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Men's Basketball Set to Play at No. 12 Oregon on Sunday
December 06, 2024 | Men's Basketball
EUGENE, Ore. – UCLA (7-1, 1-0 Big Ten) will play its first true road game of the season at No. 12/10 Oregon (9-0, 1-0) this Sunday afternoon. Game time at Oregon's Matthew Knight Arena is set for 3 p.m. (PT). UCLA's contest will be televised on Big Ten Network, with Guy Haberman and Don MacLean providing the call and Andy Katz serving as the sideline reporter. Fans in the Los Angeles region can listen to UCLA's audio broadcast on AM 1150 (with Josh Lewin and Tracy Murray).
GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Matthew Knight Arena
Capacity: 12,364
Tipoff Time: 3:07 p.m. (PT)
TV Network: Big Ten Network
TV Talent: Guy Haberman (play-by-play), Don MacLean (analyst), Andy Katz (sideline)
Radio (UCLA Audio Network): AM 1150
Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Tracy Murray (analyst)
SIRIUS XM: Ch. 372 and on the SXM App
UCLA'S TICKET INFORMATION (HOME GAMES)
Single-game tickets for UCLA's nine remaining Big Ten men's basketball home games are now on sale. Fans can purchase tickets to each of the Bruins' remaining home conference games in UCLA's historic, inaugural year in the Big Ten. The Bruins will return to conference play (at home) against Michigan, the night of Tuesday, Jan. 7. Game time between UCLA and Michigan is set for 7 p.m. (PT). This will mark Michigan's first meeting against UCLA in Pauley Pavilion since a sold-out contest on Dec. 10, 2016.
Additional home matchups in Big Ten play will include Iowa (Friday, Jan. 17), Wisconsin (Tuesday, Jan. 21), Oregon (Thursday, Jan. 30), Michigan State (Tuesday, Feb. 4), Penn State (Saturday, Feb. 8), Minnesota (Tuesday, Feb. 18), Ohio State (Sunday, Feb. 23) and USC (Saturday, March 8) in the season finale for both schools.
Complete ticket information about UCLA men's basketball is available here. Direct links to single-game ticket purchases can be viewed here. Fans can call (310) 206-5991 or email tickets@athletics.ucla.edu for more information. In addition, be sure to check out all of the game themes and upcoming promotions for the Bruins' 2024-25 season.
CATCHING UP ON THE BRUINS
– UCLA has opened with a 7-1 record for the first time since the 2021-22 basketball season.
– This marks the 106th basketball season at UCLA and the sixth year with head coach Mick Cronin at the helm.
– Sunday's contest at Oregon will mark UCLA's first true road game of the year.
– Through games played on Thursday (Dec. 4), UCLA ranked No. 1 in the nation in scoring defense (53.1 ppg).
– Junior forward Tyler Bilodeau leads the Bruins in scoring (14.1 ppg) and rebounding (6.1 rpg).
– Nine Bruins have averaged at least 5.0 points per game (with three players averaging at least 10.0 points per game).
– The Bruins have forced an average of 18.9 turnovers per game through eight contests (No. 3, nationally).
– UCLA has limited the opposition to 50 points or fewer in five of eight total games played this season.
– Sophomore Sebastian Mack (10.6 ppg) ranks No. 8 in the Big Ten in most free throw attempts per game (5.8).
– The Bruins will play just one more home game in the month of December (Tuesday, Dec. 17, vs. Prairie View A&M).
– UCLA's program added nine incoming players this season – six transfer students and three freshmen.
– As head coach, Mick Cronin has led UCLA to an 122-54 record, now in his sixth season with the Bruins.
UCLA VERSUS OREGON
– The Bruins have compiled a 94-42 all-time record against Oregon in a series that began in 1937.
– UCLA's most recent win at Oregon took place on Feb. 11, 2023 (the Bruins won, 70-63).
– The Bruins have gone 4-9 all-time at Matthew Knight Arena, which opened midseason on Jan. 13, 2011.
– Last season, these schools split two regular-season meetings and Oregon defeated UCLA at the Pac-12 Tournament.
– UCLA and Oregon have had four contests advance to overtime in the past 10 seasons (most recently in 2019).
– The Bruins will host Oregon in Pauley Pavilion on the night of Thursday, Jan. 30 (game time is 7:30 p.m., PT).
MOST RECENTLY, FOR UCLA
The Bruins have won six consecutive games, all at home, since dropping a 72-64 decision to New Mexico in Henderson, Nev., on Friday, Nov. 8. UCLA secured its first-ever Big Ten victory on Tuesday night, outlasting Washington in Pauley Pavilion, 69-58. Tyler Bilodeau and Sebastian Mack each scored 16 points, as the Bruins limited Washington to 38.8 percent shooting from the field (and 3-for-16 from 3-point distance, 18.8%). UCLA has scored at least 80 points in five games this season, having reached the 80-point mark in just one game at Stanford last season (the Bruins won, 82-74).
