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UCLA to Play at California on Wednesday
February 10, 2019 | Men's Basketball
The UCLA men's basketball team will play at California this on Wednesday evening (7 p.m.), looking to sweep the regular-season series against the Golden Bears for the second straight season. The Bruins secured an 98-83 win over California on Saturday, Jan. 5, shooting 53.1 percent from the field in that game. UCLA has won its last four meetings versus California and has compiled an 8-3 record against the Golden Bears since the start of the 2012-13 season. The Bruins have won two of their last four games at Haas Pavilion.
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GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Haas Pavilion (Berkeley, Calif.)
Tipoff Time: 7:05 p.m. (PT)
Television: Pac-12 Network
TV Talent: Ted Robinson (play-by-play), Don MacLean (analyst)
Radio (UCLA Sports Network): AM 1150
Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Tracy Murray (analyst)
XM Radio Channel: Ch. 380
SIRIUS App Channel: Ch. 971
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UTAH OUTLASTS UCLA
The Bruins dropped a 93-92 decision at home to Utah last Saturday afternoon after having shot 70 percent (21-for-30) from the field in the first half. UCLA led Utah, 69-47, with 12:10 to play before the Runnin' Utes stormed back and ultimately won the game on a 3-pointer from Parker Van Dyke as the buzzer sounded. Five UCLA players scored in double figures, as Jaylen Hands tallied a career-high 27 points on 8-for-12 shooting from the field (and 4-for-6 from 3-point range).
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MORE ABOUT LAST SATURDAY
Utah became the first team since 1998 to score at least 60 points in one half against UCLA last Saturday. The Utes outscored UCLA, 61-43, in the second half. Previously, the Bruins had not given up as many as 60 points in a half since Dec. 19, 1998, when Cal State Northridge had 64 second-half points in UCLA's 114-97 victory. In addition, UCLA's field goal percentage in the first half (70.0%, 21-for-30) versus Utah was the team's second-best shooting percentage in a half this season. The Bruins shot 80.6% (25-for-31) in the second half in a 95-58 victory over Saint Francis U in Pauley Pavilion. UCLA has shot 60% or better in four halves this season.
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THE BRUINS' TOP SCORER
Sophomore Kris Wilkes has scored in double figures in 23 of 24 games, currently ranking fifth in the Pac-12 in scoring (17.4 ppg). He had a streak of double-digit scoring efforts snapped in UCLA's 84-73 loss to Colorado on Wednesday, Feb. 6 (Wilkes scored eight points). He had become UCLA's first player to have scored at least 10 points in his first 22 games in a season since freshman Kevin Love scored at least 10 points in all 39 games during the 2007-08 season.
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BROWN NAMED AWARD FINALIST
Freshman Moses Brown is among 10 finalists for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award. He has averaged 11.0 points and 8.4 rebounds (24 games) and is joined on the 10-man list by Charles Bassey (Western Kentucky), Nico Carvacho (Colorado State), Bruno Fernando (Maryland), Daniel Gafford (Arkansas), Jessie Govan (Georgetown), Ethan Happ (Wisconsin), Nathan Knight (William & Mary), Nick Perkins (Buffalo) and Nick Ward (Michigan State).
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SCORING & REBOUNDING
UCLA ranks No. 2 in the Pac-12 in scoring (78.1 ppg), rebounding (41.2 rpg) and rebounding margin (+5.5), trailing Arizona State in all three categories. Through games played Saturday, Feb. 9, UCLA ranked No. 9 in the nation in rebounding and No. 33 in rebounding margin. Moses Brown (11.0 ppg, 8.4 rpg) ranks No. 4 in the Pac-12 in rebounding and is second in the league in field goal percentage (65.2%) behind Stanford's Josh Sharma (67.5%).
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ASSIST LEADER
Sophomore Jaylen Hands leads all Pac-12 players in total assists (155) and assists per game (6.5). Hands has averaged 12.4 points, 3.7 rebounds and 6.5 assists in 24 games and currently ranks No. 6 in the Pac-12 in assist-turnover ratio (2-to-1), through games played Saturday, Feb. 9. He has recorded at least nine assists in seven games and tallied 10 (or more) assists in three consecutive games in December (vs. Hawai'i, Notre Dame and Belmont).
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STANDING TALL
UCLA's 17-person roster includes eight players who measure at least 6-foot-8. 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 redshirt junior Alex Olesinski and redshirt freshman Jalen Hill both stand at 6-feet-10, while freshmen Shareef O'Neal and Kenneth Nwuba, sophomore Chris Smith and redshirt freshman Cody Riley all stand at 6-foot-9. Sophomore guard Kris Wilkes rounds out the eight-person group at 6-foot-8.
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NEWS AND NOTES
- UCLA has shot 48.4 percent from the field in 15 home games, going 10-5 in those contests ... the Bruins have shot 43.7 percent in nine games away from home (three neutral site games and six road contests).
