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UCLA Men's Basketball to Host USC on Saturday
January 06, 2020 | Men's Basketball
LOS ANGELES โ UCLA will host crosstown rival USC on Saturday, Jan. 11. Game time is 7 p.m. (PT). The Bruins and Trojans are each entering this weekend's game with 1-1 records in Pac-12 play. UCLA has tallied an all-time record of 143-109 against USC. The Bruins have won five of seven matchups over the previous three seasons. Last season, each team won the regular-season game on its home court.
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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)
XM Channel: Ch. 373
SIRIUSXM Internet Channel: Ch. 373
PROMOTIONS & TICKETS
All fans in attendance at Saturday night's "BLUE OUT" in Pauley Pavilion will receive a free Under Armour t-shirt, courtesy of Wescom. Fans can enjoy $3 bags of Cracker Jack and peanuts, as well as culinary options from three food trucks along the arena's south concourse โ Baby's Badass Burgers, Magical Kitchen, and Epic Tacos. A limited number of tickets are available, starting at less than $40 (by clicking here) or by visiting the box office on gameday.
LAST WEEK
The Bruins split a pair of road games last week, winning at Washington on Thursday (66-64) before dropping a 79-71 decision in overtime at Washington State on Saturday. Junior Chris Smith averaged a team-leading 19.5 points and registered 9.5 rebounds per game in the two road contests. Freshman Jake Kyman had entered the road trip having scored 18 points off the bench in nine previous games before totaling 29 points in contests at Washington and Washington State.
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MORE ABOUT KYMAN'S EFFORT
Jake Kyman made 7 of 12 attempts from 3-point distance in the win at Washington. He nailed the game-winning 3-pointer with under nine seconds to play in the second half, lifting UCLA past the Huskies, 66-64. Kyman became UCLA's first player to make at least seven 3-pointers since Jaylen Hands went 7-for-10 from long range in a 90-83 win over Oregon on Feb. 23, 2019 in Pauley Pavilion. Hands had all 27 of his points in the second half of that game.
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CHRIS SMITH'S PERFORMANCES
Chris Smith registered his first collegiate double-double at Washington last Thursday, totaling 17 points and a career-high 12 rebounds. He followed that game with a career-best 22 points at Washington State on Saturday evening. Between the two games, Smith connected on 16 of 27 shots (59.3 percent). The 6-foot-9 Smith has now scored in double figures in 11 of UCLA's 15 games this season.
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NOTES ON THE BRUINS
- UCLA has gone 8-0 this season when limiting the opposition to 73 points or fewer.
- Junior Chris Smith averaged 19.5 points and 9.5 rebounds in the Bruins' two recent road contests.
- Freshman Jake Kyman averaged 14.5 points and made 9 of 17 attempts from 3-point range in two games last week.
- Freshman Jaime Jaquez Jr. has averaged 11.7 points and 7.1 rebounds in the Bruins' last nine games.
- Junior Chris Smith ranks fourth in the Pac-12 in free throw shooting (84.6%), having made 44 of 52 attempts.
- Sophomore Jalen Hill has averaged a team-leading 7.4 rebounds per game, which ranks eighth in the Pac-12.
- UCLA has had 11 players, including freshmen, establish new career highs in points scored this season.
- The Bruins ranked first in the Pac-12 in rebounding margin (+8.67 rpg), through games played Monday, Jan. 6.
- UCLA has out-rebounded the opposition in all 15 games this season (currently averaging 39.3 rebounds per game).
- Through games played Sunday, Jan. 5, the Bruins ranked No. 15 in the nation in rebounding margin (+8.67).
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OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS
UCLA's 22 offensive boards on Thursday night marked the team's highest single-game total since Jan. 1, 2016. The Bruins had registered 23 offensive rebounds in a Pac-12 opener at Washington on New Year's Day in 2016, losing to the Huskies, 96-93, in double overtime. UCLA had 59 total rebounds in that loss to the Huskies. Before last Thursday's win, UCLA hadn't recorded at least 20 offensive rebounds in a regulation game since Nov. 13, 2015, when the Bruins absorbed an 84-81 loss to Monmouth in the team's season opener in Pauley Pavilion (UCLA had 22 offensive boards against Monmouth).
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EYE OF THE TYGER
Tyger Campbell, a redshirt freshman point guard, has averaged 7.8 points, 4.3 assists and 2.0 rebounds through 15 games. The 5-foot-11 guard from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, currently ranks eighth in the Pac-12 with 4.3 assists per game and is tied for fifth in the league in assist-turnover ratio (2.0). He scored a season-best 18 points and had a season-high nine assists against Cal State Fullerton on Saturday, Dec. 28. Campbell has scored in double figures in six games. He recorded 15 points and five assists in his first collegiate game as the Bruins defeated Long Beach State (Nov. 6).
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GENERATING OFFENSE
UCLA has seven of its players this season lead the team in scoring in at least one game. Most recently, junior Chris Smith scored a career-high 22 points in the team's overtime loss at Washington State on Saturday, Jan. 4. Last week, freshman Jake Kyman registered his first-ever double-digit scoring effort with 21 points against Washington. Kyman made 7 of 12 shots, all from 3-point distance, in the 66-64 win at Washington. Smith, who has averaged 12.2 points per game, has led the Bruins in scoring in five of 15 games (no other player has led the team in scoring in that many games).
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STRONG OFF THE BENCH
Sophomore Jules Bernard has twice scored a career-high 20 points, with each of those performances coming off the bench. He had 20 points earlier this season in a win against UC Santa Barbara. Bernard also scored 20 points last season in the team's 90-83 victory over Oregon in Pauley Pavilion (Feb. 23, 2019).
