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Bruins to Host No. 18 Wisconsin on Tuesday
January 19, 2025 | Men's Basketball
LOS ANGELES – The UCLA men's basketball team returns to the court this Tuesday night, hosting No. 18-ranked Wisconsin inside Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom. Game time is 6:30 p.m. (PT). The Bruins snapped a four-game losing streak on Friday night with a 94-70 win over Iowa. Eric Dailey Jr. scored a team-leading 23 points against the visiting Hawkeyes, while Tyler Bilodeau added 18 points for the Bruins (12-6). This Tuesday's game will be streamed live through Peacock.
GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom
Capacity: 13,800
Tipoff Time: 6:32 p.m. (PT)
Watch Live: Peacock
Broadcast Talent: Ted Robinson (play-by-play), Darren Collison (analyst)
Radio (UCLA Audio Network): AM 570
Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Tracy Murray (analyst)
SIRIUS XM: Channel 85, and on the SXM App
UCLA'S TICKET INFORMATION (HOME GAMES)
Single-game tickets for UCLA's seven remaining home games are on sale. Fans can secure tickets to each of the Bruins' remaining home conference games in UCLA's historic, inaugural year in the Big Ten. The Bruins are back in action at home on Tuesday, Jan. 21, hosting No. 24 Wisconsin at 6:30 p.m. (PT).
Additional home matchups in Big Ten play include 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.
PARKING AT UCLA
Fans are encouraged to purchase parking for UCLA's home games in advance with the Bruin ePermit Portal. The university's ePermit Portal allows basketball fans to purchase and manage a parking permit in advance of a sporting event at UCLA. Fans can also use "Parkmobile" to pay for parking using a smartphone. Individuals can create an account with Parkmobile by downloading and installing the mobile app or by visiting this Parkmobile website. Details regarding Parkmobile can be accessed here. Visitor parking rates at UCLA can be viewed here.
CATCHING UP ON THE BRUINS
– The Bruins snapped a four-game losing streak last Friday with a 94-70 win at home against Iowa.
– This marks the 106th basketball season at UCLA and the sixth year with head coach Mick Cronin at the helm.
– UCLA has gone 1-4 in the month of January after compiling a 5-1 record through December.
– The Bruins have gone 59-3 since the start of the 2019-20 season when holding the opposition to fewer than 60 points.
– This season, UCLA has posted a perfect 8-0 mark when holding the opposing team to 65 or fewer points.
– Junior Tyler Bilodeau has averaged 14.6 points and 5.0 rebounds in 18 games, shooting 50.5 percent from the field.
– Sophomore Eric Dailey Jr. ranks second on the team in scoring (12.2 ppg) and third in rebounding (4.2 rpg).
– Through games played Saturday, Jan. 18, UCLA ranked No. 19 in the nation in scoring defense (63.7 ppg).
– Through Saturday, Jan. 18, UCLA ranked No. 6 in the nation in turnovers forced per game (17.0).
– Through Saturday, Jan. 18, the Bruins were No. 8, nationally, in turnover margin (+5.1).
– UCLA has limited the opposition to 65 points or fewer in eight of 18 games this season.
– Kobe Johnson (34 steals, 1.9 spg) ranked fifth in the Big Ten in steals per game (through Saturday, Jan. 18).
– UCLA plays four of its next six games at home after having played three of the first four on the road in January.
– 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 127-59 record, now in his sixth season with the Bruins.
THIS SEASON, SO FAR
– The Bruins' 94 points scored on Friday (94-70, vs. Iowa) marked the most points in a conference game by any UCLA team since the Burins won at Oregon State, 94-55, on Feb. 26, 2023.
– UCLA shot 62.1 percent in the victory over Iowa on Friday, marking the Bruins' best percentage since the start of the 2019-20 season (under head coach Mick Cronin). UCLA shot 61.7 percent in a win over Oregon State on Jan. 15, 2022.
– UCLA's 94-70 win against Iowa snapped a four-game losing streak that included a pair of back-to-back road losses at Maryland (79-61, on Friday, Jan. 10) and at Rutgers (75-68, on Monday, Jan. 13).
