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Jersey Number 2
Cody Riley
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-9
- Weight:
- 250
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Kansas City, Kan.
- High School:
- Sierra Canyon HS [CA]
Bio
Career
Played in 118 games through four seasons (making 76 starts) … averaged 7.9 points and 4.5 rebounds in 20.7 minutes per game … shot 50.5 percent from the field … scored in double figures in 47 career games … recorded at least 10 rebounds in 10 contests … totaled eight career double-doubles (including six during the 2020-21 season).
2021-22
Played in 26 games, making 20 starts … averaged 7.3 points and 3.9 rebounds in 21.6 minutes per game … shot a career-high percentage at the free throw line (67.2%) … scored at least 10 points in seven contests … totaled a season-high 14 points in a home victory against California (Jan. 27) … recorded a season-best 11 rebounds (and had seven points) in a road victory at Washington (Feb. 28) … tallied a career-high four steals in a road win at California (Jan. 8) … made 4 of 8 attempts from 3-point range (50.0%) … averaged 8.6 points and 4.1 rebounds in 18 Pac-12 contests … missed eight games in November and December with a left knee injury (MCL sprain), sustaining that injury in the first half of the Bruins’ season opener against CSU Bakersfield (Nov 9).
2020-21
Played in 31 games, making 31 starts … averaged 10.0 points and 5.4 rebounds in 23.4 minutes per game … tied for the team lead in blocks (22, along with Jaime Jaquez Jr.) … ranked No. 9 in the Pac-12 in overall field goal percentage (53.8%) … recorded a career-best field goal percentage (53.8%) … scored at least 10 points in 19 of 31 games … recorded six double-doubles … did not play in a game at USC (Feb. 6) after sustaining a right ankle injury in practice … scored at least 20 points in one game, finishing with a career-high 22 points and a career-high 13 rebounds in an overtime win at Arizona State (Jan. 7) … made 8 of 11 shots and 6 of 8 free throws in the win at Arizona State … in Pac-12 play, averaged 10.2 points and 5.1 rebounds per game … in six NCAA Tournament contests, averaged 9.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game … totaled 14 points and 10 rebounds in the Bruins’ Final Four overtime loss to Gonzaga (April 3) … also had 12 points and 12 rebounds in the team’s 67-47 second-round win over Abilene Christian (March 22) … had a career-best four blocks in an overtime win against Alabama in the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16 win (March 28).
2019-20
Played in 31 games, making 17 starts … averaged 8.8 points and 4.5 rebounds in 20.4 minutes per game … ranked second on the team in field goal percentage (51.8) … scored in double figures in 14 games … scored at least 20 points in one game, recording season highs with 21 points and 11 rebounds against Denver (Dec. 8) … had one double-double (against Denver on Dec. 8) … scored 11 of his 19 points in overtime in the Bruins’ home win over Washington State (Feb. 13) … made 9 of 10 shots in the victory against Washington State (Feb. 13), going 5-for-5 from the field in overtime … averaged 12.4 points through the team’s final nine games … made 17 of 20 free throws (85.0 percent) in UCLA’s last three contests.
2018-19
Played in 30 games, making eight starts … averaged 5.5 points and 4.1 rebounds in 17.4 minutes per game … shot 47.4 percent from the field … scored at least 10 points in seven games … recorded a season-high 10 rebounds in two games – at Cincinnati (Dec. 19) and versus Arizona State (Jan. 24) … scored a season-high 11 points in three games – versus North Carolina (Nov. 23), at Cincinnati (Dec. 19) and versus Utah (Feb. 9) … finished the season with one double-double (versus Cincinnati, Dec. 19), totaling 11 points and 10 rebounds … made a season-high four field goals in five games … recorded a season-high two blocks in three games … missed the first three games of the season with a jaw injury, sustained in practice on Oct. 31, 2018.
2017-18
Did not play.
