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UCLA Set to Face Washington State on Thursday
January 12, 2021 | Men's Basketball
LOS ANGELES โ UCLA will be back in action against Washington State on Thursday afternoon (2 p.m., PT). The Bruins' game will be nationally televised on Fox Sports 1 (FS1), with Joe Davis and Casey Jacobsen calling the action in Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom. The Bruins have compiled record of 109-18 against Washington State. The two schools split a pair of regular-season matchups last season, with each team winning the game in overtime on its home court. UCLA has won its last 10 home contests against the Cougars, including last season's 86-83 victory in overtime (Feb. 13, 2020).
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GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom
Tipoff Time: 2:01 p.m. (PT)
Television: Fox Sports 1 (FS1)
TV Talent: Joe Davis (play-by-play), Casey Jacobsen (analyst)
Radio (UCLA Sports Network): AM 570
Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Tracy Murray (analyst)
XM Radio Channel: Ch. 385
SIRIUSXM Internet Channel: Ch. 975
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BRUIN GAMEDAY LIVE PREGAME SHOW
Starting 30 minutes before all home games, Bruin Gameday Live will bring fans inside Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom. The live simulcast of the pregame radio show will be hosted by Josh Lewin and Tracy Murray. The show includes an interview with head coach Mick Cronin, a matchup scouting report, live shots of the team warmups as well as popular videoboard segments such as the intro video, heritage video and appearances by the UCLA Spirit Squad and the UCLA Band. Once the game starts, Bruin Gameday Live will complement the TV and radio broadcasts with game stats, a social media feed, prize giveaways, and more. Bookmark BruinGamedayLive.com on all connected devices to watch this new virtual game day experience.
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ABOUT THE BRUINS
- UCLA has won its last four games and has been ranked No. 21 in this week's top-25 Coaches' Poll.
- The Bruins have opened 5-0 in Pac-12 play for the first time since 2012-13 (UCLA opened 7-0 in 1993-94).
- Dating back to last season, UCLA has won 12 of its past 13 Pac-12 contests.
- Dating back to last January, the Bruins have won 13 consecutive home games (including the last 10 in Pac-12 play).
- Dating back to last January, UCLA has won 20 of its previous 25 games (by an average of 9.7 points per game).
- UCLA has six players who have averaged at least 9.9 points per game (Jaime Jaquez Jr., team-best 12.8 ppg).
- UCLA has committed fewer fouls than the opposition in all 11 games during the 2020-21 season.
- Nine players on the Bruins' 14-man roster have each scored at least 10 points in at least one career game with UCLA.
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INDIVIDUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Jaime Jaquez Jr. (35.0) & Tyger Campbell (34.9) rank second and third, respectively, in the Pac-12 in minutes per game.
- Tyger Campbell (11.6 ppg, 6.5 apg) leads the Pac-12 in assists per game (6.5) and total assists (72).
- Jaime Jaquez Jr. leads UCLA in 3-pointers made (18-for-39, 46.2%) and has made at least one 3-pointer in all 11 games.
- David Singleton ranks fourth in the Pac-12 in best 3-point shooting percentage (47.1%, 16-for-34).
- Cody Riley averaged 15.5 points and 9.5 rebounds in two wins last week ... he made 10 of 14 shots through both games.
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BACK FROM ARIZONA
UCLA swept a pair of road games at Arizona State and Arizona last week, on Thursday and Saturday, respectively. Tyger Campbell scored a career-high-tying 22 points in the Bruins' 81-76 victory at Arizona. The sophomore guard made 7 of 10 shots and was a perfect 8-for-8 from the free throw line. UCLA and Arizona were tied, 41-41, at halftime before the Bruins had built a 62-54 advantage with 10 minutes to play in the game. UCLA never trailed the rest of the game.
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AT THE MCKALE CENTER
UCLA has won its last four games at Arizona (2017, 2018, 2020 and 2021), the Bruins' longest such winning streak at Arizona's McKale Center since winning five in a row from 1980 through 1984.
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UCLA EDGES ARIZONA STATE
The Bruins defeated Arizona State in overtime, 81-75, last Thursday night at Desert Financial Arena (Tempe, Ariz.). With that win, UCLA has won six of its past seven overtime contests (four of the last five, under head coach Mick Cronin). Cody Riley recorded career highs in points (22) and rebounds (13), as the forward from Kansas City, Kan., made 8 of 11 shots and 6 of 8 free throws. Riley scored eight of the Bruins' 16 overtime points in the win at Arizona State.
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LAST FIVE MINUTES
Through UCLA's last four games, Cody Riley has made 10 of 12 free throws in the game's final five minutes. Riley was 4-for-4 at the line in the last five minutes of UCLA's win at Arizona (Jan. 9) and made 4 of 6 free throws in the five-minute overtime session during the victory at Arizona State (Jan. 7).
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CLOSING TIME
In two seasons under head coach Mick Cronin, UCLA has gone 12-3 in games decided by five points or fewer (and all contests that finish in overtime, regardless of score margin). Last season, the Bruins went 7-3 in such contests. This year, UCLA has gone 5-0. Through Coach Cronin's final three seasons at Cincinnati (2016-17 through 2018-19), his teams went 18-7 in those games. From 2016-17 through this season, his teams have gone 30-10 in those narrow contests.