– The Bruins held Iowa to 70 points on Friday, the Hawkeyes' second-lowest point total of the season (scored 69 in a loss to Utah State on Nov. 22). Iowa ranks third in the nation in scoring (88.4 ppg) and fourth in field goal percentage (50.8%).
– The Bruins have shot 45.3 percent overall and 24.1 percent from 3-point range in five January contests. UCLA shot 43.0 percent from beyond the 3-point arc in six December contests (55-for-128).
– Through the Bruins' last six games, Kobe Johnson has averaged 10.2 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.8 assts. He has shot 51.4 percent from the field and 44.0 percent from 3-point range (11-for-25) in those six contests.
– The Bruins have tallied an assist-turnover ratio of 1.7-to-1 in 12 wins this year, while posting a ratio of 0.9-to-1 in six losses. Likewise, the Bruins have surrendered an average of 57.1 points per game in 12 wins (and 77.0 ppg in six losses).
– UCLA limited Gonzaga to a season-low 62 points in the Bruins' 65-62 win at Intuit Dome (Inglewood, Calif.) on Saturday, Dec. 28. Gonzaga has averaged 88.4 points per game, the fourth-highest scoring average in the nation (through Jan. 18).
– The Bruins erased a 13-point deficit against Arizona on Saturday, Dec. 14, playing in Phoenix at Footprint Center. UCLA used a 21-5 scoring run in the final 11 minutes of the second half to overcome a 49-36 deficit (UCLA won, 57-54).
BRUINS TO HOST WISCONSIN
The Bruins are back in action against No. 18-ranked Wisconsin on Tuesday night (6:30 p.m., PT). UCLA last faced Wisconsin at the Hall of Fame Classic in Kansas City, Mo., on Nov. 21, 2017. The Bruins won that game, 72-70. Aaron Holiday finished with 18 points, five assists and three steals, scoring the game-winning layup with 0.9 seconds left to snap a 70-70 tie. UCLA has gone 5-2 in the series with Wisconsin. Prior to 2017, the Bruins defeated Wisconsin (69-57) at the Maui Invitational on Nov. 21, 1995. The two schools last faced off at either UCLA or
Wisconsin in Nov. 1972 (at UCLA).
LOOKING AHEAD
With 13 games to play on the regular-season schedule, UCLA will play four of its next six games at home. All six of those contests will take place along the West Coast, with the two road contests occurring in the next week at Washington (Jan. 24) and down the freeway at USC (Jan. 27). Following those two road games, UCLA will return to Pauley Pavilion for a three-game homestand against Big Ten foes Oregon, Michigan State and Penn State. The Bruins have two more two-game road trips away from the West Coast (vs. Illinois and Indiana, and vs. Purdue and Northwestern).
BRUINS CRUISE PAST IOWA
Five Bruins scored in double figures as the Bruins took down Iowa, 94-70, on Friday evening inside Pauley Pavilion. UCLA raced to a 57-24 halftime lead, the Bruins' largest halftime advantage since taking a 34-point cushion against James Madison on Nov. 15, 2012 (UCLA won that game, 100-70, having led at halftime, 63-29). Eric Dailey Jr. scored a career-high 23 points, connecting on 8 of 12 shots, while Tyler Bilodeau added 18 points. William Kyle III scored a season-high 12 points, sinking 6 of 7 shots. In addition, Dylan Andrews had 13 points and Skyy Clark finished with 12 points.
UCLA FALTERS AT RUTGERS
Rutgers secured a 75-68 win over UCLA on Monday, Jan. 13, using an 8-0 scoring run in the opening minutes of the second half to erase a 33-30 halftime deficit. UCLA's Sebastian Mack and Eric Dailey Jr. each scored 16 points in the Big Ten loss. Rutgers' freshman Ace Bailey registered a team-leading 20 points and had 10 rebounds. UCLA trailed Rutgers by nine points with 5:48 to play and later, with 5:14 remaining. The Bruins cut the deficit down to 63-62 with 2:07 to play, but UCLA was unable to tie the game or take the lead. Rutgers shot 46.2 percent from the field against UCLA (24-for-52).