High School
Four-year varsity basketball letterwinner at Sierra Canyon High School (Chatsworth, Calif.) under head coach Ty Nichols … was ranked the No. 32 player, nationally, in his high school class by Scout.com … also was listed as the No. 41 player by Rivals.com and No. 43 by ESPN.com … was ranked as the No. 1 power forward in the state of California (in his high school class) and the No. 2 power forward in the West region by Scout.com … helped Sierra Canyon win at least 26 games in each of his four varsity seasons … also guided his high school program to a perfect 37-0 record in league games … averaged 16.3 points and 8.3 rebounds per game as a senior at Sierra Canyon, leading his team to a 27-3 overall record in 2016-17 … earned first-team All-Area honors from the Los Angeles Daily News his final three seasons (2015, 2016 and 2017) … secured second-team All-Southern Section honors by the Southern California Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association (SCIBCA) in the Boys Open Division as a senior … scored 34 points in a 99-93 win over Heritage Christian in the CIF Southern Section Open Division first-round game … secured second-team All-State acclaim from Cal-Hi Sports as a senior and third-team honors as a junior (2016) and sophomore (2015) … also was a three-time CIF Southern Section Division V John Wooden Award winner (high school player of the year in 2014, 2015 and 2016) … as a junior, Sierra Canyon lost in the CIF Southern Section Open Division final to eventual state champion Chino Hills High School … registered 12.5 points and 7.9 rebounds per game as a junior in 2015-16 … led Sierra Canyon to a 26-5 overall record and a 10-0 mark in league play as a junior … averaged 15.6 points and 9.4 rebounds per game as a sophomore (2014-15) … helped Sierra Canyon compile a 26-4 record and 10-0 mark in league games during his sophomore season … totaled 18 points, 22 rebounds and three blocks in his team’s 80-55 win over University High School (San Francisco) in the CIF State Division V title game (setting a California record for most single-game rebounds in the state championship contest) … as a freshman (2013-14), registered 14.5 points and 7.7 rebounds per game at Sierra Canyon.
Personal
Full name: Cody Jorden Riley … born in Kansas City, Kan. … is the son of Darryl and Rebecca Riley … has three brothers (Lorenzo, Ben and Jay Jay) and two sisters (Laney, Jasmine) … moved with his family to southern California prior to beginning the sixth grade … attended Sierra Canyon for middle school and high school … African-American studies major.
Played in 118 games through four seasons (making 76 starts) … averaged 7.9 points and 4.5 rebounds in 20.7 minutes per game … shot 50.5 percent from the field … scored in double figures in 47 career games … recorded at least 10 rebounds in 10 contests … totaled eight career double-doubles (including six during the 2020-21 season).
2021-22
Played in 26 games, making 20 starts … averaged 7.3 points and 3.9 rebounds in 21.6 minutes per game … shot a career-high percentage at the free throw line (67.2%) … scored at least 10 points in seven contests … totaled a season-high 14 points in a home victory against California (Jan. 27) … recorded a season-best 11 rebounds (and had seven points) in a road victory at Washington (Feb. 28) … tallied a career-high four steals in a road win at California (Jan. 8) … made 4 of 8 attempts from 3-point range (50.0%) … averaged 8.6 points and 4.1 rebounds in 18 Pac-12 contests … missed eight games in November and December with a left knee injury (MCL sprain), sustaining that injury in the first half of the Bruins’ season opener against CSU Bakersfield (Nov 9).
2020-21
Played in 31 games, making 31 starts … averaged 10.0 points and 5.4 rebounds in 23.4 minutes per game … tied for the team lead in blocks (22, along with Jaime Jaquez Jr.) … ranked No. 9 in the Pac-12 in overall field goal percentage (53.8%) … recorded a career-best field goal percentage (53.8%) … scored at least 10 points in 19 of 31 games … recorded six double-doubles … did not play in a game at USC (Feb. 6) after sustaining a right ankle injury in practice … scored at least 20 points in one game, finishing with a career-high 22 points and a career-high 13 rebounds in an overtime win at Arizona State (Jan. 7) … made 8 of 11 shots and 6 of 8 free throws in the win at Arizona State … in Pac-12 play, averaged 10.2 points and 5.1 rebounds per game … in six NCAA Tournament contests, averaged 9.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game … totaled 14 points and 10 rebounds in the Bruins’ Final Four overtime loss to Gonzaga (April 3) … also had 12 points and 12 rebounds in the team’s 67-47 second-round win over Abilene Christian (March 22) … had a career-best four blocks in an overtime win against Alabama in the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16 win (March 28).
