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Jersey Number 4
Will McClendon
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Las Vegas, Nev.
- High School:
- Bishop Gorman HS
Bio
Career
Has played in 60 career games (four starts) … has averaged 2.7 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game … has averaged 15.8 minutes in 60 career games … enrolled at UCLA in 2021 and redshirted the 2021-22 season … has two seasons of eligibility remaining.
2023-24
Played in all 33 games, making four starts … averaged 4.1 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game as a redshirt sophomore … shot 33.9 percent from the field and 35.4 percent from 3-point territory … tied for third on the team (with Sebastian Mack) for most made 3-pointers (28-for-79) … shot 71.4 percent from the free throw line (20-for-28) … scored in double figures in three games … scored a career-high 13 points in a road win against Stanford (Feb. 7), making 4 of 8 shots and 3 of 6 attempts from 3-point range … also scored 11 points in a home victory against UC Riverside (Nov. 30) and 10 points in a road win over Oregon State (Dec. 28) … made a season-high three 3-pointers in four games … finished the season with 35 assists and 17 turnovers, compiling an assist-turnover ratio of 2.1 … totaled 20 steals, the fifth-highest total on the team … recorded a career-high steals against USC (Feb. 24) in Pauley Pavilion … also had three steals in a loss at Arizona (Jan. 20).
2022-23
Played in 27 games … averaged 1.0 points and 1.1 rebounds in 9.4 minutes per game off the bench as a redshirt freshman … totaled 28 points, 31 rebounds, 22 assists and nine steals in 27 contests … scored a season-high four points in three games, including against UNC Asheville (March 16) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament … was 2-for-2 from the field and totaled three rebounds in two assists in the win over UNC Asheville … recorded a season-high four rebounds in two games – against California (Feb. 18) and versus Colorado (March 9) in the Pac-12 Tournament in Las Vegas … played at least 19 minutes in two games – at Washington State (Dec. 30) and against UNC Asheville (March 16) … had two points and the game-saving assist to Adem Bona in the final minute of action in UCLA’s comeback win at Washington State (Dec. 30) … did not play in UCLA’s first eight games of the season, as he continued to recover from a left knee injury that held him out of the 2021-22 season (had surgery in Oct. 2021).
2021-22
Did not play … sustained a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee on Sept. 17, 2021, forcing him to miss the season.
High School
Was a four-year varsity basketball letterwinner at Bishop Gorman High School (Las Vegas), playing for head coach Grant Rice … was ranked as the No. 41 prospect in the country, in his high school class, by Rivals.com … also had been rated the No. 55 player by 247Sports.com and No. 65, by ESPN.com … was ranked the No. 3 prospect in the state of Nevada, in his high school class, by 247Sports.com … was unable to play for Bishop Gorman during his senior year (2020-21), as the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association (NIAA) canceled the high school season due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Bishop Gorman had been ranked No. 6, nationally, in the Preseason MaxPreps Top 25 rankings (Nov. 2020), prior to the Nevada high school season being canceled … as a junior at Bishop Gorman (2019-20), secured first-team All-Southern Nevada acclaim, averaging 16.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 3.0 steals per game … also was named a MaxPreps Junior All-American in 2019-20 … led his high school program to its ninth consecutive championship in the 2020 Nevada Class 4A state title game at Lawlor Events Center (Reno, Nev.) … scored a team-leading 14 points in the championship victory, a 65-37 victory over Desert Pines … led the 2019-20 Bishop Gorman squad to a 29-3 record … as a sophomore in 2018-19, helped lead Bishop Gorman to its eighth consecutive Nevada Class 4A state championship … Bishop Gorman finished the 2018-19 campaign with a 28-5 record and defeated Clark High School, 68-60, in the state title game … Bishop Gorman was one of eight high school programs invited to compete in the GEICO Nationals, losing to La Lumiere School (Indiana), 74-69, in double overtime … scored a team-high 22 points in the double overtime loss to La Lumiere … as a sophomore, helped his high school program to signature wins against Rancho Christian (Calif.) and Gonzaga Prep (the Washington Class 4A Champions).
Personal
Full name: William Anthony McClendon … born in Sacramento, Calif. … is the younger of Sean McClendon and Angela Slaughter’s two sons … has one older brother, Marcus … pre-sociology major.
