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Men's Basketball to Host Indiana on Saturday Afternoon
January 30, 2026 | Men's Basketball
LOS ANGELES – The Bruins (15-6, 7-3) will host Indiana this Saturday afternoon inside Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom Financial. This marks the first UCLA-Indiana game inside Pauley Pavilion, as the last time these two programs met in Los Angeles (Dec. 1960), the game was played at the Los Angeles Sports Arena. UCLA has recorded a 7-6 all-time record against Indiana (14-7, 5-5) in 13 prior meetings. Fans can watch Saturday's game via Peacock (and on NBC Sports Network).
GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom
Capacity: 13,800
Tipoff Time: 2:02 p.m. (PT)
Broadcast Network: Peacock
Broadcast 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 85 and SiriusXM App
Live Stats: ucla.statbroadcast.com (link here)
UCLA'S TICKET INFORMATION (HOME GAMES)
Single-game tickets for UCLA's home games are on sale. The Bruins have six remaining regular-season games inside Pauley Pavilion this season. 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.
MOST RECENTLY
• The Bruins have won 10 of their last 14 games, posting a 5-3 record in the month of January.
• Through the Bruins' last three wins, Donovan Dent has averaged 17.0 points and 7.3 assists per game.
• Tyler Bilodeau scored 18 points and Eric Dailey had a double-double (14 points and 11 rebounds) in UCLA's 73-57 win at Oregon.
• UCLA recorded its seventh win against Oregon in the last nine meetings between the two schools.
• Tyler Bilodeau has averaged 16.7 points and 5.0 rebounds in the last three games, shoot 9-for-18 from 3-point range.
• Donovan Dent totaled 23 points and a season-high 13 assists in UCLA's 69-67 win over No. 4 Purdue on Jan. 20.
• UCLA logged its first win over a top-five ranked team (AP poll) since defeating No. 3 Arizona, 75-59, on Jan. 25, 2022.
• Five Bruins have averaged at least 10 points per game this season, led by senior Tyler Bilodeau (18.2 ppg).
• Tyler Bilodeau hit the game-winning 3-pointer with eight seconds to play in the win against Purdue on Jan. 20.
• The Bruins will play their next three games at home, including next Tuesday night's tilt against Rutgers (Feb. 3).
• Through Thursday, Jan. 29, the Bruins ranked No. 2 in the Big Ten in 3-point percentage (37.6% in 21 games).
• Tyler Bilodeau ranks No. 8 in the Big Ten in scoring, having averaged 18.2 points per game.
• Tyler Bilodeau, Skyy Clark and Trent Perry have each scored 30 or more points in a game this season.
• The Bruins, at 15-6 overall, have logged the same record through 20 games as they did last season.
BRUINS VERSUS INDIANA
UCLA's 72-68 win at Indiana last February helped the Bruins secure a 7-6 lead in the all-time series between the two programs. Prior to last season's meeting at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Ind., UCLA had not faced off with Indiana since the second round of the 2007 NCAA Tournament. UCLA and Indiana have met four times in the NCAA Tournament, with the Bruins and Hoosiers splitting those four decisions (UCLA won games in 1973 and 2007, while Indiana won games in 1976 and 1992). Saturday's game will mark the first time in which UCLA has hosted Indiana inside Pauley Pavilion.
UCLA'S THREE-GAME STREAK
Last week, the Bruins registered home wins over No. 4 Purdue (69-67) and Northwestern (71-64), before securing a 73-57 win at Oregon on Wednesday, Jan. 28. During the three-game winning streak, UCLA has limited the opposition to 62.7 points per game and 28.0 percent shooting from 3-point range. Donovan Dent (17.0 ppg), Tyler Bilodeau (16.7 ppg), Trent Perry (13.7) and Eric Dailey Jr. (12.3 ppg) have averaged at least 12 points per game in the three-game winning streak. Dailey Jr. has averaged 8.7 rebounds per game in those three games, including 11 rebounds at Oregon last Wednesday.
