UCLA
Maryland
Men's Basketball Prepares to Host Maryland on Saturday
January 09, 2026 | Men's Basketball
LOS ANGELES โ The UCLA men's basketball team (10-5, 2-2) will host Maryland on Saturday evening in a nationally-televised Big Ten contest. UCLA's game will air on FOX at 5 p.m. (PT). The Bruins will be playing their first game at home since Tuesday, Dec. 23, looking to snap a two-game skid. This will mark the fourth consecutive year in which UCLA has faced Maryland.
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GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom (Los Angeles)
Capacity: 13,800
Tipoff Time: 5:05 p.m. PT
Television: FOX
Radio (UCLA Audio Network): AM 790 (KABC)
Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Tracy Murray (analyst)
Sirius XM Channels: SiriusXM 84 and 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 nine 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.
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MOST RECENTLY
โข The Bruins are playing their first home game since a non-conference win over UC Riverside on Tuesday, Dec. 23.
โข UCLA had won five of six games prior to going 0-2 last week on a two-game road trip to Iowa and Wisconsin.
โข Through Thursday, Jan. 8, the Bruins ranked No. 3 in the Big Ten in 3-point shooting percentage (36.9% in 15 games).
โข Through Thursday, Jan. 8, the Bruins were No. 8 among all 18 Big Ten teams in free throw shooting (75.1%).
โข UCLA will honor Dave Roberts, the current manager of the back-to-back World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers, as the Bruins' honorary captain (during a break in the first half on Saturday).
โข In the Bruins' past eight contests, Tyler Bilodeau has averaged a team-leading 20.1 points per game.
โข Eric Dailey Jr. scored a team-leading 18 points in the Bruins' 80-72 loss at Wisconsin on Saturday evening.
โข The Bruins dropped a 74-61 decision at No. 25 Iowa last Saturday, shooting 44.6 percent from the field.
โข Donovan Dent has averaged 16.2 points per game in the last five contests, shooting 53.2 percent from the field.
โข Over the past five games, UCLA has shot 34.9 percent from 3-point range and 79.5 percent at the free throw stripe.
โข The Bruins will play four of their remaining seven Big Ten games at home in the month of January.
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BRUINS VERSUS MARYLAND
โข The Bruins have gone 1-2 in three meetings against Maryland over the past three seasons.
โข Overall, UCLA has compiled a 7-4 record in the all-time series against Maryland.
โข Last season, Maryland defeated UCLA, 79-61, in a Big Ten contest in College Park, Md.
โข Maryland enters this Saturday's game with a 7-8 overall record and an 0-4 mark in Big Ten play.
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WHAT'S ON DECK?
โข Next week, UCLA will return to the road for a trip to face Penn State (on Wednedsay) and Ohio State (on Saturday).
โข The Bruins are currently amidst a five-game span here in January that includes four road contests and one home game.
โข UCLA won each of its home games last season in Big Ten play against Penn State and Ohio State (both in February).
โข In all, the Bruins have 17 games remaining over the course of the next two months (all in Big Ten play).
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ABOUT TYLER BILODEAU
โข Tyler Bilodeau currently ranks No. 8 in scoring (18.1 ppg) among all Big Ten players.
โข Bilodeau has scored in double figures in 11 of 13 games played this season, totaling 20 points or more in five games.
โข Bilodeau has shot 52.7 percent from the field, 41.2 percent from three, and 87.0 percent at the free throw line.
โข Bilodeau scored a career-best 34 points (12-of-19 shooting) in UCLA's win over UC Riverside (Dec. 23, 2025).
โข Bilodeau recently had a stretch where he made 24 consecutive free throw attempts (missed one at Iowa last Saturday).
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LOOKING AT THE BRUINS
โข Four Bruins have averaged at least 10 points per game this season, led by Tyler Bilodeau (18.1 ppg).
โข Donovan Dent (13.5 ppg) leads UCLA with 91 assists, averaging 6.5 assists per game (No. 3 in the Big Ten).
โข Skyy Clark has averaged 13.5 points per game, ranking No. 1 in the Big Ten in 3-point shooting (48.6%).
โข Clark was named the Big Ten Co-Player of the Week on Monday, Dec. 22, for the first time in his career.
โข Clark has entered the week ranking No. 1 in the Big Ten in 3-point shooting percentage (48.6%, 34-for-70).
โข Eric Dailey Jr. has averaged 10.6 points and a team-best 5.6 rebounds per game in 14 contests.
โข Skyy Clark (89.3%) nd Tyler Bilodeau (87.0%) have both shot at least 87 percent this season at the free throw line.
โข The Bruins have gone 9-1 this season when committing fewer turnovers than their opposition.
