beyond the three-point arc (36-for-100). Ali, who has averaged 9.7 points and 1.3 rebounds in three games this season, played at The Sagemont School for his final two years of high school (Weston, Fla.).
STANDING TALL
UCLA's 16-person roster includes eight players who measure at least 6-foot-8. Incoming freshman Moses Brown (7-foot-1, 245 pounds) is the Bruins' tallest player since the late Mike Lanier (7-foot-7, 310 pounds) competed as a reserve center for UCLA in 1991-92 and 1992-93. UCLA's Jalen Hill and Alex Olesinski are both 6-foot-10, while Kenneth Nwuba, Cody Riley, Shareef O'Neal and Chris Smith all stand at 6-foot-9. Kris Wilkes rounds out the group at 6-foot-8.
HOME COOKIN'
UCLA went 14-2 at home last season and has won 33 of 36 games in Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom since the start of the 2016-17 campaign. During UCLA's 2016-17 season, the Bruins went 16-1 at home. Last year, the team's only home losses came against No. 25 Cincinnati (12/16/17) and to Colorado (1/13/18). Since UCLA renovated Pauley Pavilion prior to the 2012-13 season, the Bruins have tallied an overall home record of 91-15 (logging an 85.8 winning percentage).