FREE THROWS
UCLA shot a perfect 21-for-21 on Wednesday, Jan. 14, as the Bruins won at Penn State, 71-60. That marked the program's best 100-percent performance at the line in the modern era (dates back to 1970). Previously, the Bruins made 13 of 13 free throws in a 79-68 win against California in Pauley Pavilion on March 1, 1979. That game had been the previous milestone for most made free throws in an 100-percent effort. Last season, UCLA was 10-for-10 in the NCAA Tournament against Utah State (the Bruins won that matchup, 72-47). Over the last 10 games, UCLA has shot 77.5 percent at the line.
AFTER THIS WEEKEND
• Next week, UCLA will host Big Ten matchups against Rutgers (Tuesday, Feb. 3) and Washington (Saturday, Feb. 7).
• Next Tuesday's game against Rutgers will mark just the second time in school history the Bruins have hosted Rutgers.
• Last season, Rutgers defeated the Bruins in New Jersey, 75-68, in UCLA's two-game trip to Maryland and Rutgers.
• UCLA has just three more regular-season games to play outside of the Pacific time zone.
• The Bruins' schedule in February includes seven games (four at home and three on the road).
MORE ABOUT THE BRUINS
• Tyler Bilodeau has scored in double figures in 17 of 19 games played, totaling 20 points or more in seven games.
• Donovan Dent (13.1 ppg) leads UCLA with 132 assists, averaging 6.6 assists per game (ranks No. 3 in the Big Ten).
• Skyy Clark (89.3%), Tyler Bilodeau (86.0%) and Trent Perry (82.7%) are shooting over 80 percent at the free throw line.
• Trent Perry has scored at least 10 points in eight of UCLA's last 10 games.
• The Bruins have gone 11-2 this season when committing fewer turnovers than their opposition.
• UCLA has posted a 13-1 record when leading at halftime and has gone 14-1 when building a lead of 10 or more points.
• UCLA ranks No. 2 in the Big Ten, among all 18 teams, in 3-point shooting percentage (37.6%).
• The Bruins have not shot 37.0% or better since the 2020-21 season (UCLA shot 37.2 percent from three that year).
• The Bruins are currently shooting 75.4 percent at the free throw stripe, ranking No. 8 in the Big Ten.
• The school single-season record for best free throw percentage is 75.6 percent, back in the 1978-79 season.
ASSISTS PER GAME
Through 20 games played, senior Donovan Dent has averaged 13.1 points and 6.6 assists per game. Dent, a 6-foot-2 guard from Riverside, Calif., could be on track to join a rare group of UCLA guards who averaged at least 10 points and six assists per game over the course of a full season. Most recently, then-sophomore Jaylen Hands averaged 14.2 points and 6.1 assists during UCLA's 2018-19 season. Pooh Richardson in the late 1980s accomplished this per-game average all four seasons, including a pair of back-to-back seasons where he averaged at least 7.0 assists per game.
STRONG SCORING
Senior forward Tyler Bilodeau ranked No. 9 in scoring among all Big Ten players (18.2 ppg) and No. 8 in shooting percentage (52.4%), through Thursday, Jan. 29. The 6-foot-9 product from Kennewick, Wash., scored 16 consecutive points for UCLA early in the second half of a road win at Washington on Dec. 3. 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). Over UCLA's last 10 contests, Bilodeau has averaged 19.5 points and 6.0 rebounds per game while shooting 53.4 percent overall. He currently ranks No. 10 in the Big Ten in free throw percentage (86.0%, 86-for-100).
SOPHOMORE JUMP
Sophomore Trent Perry scored a career-best 30 points in UCLA's 71-60 win at Penn State on Jan. 14. Perry was perfect at the free throw line, going 12-for-12, while knocking down 4 of 8 shots from beyond the 3-point arc. He has averaged 11.6 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game during his sophomore season, after having registered 3.7 points and 1.7 rebounds per game in 32 contests as a freshman. Perry has scored at least 10 points in 12 games for UCLA this season, logging 54 assists and 26 turnovers for an assist-turnover ratio of 2.1-to-1. Over the Bruins' last five contests, Perry has averaged 15.6 points and 3.0 rebounds, shooting 43.1 percent overall and 41.7 percent from beyond the 3-point arc.