CREATING OPPORTUNITIES
UCLA shot 40-for-80 in a recent home win against Southern Utah, marking the most shot attempts by any Bruins' team in a non-overtime contest since Jan. 7, 1999, when the Bruins made 23 of 81 shots (28.4%) in a 65-63 loss at Oregon State. Including overtime contests, UCLA last had 80 or more shot attempts in an 107-98 triple-overtime win against Pepperdine at San Diego State on Nov. 27, 2020 (when UCLA shot 36-of-82).
TALENTED TYLER
Through eight games, junior Tyler Bilodeau has averaged a team-best 14.1 points per game and a team-leading 6.1 rebounds per game. He has shot 49.5 percent from the field and 39.1 percent (9-for-23) from beyond the 3-point arc. Bilodeau has scored in double figures in six games, including a 23-point and 15-rebound effort in UCLA's lone loss to New Mexico on Friday, Nov. 8. In a recent win against Idaho State, Bilodeau shot 4-for-4 from 3-point range. He became UCLA's first player to shoot 100% from 3-point range, with a minimum of four attempts, since Nov. 17, 2021, when Tyger Campbell was a perfect 4-for-4 from downtown in a non-conference win over North Florida.
GETTING TO THE LINE
Sophomore Sebastian Mack has shot 37-for-46 at the free throw line in eight games (all off the bench). He made 15 of 16 free throws (and totaled 21 points) in an 84-70 win against Idaho State on Nov. 20. His 15 made free throws were the most in a game by any UCLA player since Bryce Alford went 17-for-18 (free throws) in a 96-93 double-overtime loss at Washington on Jan. 1, 2016. Prior to that game, then-freshman Jordan Adams (in his second collegiate contest) went 16-for-16 at the line in an 80-79 win over UC Irvine on Nov. 13, 2012. Mack shot 13-for-13 at the free throw line last season against Marquette (Nov. 20, 2023), exactly one year prior to his 15-for-16 free throw effort against Idaho State.
40 AND BELOW
UCLA limited Boston University to 40 points (71-40) on Monday, Nov. 11, the first time since Jan. 19, 2020, in which the Bruins held the opposition to 40 or fewer points (Jan. 19, 2020, UCLA defeated California, 50-40, in Pauley Pavilion). Since the start of the 1994-95 season, the Bruins have limited their opponent to 40 or fewer points in 12 games. Prior to the game in Jan. 2020, the Bruins had not accomplished that feat since a 55-40 win against USC (Pac-10 Tournament in Los Angeles). UCLA last held a team to fewer than 30 points in the first round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, as the top-seeded Bruins cruised past No. 16-seed Mississippi Valley State, 70-29 (Anaheim, Calif.).
FORCING TURNOVERS
UCLA's 30 forced turnovers in the 88-43 win over Southern Utah (Tuesday, Nov. 26) marked the highest single-game total registered by the Bruins since the 1999-2000 season. Previously, the Bruins forced 32 turnovers in a season-opening 76-57 win against Fairfield University in Pauley Pavilion (Fairfield had 32 turnovers, and UCLA committed 22). Since the 1975-76 season, when UCLA began to consistently record turnover stats, the Bruins have forced at least 30 turnovers in six games, spanning a stretch of nearly 1,585 total games. UCLA forced 30 or more turnovers in three other games during the 1990s and in one home victory against Stanford during the 1974-75 season.
NATIONAL NUMBERS
Through games played on Thursday, Dec. 4, the Bruins ranked No. 1 in the nation in scoring defense (53.1 ppg), No. 5 in scoring margin (25.1 ppg) and No. 6 in field goal percentage defense (36.1%). UCLA ranked No. 3 in turnover margin (+8.0) and in turnovers forced per game (18.9), No. 29 in steals per game (9.9) and No. 32 in assist-turnover ratio (1.57). Looking at individual standouts, guards Kobe Johnson (No. 40, nationally) and Skyy Clark (No. 70) have ranked among the nation's top 70 leaders in steals per game (Johnson at 2.38 per game, and Clark at 2.13 per game).
EYEING THE SCHEDULE
UCLA's remaining schedule of December games includes five contests between this Sunday (Dec. 8) and Saturday, Dec. 28. The Bruins will play one game next week, a neutral-site matchup against Arizona in Phoenix (Footprint Center), scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 14. That game will be nationally televised on ESPN2. UCLA hosts Prairie View A&M on Tuesday, Dec. 17, in the Bruins' final non-league home matchup. The Bruins will play in the annual CBS Sports Classic on Saturday, Dec. 21, taking on North Carolina at Madison Square Garden in New York. UCLA has not faced North Carolina since a Sweet 16 matchup in March 2022 (UNC won, 73-66). The Bruins will face Gonzaga in a neutral-site game at the nearby Intuit Dome (Inglewood, Calif.) on Saturday, Dec. 28. Game time is tentatively set for 5 p.m. (contingent on that week's NFL schedule).
