UCLA Men's Basketball UCLA’Sucla Season/Careerseason/CAREER Statistics (As of Dec 11, STATS 2020) 2020-21All Games ROSTER
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UCLA MEN’S BASKETBALL UCLA Athletic Communications / J.D. Morgan Center / 325 Westwood Plaza / Los Angeles, CA 90095 Men’s Basketball Contact: Alex Timiraos / [email protected] / o: (310) 206-0524 / c: (310) 847-9231 UCLA’S STATISTICAL LEADERS Long Beach State Beach (1-2) at UCLA Bruins (5-1) No. Player GP GS MPG RPG APG PPG Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020 – 6:00 p.m. (PT) 4 Jaime Jaquez Jr. 6 6 34.7 6.0 1.8 14.8 Los Angeles, Calif. (Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom) 5 Chris Smith 6 6 30.3 7.0 2.3 13.2 GAME INFORMATION 10 Tyger Campbell 6 6 34.2 3.3 7.2 12.5 Venue: Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom 1 Jules Bernard 6 6 27.5 5.0 1.0 9.8 Venue Capacity: 13,800 at Game Time: 6 p.m. (PT) 2020-21 SCHEDULE Television: Pac-12 Network TV Talent: J.B. Long (play-by-play), Casey Jacobsen (analyst) November Radio (UCLA Sports Network): AM 570 1-2 5-1 Wed. 25 at San Diego State 1 CBS-SN L 58-73 Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Tracy Murray (analyst) The Bruins have gone 17-1 in the series against Long Beach Fri. 27 Pepperdine 1 P12N 3-OT W 107-98 XM Radio Channel: Ch. 373 SIRIUS Internet Channel: Ch. 373 State. UCLA won the season opener last year, 69-65. December Thu. 3 Seattle P12N W 78-52 Sun. 6 California* P12N W 76-56 UP NEXT FOR UCLA Wed. 9 San Diego P12N W 83-56 Having won their past five games, the Bruins will take on Long Beach State this Tuesday evening in Pauley Pavilion Fri. 11 Marquette P12N W 69-60 presented by Wescom. Game time is 6 p.m. (PT). Tuesday’s contest will the mark the fourth and final contest of the team’s Tue. 15 Long Beach State 2 P12N 6 p.m. 3 current four-game homestand. Following Tuesday’s game against Long Beach State, the Bruins are scheduled to face Sat. 19 vs. Kentucky CBS 2 p.m. (ET) Kentucky in the annual CBS Sports Classic in Cleveland (Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse) on Saturday, Dec. 19. Wed. 23 at Oregon* ESPN2 12 p.m. Thu. 31 Utah – – HISTORY AGAINST LONG BEACH STATE: The Bruins have gone 17-1 in the series against Long Beach State. UCLA has won each of the six games, a streak that began with the Bruins’ 89-70 victory on Dec. 18, 2012. The Bruins have January defeated Long Beach State in six of the past eight seasons (including in last year’s season opener, by a 69-65 margin). Sat. 2 Colorado* – – Thu. 7 at (23) Arizona State* – – LAST TIME OUT Sat. 9 at Arizona* – – Jaime Jaquez Jr. tied his career high with 18 points, and Jules Bernard totaled 15 points and seven rebounds off the Thu. 14 Washington State* – – bench in UCLA’s 69-60 victory over Marquette last Friday night. The win pushed UCLA’s overall record to 5-1. The Bruins Sat. 16 Washington* – – led Marquette at halftime, 36-34, and used a 13-4 scoring run over the game’s final seven minutes to take the 69-60 win. Thu. 21 at California* – – Friday’s game marked just the third all-time matchup against Marquette, as UCLA improved to 3-0 in the all-time series. Sat. 23 at Stanford* – – UCLA shot 41 percent overall from the field and limited Marquette to just 4-of-20 shooting from 3-point territory. Thu. 28 Oregon* – – Sat. 30 Oregon State* – – UCLA’S WIN OVER SAN DIEGO Jaime Jaquez Jr. (17 points, 4 blocks) was one of five UCLA players to score in double figures in the team’s 83-56 win February Sat. 6 at USC* – – over San Diego on Wednesday, Dec. 9. Jaquez Jr. made 6 of 9 shots and was 3 of 4 from 3-point territory in the 27-point Thu. 11 at Washington State* – – victory. Chris Smith and Tyger Campbell each scored 12 points, Cody Riley had 11 points and 10 rebounds, and Johnny Sat. 13 at Washington* – – Juzang had 10 points off the bench in his first game as a Bruin. UCLA led the visiting Toreros, 33-23, at halftime, pushed Thu. 18 Arizona* – – the second-half advantage to 16 points at the 12:16 mark and never saw its cushion reduced to fewer than 10 points. Sat. 20 (23) Arizona State* – – SOLID DISTRIBUTION Thu. 25 at Utah* – – UCLA’s 23 assists in the 76-56 win against California last Sunday were the most by any Bruins’ squad since recording Sat. 27 at Colorado* – – 25 assists in an NCAA Tournament win against Kent State on March 17, 2017 (at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento). March Campbell had 12 of the Bruins’ 23 assists against California. UCLA recorded a season-high 22 assists in a non-conference Sat. 6 USC* – – loss to Hofstra last year (Nov. 21, 2019), totaling at least 20 assists in just two games that season. Campbell has averaged a Pac-12-leading 6.8 assists per game and has shot 44.6 percent from the field (25-for-56). Postseason Schedule Wed.