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- Nine of the 11 UCLA players who have secured playing time over the past several weeks are either freshmen or sophomores ... six are freshmen (includes two redshirt freshmen), three are sophomores, and two are redshirt juniors.
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- The Bruins have posted an 11-4 record this year when leading at halftime ... those losses were against North Carolina in Las Vegas (Nov. 23) and versus Belmont (Dec. 15), Arizona State (Jan. 24) and Utah (Feb. 9) in Pauley Pavilion.
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- The Bruins have gone 1-8 when trailing at halftime, with the victory being a dramatic comeback win in overtime at Oregon on Thursday, Jan. 10 ... UCLA trailed by as many as nine points with less than one minute to go in the second half.
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- UCLA has made at least 15 free throws in 11 games ... the team made a season-high 25 free throws (25-for-33) in a home win over LMU ... UCLA shot a season-high 76.2 percent from the line against Presbyterian on Nov. 19 (16-for-21).
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- Kris Wilkes has scored in double figures in 23 of UCLA's 24 games ... he leads all current UCLA players in most career points (869), career field goals made (314), career three-pointers made (103) and career free throws made (138).
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- Kris Wilkes has scored at least 20 points in seven games this season, totaling a career-high 34 points in the Bruins' 90-69 win at home versus Arizona (Jan. 26) ... he made a career-high 12 of 16 shots in that victory.
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- Kris Wilkes became just the sixth underclassman (freshman or sophomore) in the last 25 seasons at UCLA to have scored at least 31 points in a game, when he registered 34 points versus Arizona on Jan. 26.
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- Moses Brown leads all Pac-12 players in offensive rebounds per game (3.7 o-rpg, 88 total offensive boards) ... he secured a season-high seven offensive rebounds in victories against Purdue Fort Wayne (Nov. 6) and Saint Francis U (Nov. 16).
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- Moses Brown became UCLA's first player with at least 19 points and 17 rebounds in his collegiate debut since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (then Lew Alcindor) tallied a then-school-record 56 points and grabbed 21 rebounds on Dec. 3, 1966.
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- Moses Brown had eight blocks in the team's win against Saint Francis U (Nov. 16) ... since the school began to officially record blocks in 1978-79, only three other players at UCLA have recorded at least eight blocks in one game.
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- In Dec. 2018, Jaylen Hands became the first UCLA player with multiple games of at least 10 assists in the same season since Lonzo Ball finished his freshman year (2016-17) with seven games of at least 10 assists.
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- Prince Ali made a career-high five three-pointers (on six attempts), totaling a career-high 23 points, in the team's victory over Hawai'i (Nov. 28) ... he was a perfect 4-for-4 from 3-point range before the 16:00 mark in the first half that night.
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- Jalen Hill tallied a season-best 20 rebounds in the team's victory over Presbyterian (Nov. 19) ... that marked the highest single-game rebound total by a Bruin since Kevin Love had 21 rebounds at Oregon State on Jan. 26, 2008.
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TOP-10 LISTS
Moses Brown ranks fifth on UCLA's single-season field goal percentage list (65.2%). In addition, Brown is just three blocks shy of entering the program's top-10 single-season list for blocked shots. Brown will enter this Wednesday's game with 49 blocks, trailing Dan Gadzuric's total of 52 blocks during the 1999-2000 season. Jerome Moiso ranks No. 9 on that single-season list (55 blocks in 1999-2000).
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NEARING 1,000 POINTS
Sophomore Kris Wilkes has totaled 869 points in 57 career games, recording an average of 15.2 points per contest. Wilkes stands just 131 points from becoming the 57th player to have scored at least 1,000 career points while at UCLA. The 6-foot-8 guard from Indianapolis, Ind., needs to average at least 18.7 points per game over the Bruins' final seven regular-season contests to achieve that feat prior to the Pac-12 Tournament. Thomas Welsh and Aaron Holiday both entered the Bruins' 1,000-career-point club in the same game last season (Dec. 29, 2017, at home versus Washington State).
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HEATING UP
Freshman guard Jules Bernard averaged 10.5 points in two home games last week. Through both games, the former standout at Windward School in Los Angeles made 4 of 6 attempts from 3-point range and shot 57.1 percent overall (8-for-14). He scored in double figures in both games, marking the first time during his freshman year that he had scored at least 10 points in consecutive contests. He has averaged 6.1 points and 2.8 rebounds per game, playing off the bench in all 24 games. Bernard has averaged 6.3 points and 2.4 rebounds while shooting 50 percent from 3-point range in Pac-12 play.
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STREAKING
UCLA has made at least one 3-pointer played in its last 646 games. That 3-point streak began after the Bruins went 0-for-14 from 3-point territory in a 78-63 loss at No. 2-ranked Stanford on Feb. 3, 2000 (Maples Pavilion). UCLA has made at least three 3-pointers in 193 of 198 games since the start of the 2013-14 season. The Bruins made a school single-game-record 19 three-pointers (on 31 attempts) at Colorado on Jan. 12, 2017 (UCLA won that game, 104-89).
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