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UCLA to Face Oregon on Saturday Night
February 22, 2019 | Men's Basketball
LOS ANGELES โ The Bruins will face Oregon this Saturday evening in a contest that will be nationally televised on ESPN2 (game time is 7 p.m., PT). UCLA defeated Oregon State, 68-67, on Thursday night. UCLA has compiled an all-time record of 89-36 against Oregon. When these two schools faced each other on Thursday, Jan. 10 (in Eugene, Ore.), the Bruins trailed Oregon at halftime 39-32 and overcame a 74-65 deficit with under 58 seconds to play in regulation. Chris Smith's tip-in of a missed free throw by Jaylen Hands tied the game, 80-80, and in overtime, the Bruins scored the final seven points to secure an 87-84 win. That marked UCLA's first win at Oregon since Jan. 30, 2014.
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GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom
Venue Capacity: 13,800
Tipoff Time: 7:05 p.m. (PT)
Television: ESPN2
TV Talent: Dave Pasch (play-by-play), Bill Walton (analyst)
Radio (UCLA Sports Network): AM 570
Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Tracy Murray (analyst)
SIRIUS/XM Radio Channels: Ch. 146 / Ch. 197
SIRIUS App Channel: Ch. 959
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LAST THURSDAY'S GAME
Five UCLA players scored in double figures as the Bruins took down Oregon State, 68-67, on Thursday evening in Pauley Pavilion. Moses Brown (14 points, 11 rebounds) recorded his eighth double-double of the year, while Chris Smith scored 10 points and had the game-winning basket with 21.2 seconds to play (giving UCLA a 68-67 advantage). Jules Bernard scored 10 points, including an 8-for-10 effort from the free throw line, to help the Bruins even their Pac-12 record at 7-7. UCLA led by as many as 12 points with just under 17 minutes to play in the game (the Bruins' margin was 45-33).
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NOTES ABOUT THE BRUINS
- The Bruins have four regular-season games to play, including home games against Oregon (Feb. 23) and USC (Feb. 28).
- Sophomore Jaylen Hands has averaged a team-leading 18.6 points in the last five games (44.4% from 3-point range).
- Freshman Jules Bernard has scored in double figures in four of the past five games (career-high 19 points at Stanford).
- Sophomore Kris Wilkes has scored in double figures in 25 of UCLA's 27 games this season.
- Freshman Moses Brown is one of 10 finalists for this season's Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award.
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ROLLER COASTER
UCLA overcame a 17-point second half deficit in the 87-84 overtime win at Oregon, back on Jan. 10. The Bruins rallied from a nine-point deficit in the final minute of the game, tying the contest at 80-80 to force overtime. Conversely, UCLA saw a 22-point lead with 12:10 to play in the second half fade away against Utah, on Saturday, Feb. 9. Trailing 92-90, Utah's Parker Van Dyke nailed a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to give the Runnin' Utes a dramatic 93-92 win in Pauley Pavilion.
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3-POINT THREAT
Freshman David Singleton leads the team in 3-point percentage (45.5%), having made 25 of 55 attempts. Singleton has shot 44.4% from 3-point distance in Pac-12 play. Jason Kapono owns the school record for 3-point field goal percentage by a freshman (82-for-173, 47.4% in 1999-00), with a minimum of one 3-pointer made per game (Singleton currently falls short of the statistic minimum). Singleton would rank second in that freshman percentage category, if he were to qualify.
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BLOCKED SHOTS
Freshman Moses Brown ranks third in the Pac-12 in blocks per game (2.0). Brown's 53 total blocks are the most by a UCLA freshman since Kevin Love finished with 56 blocks in 2007-08. Prior to that, Jelani McCoy set the school's single-season blocks record with 102 as a freshman in 1995-96. Brown currently ranks No. 10 on UCLA's single-season blocks list (trailing Jerome Moiso, 55 blocks, for the ninth spot, and Kevin Love, 56 blocks, for the eighth spot).
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SCORING AND REBOUNDING
UCLA ranks No. 2 in the Pac-12 in scoring (77.7 ppg) and rebounding (41.1 rpg) and is third in rebounding margin (+5.1). Through games played on Thursday, Feb. 21, the Bruins ranked No. 10 in the nation in rebounding and No. 37 in rebounding margin. Through Thursday's Pac-12 games, freshman Moses Brown (10.7 ppg, 8.5 rpg) ranked fourth in the league in rebounding, first in offensive boards per game (3.5), and third in blocks per game (2.0) and field goal percentage (63.3%).
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ASSIST LEADER
Sophomore Jaylen Hands leads all Pac-12 players in total assists (170) and assists per game (6.3). Hands has averaged 13.0 points, 3.5 rebounds and 6.3 assists in 27 games and currently ranks fifth in the Pac-12 in assist-turnover ratio (2.0-to-1), through games played Friday, Feb. 22. 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
Eight of UCLA's 17 players measure at least 6-foot-8. Freshman Moses Brown (7-foot-1) is the Bruins' tallest player since the late Mike Lanier (7-foot-7) competed as a reserve for UCLA in 1991-92 and 1992-93. Redshirt junior Alex Olesinski and redshirt freshman Jalen Hill are 6-feet-10, while freshmen Shareef O'Neal and Kenneth Nwuba, sophomore Chris Smith and redshirt freshman Cody Riley are 6-foot-9. Sophomore Kris Wilkes rounds out the list at 6-foot-8.
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TOP-10 LISTS
Moses Brown currently ranks 10th on UCLA's single-season blocked shots list, trailing Jerome Moiso's total of 55 blocks by two. Jelani McCoy, a three-year star for the Bruins (1996-98), registered a school record 102 blocks as a freshman in 1995-96, one year after the Bruins captured their 11th NCAA Championship. Brown has shot 63.3 percent from the field this season, which currently ranks as the 10th-highest overall single-season field goal percentage in program history.
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LOOKING AHEAD
The Bruins (13-13, 6-7 Pac-12) will face crosstown rival USC (15-12, 8-6 Pac-12) on Thursday, Feb. 28, in a Pac-12 showdown that will be nationally televised on ESPN (game time is 6 p.m., PT). Prince Ali and Jaylen Hands each totaled 15 points when UCLA lost at USC, 80-67, on Saturday, Jan. 19. USC used a 25-4 scoring run midway through the second half in that game, after the Bruins had tied the contest, 38-38, with 18:26 left in regulation. USC's Bennie Boatwright and Nick Rakocevic each tallied a team-leading 21 points for USC. Boatwright was 5-for-9 from beyond the 3-point arc.
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MORE ABOUT MOSES
Moses Brown is on pace to become the fourth UCLA freshman in seven seasons to lead the team in rebounds (currently with 230 total rebounds, averaging 8.5 rebounds per game). TJ Leaf (287, 8.2 rpg) led the team in total rebounds as a freshman in 2016-17, while Kevon Looney (331, 9.2 rpg) finished the 2014-15 season as UCLA's most prolific rebounder. As a freshman in 2012-13, Kyle Anderson led the squad with 302 rebounds (averaging 8.6 per game). Brown's rebounding average (8.5 rpg) is the best by a UCLA freshman since Looney registered a team-high 9.2 rebounds per game in 2014-15.
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