-Sat. March 10-13 Pac-12 Tournament 4 EYE OF THE TYGER Tue.-Wed. March 16-17 NCAA First Four Sophomore guard Tyger Campbell has registered a Pac-12-best 7.2 assists per game, through games played on Saturday. Thu.-Sun. March 18-21 NCAA 1st, 2nd Rounds Campbell’s 7.2 assists per game were 2.5-apg better than Colorado’s McKinley Wright IV (who ranked second in that Thu.-Sun. March 25-28 NCAA Regional category, 4.7 apg). Campbell has logged 43 assists and just nine turnovers, compiling an assist-turnover ratio of 4.8-to-1 Sat., Mon. April 3, 5 NCAA Final Four in six games. Through Saturday’s action, he was one of just three players in the nation with at least 7.0 assists per game, * Pac-12 Conference games while registering an assist-turnover ratio of at least 4.5 (along with Saint Louis’ Yuri Collins and Richmond’s Jacob Gilyard). rankings in parenthesis are from the weekly AP poll 1 at San Diego State’s Viejas Arena DON’T GET FOULED 2 game rescheduled for Dec. 15 (had been postponed on Nov. 30) The Bruins have committed fewer fouls than their opponent in all six games this season. In UCLA’s last four games – all 3 CBS Sports Classic (Cleveland, Ohio) home victories – the Bruins’ opposition has gone a combined 28 for 44 at the free throw stripe (averaging 11.0 attempts per 4 Pac-12 Tournament, T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas, Nev.) game). Last season, UCLA’s opponents averaged 18.8 free throw attempts per game (through 31 contests). In the victory over Cal, the Golden Bears were just 3-for-5 at the free throw line as UCLA recorded a 76-56 victory in Pac-12 action. In UCLA ON SOCIAL MEDIA the Bruins’ win over Seattle (Dec. 3), the visiting Redhawks made just 3 of 9 free throw attempts. Men’s Basketball Twitter: @UCLAMBB Men’s Basketball Instagram: @UCLAMBB WELCOME TO WESTWOOD Men’s Basketball Facebook: /UCLAMensBasketball Sophomore Johnny Juzang, who grew up in nearby Tarzana, Calif., scored 10 points and added three rebounds in his UCLA UCLA Athletics Twitter: @UCLAAthletics debut last Wednesday against San Diego. Juzang, a 6-foot-6 guard, missed UCLA’s first four games of the season with a UCLA Athletics Instagram: @UCLAAthletics stress reaction in his right foot. He transferred from Kentucky to UCLA in the summer and has averaged 9.5 points and 2.5 UCLA Athletics Facebook: /UCLAAthletics rebounds per game in two contests this season. He played in 28 games last season for Kentucky. #GoBruins ABOUT CHRIS SMITH Senior Chris Smith has played in a team-high 103 games since the start of the 2017-18 campaign, averaging 8.0 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game. Last season, Smith earned first-team All-Pac-12 acclaim (averaged a team-best 13.1 ppg). Smith has scored at least 20 points in two of the Bruins’ six games this season and has grabbed at least 10 rebounds in two contests. He scored a career-high 30 points in a home victory against Colorado last season (Jan. 30, 2020). CAREER-HIGH PERCENTAGES: Chris Smith registered career-high percentages across the board last season. He shot 45.8% from the field and saw noticeable increases from the 3-point arc (34.1%) and the free throw line (84.0%). He scored more points last season (406) than he had in his two previous seasons combined (337). 2020-21 UCLA MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA INFORMATION 2020-21 UCLA NUMERICAL ROSTER UCLA Athletic Communications No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown (Previous School) J.D. Morgan Center, Suite 128 0 Jaylen Clark Fr. G 6-5 195 Riverside, Calif. (Etiwanda HS) 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1 Jules Bernard Jr. G 6-6 205 Los Angeles, Calif. (Windward School) Men’s Basketball Contact Alex Timiraos 2 Cody Riley RS Jr. F 6-9 255 Kansas City, Kan. (Sierra Canyon HS [California]) Office Phone (310) 206-0524 3 Johnny Juzang So. G 6-6 210 Tarzana, Calif. (University of Kentucky) Cell Phone (310) 847-9231 4 Jaime Jaquez Jr. So. G/F 6-6 220 Camarillo, Calif. (Camarillo HS) E-mail [email protected] Website www.uclabruins.com 5 Chris Smith Sr.