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70 POINTS OR FEWER
This season, UCLA has compiled a 6-0 record when limiting the opposition to 70 or fewer points. Last season, UCLA went 18-1 when holding the opposition to 70 or fewer points (the lone loss was a 54-52 setback at USC in the final game of the regular season). Through his final three seasons as the head coach at Cincinnati (2016-17 through 2018-19), Coach Cronin's teams went 79-10 when limiting the opposition to 70 or fewer points. Over the past five seasons (2016-17 through 2020-21), his teams have gone 103-11 when holding the opponent to 70 or fewer points (through a span of 148 games).
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POST PRODUCTION
UCLA's Jalen Hill and Cody Riley have each recorded double-doubles this season. The two redshirt juniors have played in nearly every game the previous two seasons. Riley has started all 11 games this year, averaging 10.1 points and 5.8 rebounds per contest. Hill missed the Bruins' first two games (tendonitis, right knee) but has since averaged 8.4 points and 6.1 rebounds per game. Hill has shot 8-for-9 in the last three games and has shot 61.5 percent this season.
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WHO'S BACK AT UCLA?
UCLA entered 2020-21 with eight of its 10 primary contributors back from last season's team. The Bruins returned all five starters from the second half of last season (Tyger Campbell, David Singleton, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Chris Smith and Jalen Hill). UCLA also brought back Cody Riley, Jules Bernard and Jake Kyman, as well as Kenneth Nwuba, who took a redshirt year in 2019-20. The program added sophomore Johnny Juzang (transfer from Kentucky) and freshmen Jaylen Clark, Mac Etienne and Logan Cremonesi. The roster currently includes five players who've played in at least 70 games (at UCLA).
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WELCOME TO WESTWOOD
Sophomore Johnny Juzang, who grew up in Tarzana, Calif., has averaged 11.4 points and has made 17 of 19 free throw attempts (89.5%) in seven games. He has made at least five shots in three of the Bruins' last five games and has scored in double figures in five of seven games. Juzang, a 6-foot-6 guard, missed UCLA's first four games this season with a stress reaction in his right foot. He transferred from Kentucky to UCLA in the summer after having played in 28 games for the Wildcats as a true freshman last year. Juzang attended nearby Harvard-Westlake School (Studio City, Calif.).
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STEADY IMPROVEMENT
Junior Jules Bernard, who grew up in Los Angeles and attended Windward School, has averaged career highs with 9.9 points and 5.4 rebounds per game this season. Bernard has shot 48.6 percent (35-for-72) from the field and 74.4 percent (29-for-39) at the free throw line. He has currently posted his best overall shooting percentage (48.6) and minutes per game average (27.7) during his three-year career. Bernard had 47 assists and 84 turnovers in his first two seasons but has totaled 15 assists and 15 turnovers through 11 games as a junior.
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THE FILE ON JAQUEZ JR.
Sophomore Jaime Jaquez Jr. has averaged a team-leading 12.8 points per game while shooting 48.5 percent from the field (50-for-103). He leads the team in most shots made (50) and most 3-pointers made (18). He has shot 18-for-39 from 3-point distance (46.2 percent) and is tied for second on the team in rebounds per game (6.0). Through Sunday's games, Jaquez Jr. ranked second among all Pac-12 players in minutes per game (35.0 mpg) As a freshman in 2019-20, he averaged 8.9 points and 4.8 rebounds per game and ranked third on the team in minutes per game (26.7).
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FROM 3-POINT RANGE
Jaime Jaquez Jr. has made 46.2 percent of his 3-point attempts (18-for-39), a noticeable improvement from his freshman season (when he shot 31.3 percent from long range, 25-of-80). Jaquez Jr. has made at least one 3-point attempt in all 11 games this season. In fact, he has connected on at least two 3-pointers (or more) in five contests and is UCLA's only player to have made a 3-point basket in every game.
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MIDSEASON ADDITION
Mac Etienne, a 6-foot-9 forward from New York, N.Y., has enrolled in UCLA's 2021 winter quarter. He spent the past two seasons at Suffield Academy (Suffield, Conn) and has signed his grant-in-aid with UCLA. Etienne, who intends to redshirt the 2020-21 season, was ranked as high as No. 31 in the Class of 2020 "top-100" by 247Sports.com. Etienne has been listed among the top 60 players in his high school class by 247Sports.com, Rivals.com and ESPN.com. He also competed for the Nike PSA Cardinals AAU program and had been the top-ranked player in the state of Connecticut. Last season, he was named the 2019-20 Gatorade Boys' Basketball Player of the Year in Connecticut.
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THE BRUINS WHEN ...
Since the start of the 2016-17 season, the Bruins have gone 72-9 when leading at halftime (spanning 143 games). During that span, the UCLA has gone 19-36 when trailing at halftime (4-1 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 77-9. When trailing by 10 or more points in a game, UCLA has gone 14-37.
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STREAKING
UCLA has made at least one 3-pointer played in its last 696 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 242 of 248 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 road game, 104-89.
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