2019-20
Played in 31 games, making 17 starts … averaged 8.8 points and 4.5 rebounds in 20.4 minutes per game … ranked second on the team in field goal percentage (51.8) … scored in double figures in 14 games … scored at least 20 points in one game, recording season highs with 21 points and 11 rebounds against Denver (Dec. 8) … had one double-double (against Denver on Dec. 8) … scored 11 of his 19 points in overtime in the Bruins’ home win over Washington State (Feb. 13) … made 9 of 10 shots in the victory against Washington State (Feb. 13), going 5-for-5 from the field in overtime … averaged 12.4 points through the team’s final nine games … made 17 of 20 free throws (85.0 percent) in UCLA’s last three contests.
2018-19
Played in 30 games, making eight starts … averaged 5.5 points and 4.1 rebounds in 17.4 minutes per game … shot 47.4 percent from the field … scored at least 10 points in seven games … recorded a season-high 10 rebounds in two games – at Cincinnati (Dec. 19) and versus Arizona State (Jan. 24) … scored a season-high 11 points in three games – versus North Carolina (Nov. 23), at Cincinnati (Dec. 19) and versus Utah (Feb. 9) … finished the season with one double-double (versus Cincinnati, Dec. 19), totaling 11 points and 10 rebounds … made a season-high four field goals in five games … recorded a season-high two blocks in three games … missed the first three games of the season with a jaw injury, sustained in practice on Oct. 31, 2018.
2017-18
Did not play.
High School
Four-year varsity basketball letterwinner at Sierra Canyon High School (Chatsworth, Calif.) under head coach Ty Nichols … was ranked the No. 32 player, nationally, in his high school class by Scout.com … also was listed as the No. 41 player by Rivals.com and No. 43 by ESPN.com … was ranked as the No. 1 power forward in the state of California (in his high school class) and the No. 2 power forward in the West region by Scout.com … helped Sierra Canyon win at least 26 games in each of his four varsity seasons … also guided his high school program to a perfect 37-0 record in league games … averaged 16.3 points and 8.3 rebounds per game as a senior at Sierra Canyon, leading his team to a 27-3 overall record in 2016-17 … earned first-team All-Area honors from the Los Angeles Daily News his final three seasons (2015, 2016 and 2017) … secured second-team All-Southern Section honors by the Southern California Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association (SCIBCA) in the Boys Open Division as a senior … scored 34 points in a 99-93 win over Heritage Christian in the CIF Southern Section Open Division first-round game … secured second-team All-State acclaim from Cal-Hi Sports as a senior and third-team honors as a junior (2016) and sophomore (2015) … also was a three-time CIF Southern Section Division V John Wooden Award winner (high school player of the year in 2014, 2015 and 2016) … as a junior, Sierra Canyon lost in the CIF Southern Section Open Division final to eventual state champion Chino Hills High School … registered 12.5 points and 7.9 rebounds per game as a junior in 2015-16 … led Sierra Canyon to a 26-5 overall record and a 10-0 mark in league play as a junior … averaged 15.6 points and 9.4 rebounds per game as a sophomore (2014-15) … helped Sierra Canyon compile a 26-4 record and 10-0 mark in league games during his sophomore season … totaled 18 points, 22 rebounds and three blocks in his team’s 80-55 win over University High School (San Francisco) in the CIF State Division V title game (setting a California record for most single-game rebounds in the state championship contest) … as a freshman (2013-14), registered 14.5 points and 7.7 rebounds per game at Sierra Canyon.
Personal
Full name: Cody Jorden Riley … born in Kansas City, Kan. … is the son of Darryl and Rebecca Riley … has three brothers (Lorenzo, Ben and Jay Jay) and two sisters (Laney, Jasmine) … moved with his family to southern California prior to beginning the sixth grade … attended Sierra Canyon for middle school and high school … African-American studies major.
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