โข UCLA has posted a 9-1 record when leading at halftime and has gone 10-1 when building a lead of 10 or more points.
โข UCLA has shot 36.9 percent from 3-point distance, which ranks third in the Big Ten (through Thursday, Jan. 8).
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GUARD PLAY
โข Both Skyy Clark (13.5 ppg) and Donovan Dent (13.5 ppg) are averaging double figures in scoring this season.
โข Donovan Dent (6.5 apg) and Trent Perry (2.4 apg) rank first and second on the team, respectively, in assists per game.
โข Donovan Dent, Skyy Clark, Trent Perry and Jamar Brown have accounted for 51.0 percent of UCLA's total points.
โข Jaylen Hands is the most recent UCLA player (14.2 ppg, 6.1 apg in 2018-19) to average at least 10.0 ppg and 6.0 apg.
โข Donovan Dent (22 steals) and Skyy Clark (20) stand as the Bruins' top two leaders in steals this season.
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WHAT'S AHEAD?
โข UCLA's upcoming schedule in the month of January includes seven more games โ four at home, three on the road.
โข The Bruins' nine-game schedule in January includes a pair of ranked foes (No. 25 Iowa last Saturday, No. 5 Purdue).
โข This will mark the fourth consecutive season in which UCLA and Maryland have played each other.
โข Each of UCLA's remaining 17 games are all part of the Big Ten Conference schedule (20 Big Ten games, in total).
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HONORING DAVE MEYERS
Former UCLA standout Dave Meyers will be recognized at halftime after having been posthumously inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2024. Meyers excelled at UCLA, under head coach John Wooden, having won a pair of NCAA championships in 1973 and 1975 (senior season). Meyers averaged 11.8 points and 5.6 rebounds per game through 89 varsity games. He shot 48.5 percent from the field through three varsity seasons, playing for one of the nation's most dominant programs. UCLA advanced to the NCAA Final Four in each of his three seasons, earning NCAA titles with championship-game victories over Memphis in March of 1973 and against Kentucky in March of 1975. Meyers passed away after having battled cancer in October 2015.
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ASSISTS PER GAME
Through 14 games played, senior Donovan Dent has averaged 13.5 points and 6.5 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.
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STRONG SCORING
Senior forward Tyler Bilodeau ranked No. 8 in scoring among all Big Ten players (18.1 ppg) and No. 11 in shooting percentage (52.7%), through Thursday, Jan. 8. 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 the Bruins' past five contests, Bilodeau has averaged 20.4 points and 6.6 rebounds per game while shooting 53.3 percent overall. He ranks sixth in the Big Ten in free throw percentage (87.0%, 60-for-69).
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RUNNING THE POINT
Senior Donovan Dent transferred from New Mexico to UCLA in the offseason and has averaged 13.5 points and 6.5 assists through 14 games with the Bruins. Dent has recorded two point-assist double-doubles this season (totaling nine in his career). In the Bruins' home victory against Cal Poly on Friday, Dec. 19, he had 16 points, 11 assists and zero turnovers. Through Thursday, Jan. 8, Dent ranked third among all Big Ten players in assists per game (6.5) and was No. 15, nationally. Over UCLA's last five contests, Dent has logged 30 assists and 13 turnovers while averaging 16.2 points per game.
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SKYY IS THE LIMIT
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 3-pointers in consecutive contests. Through his last five games on the court for UCLA,ย Clark has averaged 15.0 points and 3.0 rebounds while shooting 46.6 percent overall and 45.5 percent from 3-point distance. Through Thursday, Jan. 8, Clark ranked No 1 among all Big Ten players in 3-point shooting percentage (48.6%, 34-for-70).
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YEAR TWO WITH ERIC DAILEY JR.
Junior guard/forward Eric Dailey Jr. has averaged 10.6 points, a team-best 5.6 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game, shooting 50.0 percent from the field. He made his season debut in a win over Pepperdine (Nov. 7), and has scored 10 or more points in nine of 14 games played this season. Dailey Jr., who played in 33 of UCLA's 34 games as a sophomore last season, had 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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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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ADDITIONAL UCLA BASKETBALL NOTES
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).
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 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).
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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.
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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 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 88-15 home record (85.4 win percentage).
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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES ON UCLA
โ UCLA has gone 4-0 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).
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โ Senior guard Donovan Dent has averaged 6.5 assists per game in 14 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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โ 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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โ Through 15 games, the Bruins have logged an assist-turnover ratio of 1.53-to-1. 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.
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โ Since the start of the 2020-21 season, the Bruins have gone 71-32 in conference play (logging a 68.9 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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