RUNNING THE POINT
Senior Donovan Dent has averaged 13.1 points, 6.6 assists and 2.4 rebounds through 20 games this season. Dent, a 6-foot-2 guard from nearby Riverside, Calif., transferred from New Mexico to UCLA in the offseason. He has recorded three point-assist double-doubles this season (totaling 10 in his career). Most recently, Dent had 23 points and a season-high 13 assists in UCLA's 69-67 win against Purdue on Tuesday night, last week (Jan. 20). Through Thursday, Jan. 29, he ranked third among all Big Ten players in assists per game (6.6) and was No. 13, nationally. Over UCLA's last five contests, Dent has logged 34 assists and 7 turnovers while averaging 12.8 points and 6.8 assists per game.
REACHING FOR THE SKYY
Senior Skyy Clark has averaged 13.5 points and 2.8 rebounds through 14 games. He connected on six 3-pointers in back-to-back victories against Arizona State (Dec. 17) and Cal Poly (Dec. 19), becoming UCLA's first-ever player to have nailed six or more threes in consecutive contests. Through his last five games on the court for UCLA, Clark has averaged 15.0 points and 3.0 rebounds while shooting 46.6 percent overall and 45.5 percent from 3-point distance. Entering this week's home game against Indiana, he leads the team in 3-point percentage (48.6%, does not qualify on the Big Ten's list).
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.
ADDITIONAL UCLA BASKETBALL NOTES
• 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).
• 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).
• Donovan Dent (point guard), Eric Dailey Jr. (small forward) and Tyler Bilodeau (power forward) were 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.
• Through games played from 2010-11 through 2024-25, Coach Cronin was tied for the fifth-most victories of any NCAA Division I coach (373 wins in a 15-year span). He's tied on that list with Michigan State's Tom Izzo (373 wins) and trails Mark Few of Gonzaga (451), Bill Self of Kansas (426), John Calipari of Arkansas (397) and Randy Bennett of Saint Mary's (379).
NOTES ON PAULEY PAVILION
This marks UCLA's 60th season playing basketball at Pauley Pavilion and the 14th season since the arena underwent a major renovation. Last year, the Bruins went 15-2 in Pauley Pavilion. 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) before returning home in Nov. of 2012.
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 had not 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 UCLA to an 91-15 home record (85.8 win percentage). With a 12-0 home record this season, UCLA has won each of its last 14 consecutive home contests.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES ON UCLA
• UCLA has gone 5-0 when shooting at least 50 percent from the field this season. The Bruins' season-high 62.7 shooting percentage in a win at home against Presbyterian was the program's best single-game mark since Dec. 10, 2016 (UCLA shot 62.7% in an 102-84 win at home against Michigan, shooting 39-for-58 overall).
• Senior guard Donovan Dent has averaged 6.6 assists per game in 20 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).
• 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).
• Through 21 games, the Bruins have logged an assist-turnover ratio of 1.58-to-1 (ranks No. 33, nationally). Last season, UCLA's assist-turnover ratio (1.55-to-1) ranked No. 20 in the nation and was second in the Big Ten. The Bruins concluded the 2024-25 season with an assist-turnover ratio of 1.55, but posted a ratio of 1.81 in their final 15 games.
• Since the start of the 2020-21 season, the Bruins have gone 76-33 in conference play (logging a 70.4 win percentage). UCLA went 13-7 in Big Ten play last season, tied for fourth place in the 18-team league standings.
CONSECUTIVE THREE-POINTERS
UCLA has made at least one 3-pointer in each of its last 85 games. The Bruins went 0-for-6 from long range in a 78-58 win against Long Island University early in the 2023-24 season in Pauley Pavilion (on Nov. 15, 2023). That game snapped a streak of 792 consecutive contests with at least one made 3-pointer by UCLA. That 3-point streak began after the Bruins finished 0-for-14 from 3-point distance in a home loss to No. 2 Stanford (78-63) on Feb. 3, 2000. The Bruins' single-game 3-point record stands at 19 made 3-pointers (going 19-for-31) in an 104-89 win at Colorado on Jan. 12, 2017.
