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Men's Basketball Looks Ahead to Hosting Oregon on Saturday
December 05, 2025 | Men's Basketball
LOS ANGELES โ UCLA (6-2, 1-0 Big Ten) continues its two-game week in Big Ten play by hosting Oregon (4-4, 0-1) this Saturday afternoon. Game time is set for 3 p.m. (PT) inside Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom Financial. The Bruins' home contest on Saturday will be nationally broadcast by Peacock, with Guy Haberman and Matt Muehlebach on the call. Fans can listen to the Bruins' radio broadcast on AM 790 (KLAC).
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This will mark the Bruins' final home game until hosting Arizona State on Wednesday, Dec. 17.
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GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom Financial
Capacity: 13,800
Tipoff Time: 3:02 p.m. (PT)
Television: Peacock (watch here)
TV Talent: Guy Haberman (play-by-play), Matt Muehlebach (analyst)
Radio (UCLA Audio Network): AM 790 (KABC)
Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Tracy Murray (analyst)
Sirius XM Channels: SiriusXM 83, and on the SiriusXM App
Live Stats: ucla.statbroadcast.com (link here)
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UCLA'S TICKET INFORMATION (HOME GAMES)
Single-game tickets for UCLA's home games are on sale. The Bruins have 14 remaining regular-season games inside Pauley Pavilion this season, including Saturday's home contest against Oregon (Saturday, Dec. 6). Fans can view complete ticket information about UCLA men's basketball by clicking 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 this season.
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THE PAST WEEK
โข The Bruins secured an 82-80 win at Washington in the Big Ten opener for both teams on Wednesday night.
โข Through Thursday's games, UCLA ranked No. 4 among Big Ten teams in scoring defense (65.3 points per game).
โข Skyy Clark sank 6 of 7 attempts from beyond the 3-point arc at Washington, finishing with a season-best 25 points.
โข UCLA trailed Washington, 18-7 early in the game, and outscored the Huskies by a 75-62 margin the rest of the way.
โข Tyler Bilodeau scored 16 consecutive points, early in the second half, and finished the game with 21 points.
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BRUINS VS. DUCKS
โข UCLA has registered an all-time record of 96-42 against Oregon in a series that began in 1937.
โข The Bruins have won six of their last eight games against Oregon, dating back to Dec. 4, 2022.
โข UCLA has won six of its last seven home contests against the Ducks, with two of those games heading into overtime.
โข Last season, UCLA logged a pair of regular-season wins over Oregon, including a 78-52 win in Pauley Pavilion.
โข The Bruins will return to face Oregon up north at Matthew Knight Arena on Wednesday, Jan. 28.
โข Eric Dailey Jr. averaged 20.0 points and 4.5 rebounds in two wins against Oregon last season (17-for-19 FGs, 88.2%).
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LOOKING AT THE BRUINS
โข Six Bruins have averaged 10.0 points or more per game this season (led by Tyler Bilodeau, at 15.8 points per game).
โข Donovan Dent (11.9 ppg) leads UCLA with 48 assists, averaging 6.9 assists per game (No. 3 in the Big Ten).
โข Skyy Clark ranks second on the team in scoring (12.6 ppg) and second in the Big Ten in 3-point percentage (51.6%).
โข Donovan Dent has been named to national Player of the Year watch lists by the NABC and for the Wooden Award.
โข Eric Dailey Jr. ranks second on the team in 3-point shooting, currently at 43.5 percent (10-for-23)
โข The Bruins have five players who have nailed at least seven 3-pointers through the first eight games this season.
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WHAT'S AHEAD?
โข Following this Saturday's contest, the Bruins will travel to Seattle to face No. 11 Gonzaga on Saturday, Dec. 13.
โข All five of UCLA's remaining December contests include opponents from the West Coast.
โข UCLA has faced Gonzaga in each of the past five seasons, with two of those games taking place in the NCAA Tournament.
โข Last season, the Bruins edged Gonzaga at Intuit Dome, 65-62, in a neutral-site contest played on Dec. 28, 2024.
โข UCLA will close the 2025 calendar year with three home games in a seven-day stretch, from Dec. 17-23.
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KEY NOTES ABOUT UCLA
โข The Bruins have returned four of their primary contributors from last season's squad. In addition, UCLA has welcomed back two redshirt players and has brought in five transfers. Three of UCLA's top four scorers from last year's squad have returned in seniors Tyler Bilodeau (13.5 ppg last season) and Skyy Clark (8.5 ppg) and junior Eric Dailey Jr. (11.4 ppg).