Has played in 60 career games (four starts) … has averaged 2.7 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game … has averaged 15.8 minutes in 60 career games … enrolled at UCLA in 2021 and redshirted the 2021-22 season … has two seasons of eligibility remaining.
2023-24
Played in all 33 games, making four starts … averaged 4.1 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game as a redshirt sophomore … shot 33.9 percent from the field and 35.4 percent from 3-point territory … tied for third on the team (with Sebastian Mack) for most made 3-pointers (28-for-79) … shot 71.4 percent from the free throw line (20-for-28) … scored in double figures in three games … scored a career-high 13 points in a road win against Stanford (Feb. 7), making 4 of 8 shots and 3 of 6 attempts from 3-point range … also scored 11 points in a home victory against UC Riverside (Nov. 30) and 10 points in a road win over Oregon State (Dec. 28) … made a season-high three 3-pointers in four games … finished the season with 35 assists and 17 turnovers, compiling an assist-turnover ratio of 2.1 … totaled 20 steals, the fifth-highest total on the team … recorded a career-high steals against USC (Feb. 24) in Pauley Pavilion … also had three steals in a loss at Arizona (Jan. 20).
2022-23
Played in 27 games … averaged 1.0 points and 1.1 rebounds in 9.4 minutes per game off the bench as a redshirt freshman … totaled 28 points, 31 rebounds, 22 assists and nine steals in 27 contests … scored a season-high four points in three games, including against UNC Asheville (March 16) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament … was 2-for-2 from the field and totaled three rebounds in two assists in the win over UNC Asheville … recorded a season-high four rebounds in two games – against California (Feb. 18) and versus Colorado (March 9) in the Pac-12 Tournament in Las Vegas … played at least 19 minutes in two games – at Washington State (Dec. 30) and against UNC Asheville (March 16) … had two points and the game-saving assist to Adem Bona in the final minute of action in UCLA’s comeback win at Washington State (Dec. 30) … did not play in UCLA’s first eight games of the season, as he continued to recover from a left knee injury that held him out of the 2021-22 season (had surgery in Oct. 2021).
2021-22
Did not play … sustained a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee on Sept. 17, 2021, forcing him to miss the season.
High School
Was a four-year varsity basketball letterwinner at Bishop Gorman High School (Las Vegas), playing for head coach Grant Rice … was ranked as the No. 41 prospect in the country, in his high school class, by Rivals.com … also had been rated the No. 55 player by 247Sports.com and No. 65, by ESPN.com … was ranked the No. 3 prospect in the state of Nevada, in his high school class, by 247Sports.com … was unable to play for Bishop Gorman during his senior year (2020-21), as the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association (NIAA) canceled the high school season due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Bishop Gorman had been ranked No. 6, nationally, in the Preseason MaxPreps Top 25 rankings (Nov. 2020), prior to the Nevada high school season being canceled … as a junior at Bishop Gorman (2019-20), secured first-team All-Southern Nevada acclaim, averaging 16.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 3.0 steals per game … also was named a MaxPreps Junior All-American in 2019-20 … led his high school program to its ninth consecutive championship in the 2020 Nevada Class 4A state title game at Lawlor Events Center (Reno, Nev.) … scored a team-leading 14 points in the championship victory, a 65-37 victory over Desert Pines … led the 2019-20 Bishop Gorman squad to a 29-3 record … as a sophomore in 2018-19, helped lead Bishop Gorman to its eighth consecutive Nevada Class 4A state championship … Bishop Gorman finished the 2018-19 campaign with a 28-5 record and defeated Clark High School, 68-60, in the state title game … Bishop Gorman was one of eight high school programs invited to compete in the GEICO Nationals, losing to La Lumiere School (Indiana), 74-69, in double overtime … scored a team-high 22 points in the double overtime loss to La Lumiere … as a sophomore, helped his high school program to signature wins against Rancho Christian (Calif.) and Gonzaga Prep (the Washington Class 4A Champions).
Personal
Full name: William Anthony McClendon … born in Sacramento, Calif. … is the younger of Sean McClendon and Angela Slaughter’s two sons … has one older brother, Marcus … pre-sociology major.
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