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UCLA'S CAREER LIST
Sophomore David Singleton has put himself within range of UCLA's career top 10 list in 3-point field goal percentage. The school's official career list has a minimum of 100 attempts, in order to qualify, and Singleton has made 47 of 105 career 3-pointers. Pooh Richardson ranks No. 1 on the school's career 3-point percentage list (46.4%), while Singleton has made 44.8 percent of his career 3-point attempts.
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DUO OF FIFTH-YEAR SENIORS
Redshirt seniors Prince Ali (9.4 ppg, 3.1 rpg) and Alex Olesinski (1.7 ppg, 2.0 rpg) are the first players at UCLA to have spent more than four years on the team since Michael Roll was a fifth-year senior in 2009-10. Roll finished his UCLA career as the program's all-time leader in games played (147 games, 2005-06 through 2009-10). Recent fifth-year seniors who didn't spend all five seasons in Westwood have included Travis Wear (senior in 2013-14), David Wear (senior in 2013-14) and Larry Drew II (senior in 2012-13) Both Ali and Olesinski have fulfilled their undergraduate degree requirements.
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NEWS AND NOTES
- Looking at UCLA's 15-man roster, 10 of the team's student-athletes either grew up in the Southern California region or attended high school in the Los Angeles area. Cody Riley (listed as Kansas City, Kan.), moved to the Los Angeles area when he was in middle school and attended Sierra Canyon High School (Chatsworth, Calif.).
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- The Bruins have made at least 10 free throws in 13 of 15 games this season. Looking back at least season's statistics, UCLA's 2018-19 squad made at least 10 free throws in 26 of 33 games. The Bruins have shot 68.2 percent from the free throw line this year, an improvement from last season's mark of 63.3 percent.
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- Senior Prince Ali, UCLA's top returning scorer from last season's team, enters the game against USC having scored 804 career points (7.8 ppg in 103 career contests). He currently leads UCLA's team in most career points scored. Junior Chris Smith ranks second in that category, having scored 520 career points through 81 career games.
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- Freshman Jake Kyman set the school's single-game record for most 3-pointers by a freshman (7), as he made 7 of 12 attempts from long range in the team's 66-64 win at Washington on Thursday, Jan. 2. Kyman is UCLA's only freshman and just the ninth player in school history to have made seven or more 3-point field goals in one game.
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- The Bruins committed 27 personal fouls in an overtime loss (79-71) at Washington State on Saturday, Jan. 4. That marked the largest number of fouls committed by a UCLA team since an overtime loss at Stanford on Jan. 4, 2018, when the Bruins had 29 fouls. UCLA last committed 30 or more fouls in an 81-75 loss at Arizona on Feb. 12, 2016 (31 fouls).
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- UCLA's 22 offensive rebounds in the win at Washington (Jan. 2) marked the team's highest single-game offensive rebound total since Jan. 1, 2016. The Bruins had 23 offensive boards in a double overtime loss (96-93) at Washington on Jan. 1, 2016, to open Pac-12 action. In that game back in 2016, the Bruins totaled 59 rebounds against the Huskies.
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- UCLA forced 20 turnovers in the win against San Jose State on Sunday, Dec. 1. That marked the first time since March 1, 2017, in which the Bruins had forced 20 or more turnovers by their opponent. UCLA defeated Washington, 98-66, as the Huskies committed 20 turnovers. Lonzo Ball had four steals in the Bruins' 32-point win against Washington.
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- Jules Bernard, a sophomore from Los Angeles, scored 20 points off the bench in UCLA's 77-61 victory against UC Santa Barbara (Nov. 10). He tied his career high (points) in that game, having also logged 20 points off the bench in the Bruins' 90-83 victory at home against Oregon last season (Feb. 23, 2019), in what was UCLA's second-to-last home contest.
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- Former UCLA center Moses Brown, who was a freshman last season, has become the 95th former UCLA player to have played in the NBA. Brown, a 7-foot-1 center from New York City, made his NBA debut with the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday, Nov. 12. Brown has played for Portland this season as well as in the NBA G-League for the Texas Legends.
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- The largest single-game point total of any current UCLA player belongs to sophomore Jalen Hill, who had a career-best 24 points in a loss to Hofstra (Nov. 21, 2019) in Pauley Pavilion. The largest single-game rebound total of any returning Bruin also belongs to Hill, who tallied 20 boards in a win against Presbyterian last season (Nov. 19, 2018).
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NEXT NOVEMBER
UCLA will join Georgetown, Virginia and Kansas in the 2020 Paycom Wooden Legacy during the week of Thanksgiving (Anaheim Convention Center). This will mark UCLA's first appearance in the Wooden Legacy since winning the event in 2016. UCLA played in the tournament at the Anaheim Convention Center (2009) when the event was named the 76 Classic. In 2016, the Bruins defeated Portland and Nebraska on consecutive days at Cal State Fullerton (Nov. 24-25, 2016) before recording a 74-67 win over Texas A&M in the championship contest at the Honda center (Nov. 27, 2016).
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THE BRUINS WHEN ...
Since the start of the 2016-17 season, UCLA has gone 61-9 when leading at halftime (spanning 117 games). During that span, the Bruins have gone 14-30 when trailing at halftime (2-2 when tied at the break). UCLA's largest halftime deficit overcome in that stretch has been 16 points โ UCLA trailed at home against Oregon, 44-28, on Feb. 23, 2019, and outscored the Ducks in the second half (62-39) to win, 90-83. When the Bruins have built a 10-point lead (or larger) at any point in the game, UCLA has gone 67-9. When trailing by 10 or more points in a game, UCLA has gone 10-33.
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