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โข UCLA's five incoming transfer students include Xavier Booker (from Michigan State), Jamar Brown (from UMKC), Donovan Dent (from New Mexico), Steven Jamerson II (from San Diego) and Anthony Peoples Jr. (from North Carolina Central). Last season, Dent secured honorable mention All-America acclaim at New Mexico (averaged 20.4 ppg, 6.4 apg).
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โข Donovan Dent (point guard), Eric Dailey Jr. (small forward) and Tyler Bilodeau (power forward) have each been named to 20-person positional watch lists at the start of the season. Dent is on the Bob Cousy Award watch list, while Dailey Jr. has been tabbed to the Julius Erving Award watch list, and Tyler Bilodeau to the Karl Malone Award watch list.
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โข Donovan Dent totaled 224 assists while at New Mexico last season, averaging 6.4 assists per game (which ranked second in the Mountain West Conference and No. 13 in the nation). Senior Skyy Clark registered 91 assists in 34 games for the Bruins last season, averaging 2.7 assists per game. He posted a team-leading 2.4 assist-turnover ratio as a junior.
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โข For the fourth consecutive season (last season), UCLA led its conference in scoring defense. The Bruins averaged 65.2 points allowed per game in 34 contests, which ranked No. 22 in the nation. UCLA led all Big Ten teams in scoring defense, finishing the year just ahead of Michigan State (67.1 ppg) and Maryland (67.2 ppg) in the scoring defense category.
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โข Coach Cronin secured career victory No. 500 in the Bruins' 69-61 win over Ohio State in Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom Financial on Sunday, Feb. 23. Cronin helped UCLA to three more wins in 2024-25, pushing his career win total up to 503. He currently leads all coaches nationwide, age 55 and younger, in total NCAA Division I victories (508).
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LOW PERCENTAGE
Sacramento State shot 24.1 percent in a game on Nov. 18, 2025, tied for the seventh-lowest opposing team's field goal percentage (24.1%) in a contest against UCLA since Dec. 1970. UCLA limited Mississippi Valley State to 19.7 percent shooting in a first-round NCAA Tournament game played at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., on March 20, 2008.
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STRONG SCORING
Senior forward Tyler Bilodeau has shot 51.5 percent from the field, making 34 of 66 attempts, through six games. The 6-foot-9 product from Kennewick, Wash., scored 16 consecutive points for UCLA early in the second half of Wednesday night's win at Washington. From the 18:05 mark of the second half through the 14-minute mark, Bilodeau registered 16 points on six made shots and three free throws (all from and-one opportunities). He finished the 82-80 win at Washington with 21 points on 7-of-14 shooting (and 6-for-7 at the free throw stripe).
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FIVE OR MORE BLOCKS
Junior forward/center Xavier Booker became UCLA's first player with at least five blocks in a game since Aday Mara registered five blocks last season in an NCAA Tournament win over Utah State (March 20, 2025, in Lexington, Ky.). Booker had 15 points and five blocks on Friday, Nov. 7, in the Bruins' 74-63 win at home versus Pepperdine. He became the Bruins' first player with at least 15 points, five rebounds and five blocked shots in a game since Dec. 30, 2023, when then-sophomore Adem Bona registered 15 points, 11 rebounds and five blocks in a 64-59 loss at Oregon in a Pac-12 contest.
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YEAR TWO WITH ERIC DAILEY JR.
Junior guard/forward Eric Dailey Jr. returned to the Bruins' rotation after missing the season opener (left knee). Since making his debut this season in a win over Pepperdine (Nov. 7), Dailey Jr. has shot 51.9 percent overall (28-for-54) and 43.5 percent from 3-point distance (10-for-23). Dailey Jr. has averaged 10.9 points and 4.7 rebounds in seven games (seven starts), including a 15-point and 10-rebound effort against Sacramento State on Tuesday, Nov. 18. Dailey Jr. has totaled four career double-doubles โ two at UCLA, and two during his freshman season at Oklahoma State (2023-24).
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SKYY IS THE LIMIT
Senior Skyy Clark has averaged 12.6 points and 2.6 rebounds through eight games. He 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 in 2023-24. Clark scored a team-best 25 points on Wednesday night at Washington, connecting on 6 of 7 shots from 3-point range. He became UCLA's first place to have made six or more 3-pointers in a game since Dylan Andrews shot 7-for-9 from long-range in the Pac-12 Tournament in 2024 (vs. Oregon State in Las Vegas, on March 13, 2024).
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RUNNING THE POINT
Senior Donovan Dent transferred from New Mexico to UCLA in the offseason and has averaged 11.9 points and 6.9 assists through seven games with the Bruins. Hailing from nearby Riverside, Calif., Dent scored 17 points and dished eight assists in the Bruins' 82-80 win at Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 3. Through games played on Thursday, Dec. 4, Dent ranked third among all Big Ten players in assists per game (6.9 apg). Through 111 career games, Dent has scored at least 10 points in 72 contests and has registered 10 or more assists in seven career games.