ROSTER BREAKDOWN
UCLA's 2024-25 roster includes three seniors (Dominick Harris has one additional year of eligibility), four juniors, seven sophomores and three freshmen. In addition to Harris, that list of seniors also includes Kobe Johnson and Lazar Stefanovic. The four juniors include Dylan Andrews, Tyler Bilodeau, Skyy Clark and William Kyle III. Aside from Clark (49 career games), the remaining six juniors and seniors have played in at least 68 collegiate contests. Leading the way in that category are Stefanovic (103 career games) and Johnson (98 games, including the first 91 while at USC). Three of those veteran players have averaged at least 10.0 points per game in their career (Bilodeau, Clark and Kyle III).
BIG TEN CONFERENCE
The Bruins' 20-game Big Ten schedule includes 10 home games and 10 road games. Two of the 20 contests have already arrived (UCLA defeated Washington on Tuesday night, 69-58). Following this Sunday's conference road game at Oregon (Dec. 8), UCLA will resume its Big Ten schedule in January 2025. The remaining 18 Big Ten games pick up after the New Year, and UCLA will play three of those first four on the road – Jan. 4 at Nebraska, Jan. 7 against Michigan (at home), and on the road at Maryland (Jan. 10) and Rutgers (Jan. 13). Looking at the back half of the conference schedule, UCLA is set to play six of its last 10 Big Ten games at home, including a season finale in Pauley Pavilion against USC (Saturday, March 8).
NOTES ON PAULEY PAVILION
The Bruins have gone 7-0 in Pauley Pavilion this season, now in their 59th campaign playing in the longtime UCLA basketball venue. Pauley Pavilion opened for the 1965-66 season. The first game in Pauley Pavilion took place on Dec. 3, 1965, as No. 1 UCLA defeated Ohio State, 92-66. UCLA spent 47 seasons in Pauley Pavilion before the venue was closed for an 18-month renovation (closed in March of 2011). UCLA hosted 18 home games during the 2011-12 season at the Los Angeles Sports Arena (14 games) near downtown L.A. and at the Honda Center in Anaheim (four games) before returning to Pauley Pavilion in Nov. 2012. This marks the 13th year in the "new" configuration of Pauley Pavilion.
Last year, CSUN snapped UCLA's 29-home-game winning streak with a 76-72 win over the Bruins (Dec. 19, 2023). Prior to that game, UCLA had not lost at home since an overtime setback (84-81) to Oregon on Jan. 13, 2022. UCLA's 29-game home streak had been the longest active streak in the country. Since taking over as UCLA's head coach prior to the 2019-20 season, Mick Cronin has guided the Bruins to a 71-13 record in 84 home games (84.5% win percentage).
MULTIPLE SCORING THREATS
The Bruins' 2024-25 roster has nine players who have each scored at least 20 points in one collegiate game. Skyy Clark totaled 36 points in Louisville's final game last season (ACC Tournament, against eventual Final Four competitor N.C. State). Dylan Andrews registered a career-high 31 points in the Bruins' win against Oregon State at the Pac-12 Tournament last season (March 13, 2024). Dominick Harris totaled a career-high 31 points last season for LMU in a non-conference win against Central Arkansas. The six other players on that list include Sebastian Mack (27 points), Lazar Stefanovic (26 points), Tyler Bilodeau (26 points), William Kyle III (26 points), Kobe Johnson (21 points) and Eric Dailey Jr. (20 points).
MINUTES DISTRIBUTION
While it's early in the season (through eight games), no players on UCLA's roster have averaged any more than 26 minutes per game – junior Tyler Bilodeau leads the team in minutes per game (25.0 mpg). Since UCLA began recording the minutes stat in 1978-79, the Bruins have always had at least one player average 30.0 or more minutes per game (by the end of the year). During the 2019-20 season, then-freshman guard Tyger Campbell finished the year as the Bruins' leader in minutes per game, at exactly 30.0 mpg. This year's team has 11 players who have averaged at least 10.0 minutes per contest.
DOUBLED UP
UCLA had twice as many shot attempts (80 to 40) as Southern Utah in an 88-43 win in Pauley Pavilion on Tuesday, Nov. 26. That marked the second game since the start of the 1970-71 season in which the Bruins accomplished that feat, having at least twice as many shots attempts than the opposing team (spanning over 1,725 contests). Previously, UCLA outshot Oregon State in Corvallis, 81 to 40 (shot attempts), in a 65-63 loss on Jan. 7, 1999. In this season's home victory over Southern Utah, the Bruins shot 38-for-80 (47.5%) while Southern Utah made just 14 of 40 shot attempts (35.0%).