TALENTED TYLER
Junior Tyler Bilodeau has averaged a team-leading 14.6 points per game and ranks second on the team in rebounding (5.0 rpg). Bilodeau has scored in double figures in 13 of 18 games, having reached the 20-point plateau in three contests. Last month in New York City, he totaled a career-high-tying 26 points in a loss to North Carolina. He has shot 50.5 percent from the field and 38.8 percent from 3-point distance, knocking down at least four 3-pointers in two games. He shot 5-for-6 from long-range in the Bruins' 76-74 loss to North Carolina at Madison Square Garden (Dec. 21). Bilodeau, a 6-foot-9 forward from Kennewick, Wash., spent his first two collegiate seasons playing for Oregon State.
NATIONAL NUMBERS
Through games played on Saturday, Jan. 18, the Bruins ranked No. 19 in the country in scoring defense (63.7 ppg), No. 6 in turnovers forced per game (17.0) and No. 8 in turnover margin (+5.1). In addition, the Bruins have ranked No. 44 in the nation in scoring margin (11.9 points per game). Looking at shooting percentages, the opposition has shot 42.2 percent against UCLA (No. 122, nationally) and 32.1 percent from 3-point range (No. 132, nationally). The latest national metrics on KenPom.com have listed UCLA at No. 12 in the nation in defensive efficiency and No. 74 in offensive efficiency.
SKYY'S THE LIMIT
Junior guard Skyy Clark has recorded an assist-turnover ratio of 2.3 through 18 games (totaling 48 assists, 21 turnovers). Clark joined the Bruins' program in the summer of 2024 after having averaged a team-leading 13.2 points per game as a sophomore at Louisville last season. He enters this Tuesday's home game with the team's second-highest assist total (48) behind Kobe Johnson (60). He registered 11 points, a career-best nine rebounds and a career-high-tying seven assists in a 65-62 win against Gonzaga. Clark scored a season-best 15 points in a comeback win over Arizona on Saturday, Dec. 14.
TOP DEFENDER
Senior guard Kobe Johnson has totaled 190 steals in 109 career games (1.74 spg). He enters Tuesday night's game with a team-best 34 steals (Skyy Clark has totaled 23), having registered 1.9 steals per game in 18 contests as a senior. Johnson had six steals in a win over Cal State Fullerton (Nov. 22), the third time in his career he has logged six in a game. Hailing from Milwaukee, Wis., Johnson earned Pac-12 All-Defensive Team honors the past two seasons at USC. Over the previous two seasons (64 games), he averaged 10.0 points, 4.8 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 2.2 steals per contest while at USC.
ON THE DEFENSIVE END
Arizona's 54 points scored on Saturday, Dec. 14, at Footprint Center in Phoenix were the fewest by the Wildcats' program since Feb. 8, 2020, when UCLA secured a 65-52 win over Arizona at McKale Center in Tucson, Ariz. The 54 points scored by Arizona were the fewest in a game by the Wildcats in head coach Tommy Lloyd's career in Tucson (now in his fourth season). More recently, Arizona lost to Texas Tech, 70-54, on Saturday, Jan. 18 (tying that 54-point total). Since UCLA's 57-54 win over Arizona last month, the Wildcats have won seven of eight games, improving their overall record to 11-6.
ROAD VICTORY IN EUGENE
The Bruins' 73-71 win at No. 12-ranked Oregon on Sunday, Dec. 8, marked the program's first road win over a top-20 ranked opponent since No. 16 UCLA won at No. 20 Maryland, 87-60, on Dec. 14, 2022. Prior to the win in 2022, UCLA won at No. 18 Colorado, 70-63, on Feb. 22, 2020 (during a stretch of the year where the Bruins won 11 of 13 games). The Bruins have not played a road game at a top-10 ranked opponent since losing to No. 7 Arizona, 76-66, at the McKale Center in Tucson, Ariz., on Feb. 3, 2022 (the Bruins were ranked No. 3 in the nation heading into that game).
NOTES ON PAULEY PAVILION
The Bruins have gone 8-1 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 73-14 record in 87 home games (83.9% win percentage).
MINUTES DISTRIBUTION
Now past the halfway mark in the Bruins' season (after 18 games), no players on UCLA's roster have averaged more than 29 minutes per game, as senior Kobe Johnson has led the team in minutes (averaging 28.2 mpg). Since UCLA began recording minutes 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). In 2019-20, 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 nine players who have averaged at least 10.0 minutes per contest.