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FEARLESS REBOUNDER
Fifth-year senior Jamar Brown, who spent the past two seasons excelling at UMKC (Missouri Kansas City), has averaged 7.0 points and 4.9 rebounds in all eight games. Brown's per-40-minute rebounding average currently equals 9.15 per game, with 39 total rebounds in 21.4 minutes per game. He ranks second on the team in total rebounds (39), behind Xavier Booker (41), and also ranks second on the squad in offensive boards (12). Brown led UMKC in scoring and rebounding in each of the past two seasons at UMKC. He enters this weekend having shot 46.3 percent from the field (19-for-41).
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TOP DEFENDERS
The Bruins' program has produced some of the nation's most talented defensive players over the past several seasons. Last year, then-senior Kobe Johnson was honored as one of five players on the Big Ten All-Defensive Team, closing the year at No. 6 in the conference in steals per game (1.6 spg, 55 steals in 34 games). Two seasons ago (2023-24), then-sophomore Adem Bona was honored as the Pac-12 Conference's Defensive Player of the Year. Bona led UCLA's team that season in blocks (58 blocks, 1.8 bpg) and was second in steals (37 steals, 1.1 spg). Three seasons ago (2022-23), then-junior Jaylen Clark was honored as the Naismith Men's Defensive Player of the Year and the NABC Defensive Player of the Year.
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NOTES ON PAULEY PAVILION
The Bruins went 15-2 in Pauley Pavilion last season, UCLA's 59th campaign playing in the longtime basketball venue. The first game in Pauley 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 in 2011-12 at the Los Angeles Sports Arena (14 games) near downtown L.A. and at the Honda Center in Anaheim (four games). UCLA returned home in Nov. 2012. This season marks the 14th year in the arena's updated configuration.
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In 2023-24, 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 hadn't lost at home since an overtime setback (84-81) to Oregon on Jan. 13, 2022. Since taking over as UCLA's head coach prior to 2019-20, Mick Cronin has guided the Bruins to an 84-15 home record (84.8% win percentage).
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UCLA'S NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY
The Bruins' program made its 53rd appearance at the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament last March. UCLA has won 11 NCAA championships โ most recently in 1995 โ and has advanced to 19 Final Fours, most recently in 2021. The Bruins have totaled 23 appearances at the Elite Eight (Regional Finals) and 38 trips to the Sweet 16 (Regional Semifinals). UCLA has compiled an all-time tournament record of 116-46. The Bruins have posted a 56-29 record and have secured 17 trips to the tournament's Sweet 16 since the field expanded to include 64 teams in 1985.
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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES ON UCLA
โข UCLA shot a season-best 62.7 percent from the field (32-of-51) in an 86-46 win over Presbyterian on Friday, Nov. 21. That marked UCLA's best single-game shooting percentage since making 62.7 percent of its shots against Michigan in an 102-84 win in Pauley Pavilion on Dec. 10, 2016. The Bruins shot 39-of-58 in that victory against Michigan in 2016.
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โข Senior guard Donovan Dent has averaged 6.9 assists per game in seven contests, this season. Since assists were routinely recorded at UCLA, starting in 1973-74, only three student-athletes have logged at least 7.0 assists per game in one season (Pooh Richardson, twice, as well as Lonzo Ball in 2016-17 and Larry Drew II in 2012-13).
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โข The Bruins' 15-man roster this season includes eight student-athletes who are from the Southern California region. All 15 student-athletes are from the United States. Looking at the eight local players, five are from Los Angeles County and three are from Riverside County (Donovan Dent, Eric Freeny and Anthony Peoples Jr. all went to Corona Centennial HS).
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โข UCLA has two student-athletes who were on the roster in 2022-23 (Evan Manjikian, Jack Seidler) and three players who were on the roster in 2023-24 (Manjikian, Seidler and Brandon Williams). Four of UCLA's most prominent contributors, in Tyler Bilodeau, Skyy Clark, Eric Dailey Jr. and Trent Perry, are back from last year's team.
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โข Last season, UCLA's assist-turnover ratio (1.55-to-1) ranked No. 20 in the nation and second in the Big Ten. The Bruins concluded the year with an assist-turnover ratio of 1.55, but posted a ratio of 1.81 in the team's final 15 games.
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โข Since the start of the 2020-21 season, the Bruins have gone 70-30 in conference play (logging a 70.0 win percentage). UCLA went 13-7 in Big Ten play last season, tied for fourth place in the 18-team league standings.
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