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No. 19 UCLA to Host Pepperdine on Wednesday Night
November 21, 2022 | Men's Basketball
LOS ANGELES – No. 19-ranked UCLA (3-2) will host Pepperdine (4-1) in a non-conference showdown on Wednesday evening at 7:30 p.m. (PT)). The Bruins' game will be televised by the Pac-12 Network, with J.B. Long and Don MacLean calling the action, courtside in Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom. UCLA's game will also be available in the Los Angeles area on AM 1150.
GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom
Game Time: 7:30 p.m. (PT)
Television: Pac-12 Network
TV Talent: J.B. Long (play-by-play), Don MacLean (analyst)
Radio Broadcast (UCLA Sports Network): AM 1150
Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Tracy Murray (analyst)
SIRIUS XM, SIRIUS XM App Channels: Ch. 84, Ch. 84
UCLA's complete schedule (2022-23): https://ucla.in/3Cc9T62
KEY NOTES ABOUT UCLA
– The Bruins have opened the season with a 3-2 mark, having recently absorbed consecutive losses to No. 19 Illinois (79-70) and No. 5 Baylor (80-75) in Las Vegas at the Continental Tire Main Event, hosted at T-Mobile Arena. Through both games, Jaime Jaquez Jr. averaged 17.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists per contest. Tyger Campbell averaged 17.0 points and 5.0 assists, and Jaylen Clark registered 15.0 points and a team-leading 8.0 rebounds per game.
– UCLA had not faced "top 25" ranked opponents in back-to-back games since the 2021 NCAA Tournament, when the Bruins faced No. 5 Alabama (88-78 OT win), No. 4 Michigan (51-49 win) and No. 1 Gonzaga (93-90 OT loss). UCLA lost in back-to-back games just once last season and never lost three consecutive contests. The Bruins lost 76-66 at Arizona on a Thursday evening (Feb. 3) before dropping an 87-84 decision in triple overtime at Arizona State two nights later (Feb. 5).
– UCLA's program has returned five of the main 11 contributors from last year. UCLA went 27-8 overall last season, advancing to the NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16. Key players back include seniors Tyger Campbell, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kenneth Nwuba and David Singleton and junior Jaylen Clark. Each of those student-athletes played in at least 20 games in 2021-22. All five competed in the 2021 NCAA Tournament (the "First Four" to the Final Four). UCLA also has returned one pair of redshirt freshmen in Mac Etienne and Will McClendon, who both missed last season with knee injuries (torn ACL).
– The Bruins absorbed their first loss of the season on Friday night, falling to No. 19-ranked Illinois, 79-70. UCLA led the game at halftime, 37-28, and added to their margin early in the second half (leading Illinois, 44-29, with just over 17 minutes to play). Illinois outscored UCLA by a 50-26 margin over the game's final 17-plus minutes to secure a 10-point win in the opening round of the 2022 Continental Tire Main Event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
AGAINST PEPPERDINE
UCLA will face Pepperdine this Wednesday night, squaring off against the Waves for the first time since early in the 2020-21 season. The Bruins and Waves battled through three overtime sessions in their second game of the 2020-21 campaign, as UCLA secured a 107-98 win. The game was tied 70-70 at the end of regulation after the Bruins battled back from a 39-32 halftime deficit. UCLA improved its all-time record against Pepperdine to 20-4 with the win at San Diego State's Viejas Arena on Nov. 27, 2020. UCLA's Chris Smith finished with 26 points, 11 rebounds and six assists.
ALL 55 MINUTES
As a sophomore in that game, Jaime Jaquez Jr. played all 55 minutes. He finished the triple-overtime affair with 16 points, 11 rebounds and five assists. He became UCLA's first player to have played in 55 minutes in a game since Feb. 28, 1985 (four OT loss to USC, 80-78) when Reggie Miller and Nigel Miguel each played 59 minutes.
CLARK CONTINUES TO IMPRESS
Junior Jaylen Clark has totaled a team-high 40 rebounds (8.0 rpg) and 14 steals through the first five games. He tallied seven steals in the team's season-opening win against Sacramento State, marking the largest single-game steals total for any UCLA player since Jordan Adams had eight in a win against Sacramento State during his sophomore season (game played in Pauley Pavilion on Nov. 18, 2013). UCLA's single-game record of 11 steals was set by Tyus Edney in a home win over George Mason on Dec. 22, 1994 (the same season in which UCLA won the 1995 NCAA Championship).
RARE ACCOMPLISHMENT
Jaylen Clark and Earl Watson are the only UCLA players to have recorded at least seven steals and eight rebounds in one game. Clark had seven steals and eight rebounds (and 17 points) on Nov. 7 against Sacramento State. Watson had seven steals, eight rebounds and six points against Northern Arizona on Dec. 18, 1997.
ASSISTS AND TURNOVERS
The Bruins have compiled an assist-turnover ratio of 1.5-to-1, through five games. The Bruins' opposition has recorded 62 assists and 83 turnovers (an assist-turnover ratio of 0.75-to-1). Tyger Campbell has registered 23 assists and nine turnovers, while David Singleton has committed just one turnover through 140 minutes (averaging 28.1 minutes per game).Bruins' freshman guard Dylan Andrews has four assists and just one turnover in limited action off the bench (10.9 mpg). Just two weeks into the season, UCLA ranks first among all Pac-12 programs in assist-turnover ratio (1.50).
HISTORY & TRADITION
The 2022-23 school year marks the 104th season in which UCLA has fielded a men's basketball team (first season was 1919-20). In addition, this is the 57th season in which the Bruins have called Pauley Pavilion their home. The arena opened at the start of the 1965-66 season, and UCLA spent the next 46 seasons playing home games in Pauley Pavilion. The arena was closed for an 18-month renovation during the 2011-12 school year, re-opening in Nov. 2012. In all, the Bruins have won a nation-leading 11 NCAA Championships and have advanced to the NCAA Final Four 19 times.
WOODEN AWARD, PRESEASON LIST
Seniors Tyger Campbell and Jaime Jaquez Jr. have been named to the 50-person watch list for this season's John R. Wooden Award, which annually honors the nation's top men's and women's college basketball players. The UCLA men's basketball program has seen past standout players Marques Johnson (1977) and Ed O'Bannon (1995) win the Wooden Award. In fact, Marques Johnson won the Wooden Award in 1977, in the award's first-ever season.
1,000 POINT CLUB
Tyger Campbell became the 60th UCLA player to have scored at least 1,000 career points (in a Bruins' uniform) in the first half of UCLA's win over Long Beach State on Friday, Nov. 11. He currently ranks No. 55 on the school's all-time scoring list (1,059 points). Campbell entered the contest against Long Beach State having scored 996 career points. He crossed the 1,000 point threshold on a 3-point basket in the first six minutes of the first half. Campbell and Jaquez Jr. (1,216 career points) are the only current UCLA players to have reached that 1,000-career-point milestone. Looking at UCLA's veteran student-athletes, David Singleton ranks third (among current players) with 661 career points through 132 career games.
1,000 POINTS, 500 ASSISTS
Tyger Campbell could become one of eight UCLA players to have logged at least 1,000 career points and 500 assists in the Bruins' uniform (the assist statistic has been routinely tracked since the 1973-74 season). Seven former UCLA players have accomplished that 1,000-point and 500-assist milestone. Campbell will enter this Wednesday night's game against Pepperdine having totaled 1,059 career points and 492 assists.
WELCOME TO WESTWOOD
UCLA has added six freshmen to the roster with guards Dylan Andrews, Amari Bailey, Abramo Canka and Jack Seidler and forwards Adem Bona and Evan Manjikian. Bailey (6-foot-5 guard) and Bona (6-foot-10 forward) were both honored as McDonald's All-America selections in the spring of 2022. Bailey was recently listed as a preseason honorable mention All-Pac-12 Conference selection (along with junior Jaylen Clark). Andrews (6-foot-2 guard) spent his first three years of high school at nearby Windward School (Los Angeles) before excelling as a senior at Compass Prep in Arizona. Bona averaged 15.5 points and 10.5 rebounds per game last season as a senior at Prolific Prep (Napa, Calif.).
JAYLEN THE SPARK PLUG
Junior Jaylen Clark has been a go-to contributor for UCLA, early in the basketball season. He has averaged a team-best 16.4 points and 8.0 rebounds in five games. He has also totaled 14 steals, 13 assists and three blocks. This isn't the first time in which Clark has filled up the stat sheet, both on offense and defense. He had a five-game stretch as a sophomore (Feb. 2022), averaging 14.8 points, 6.4 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 2.4 steals (the Bruins went 4-1 in those five contests).
THREE-POINT STREAK
UCLA has made at least one 3-pointer played in its last 758 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 302 of 310 games since the start of the 2013-14 season. The Bruins made a school single-game-record 19 three-pointers, on 31 attempts, in a 104-89 win at Colorado on Jan. 12, 2017. UCLA's previous 3-point record was set earlier that season, as the Bruins made 18 of 30 attempts in the regular-season opener against Pacific (Nov. 11, 2016). UCLA has made 17 or more 3-point field goals in four games (19 once, 18 once and 17 twice).
