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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 TOP SCORERS No. 15/14 Ohio State Buckeyes (10-1) vs. UCLA Bruins (7-4) No. Player GP GS MPG RPG APG PPG Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018 – 12 p.m. (PT) / 2 p.m. (CT) 13 Kris Wilkes 11 11 31.1 4.2 1.5 17.7 Chicago, Illinois (United Center) 1 Moses Brown 11 11 23.9 9.4 0.5 11.8 GAME INFORMATION 4 Jaylen Hands 11 11 29.8 3.8 7.3 11.6 Venue: United Center (Chicago, Ill.) 23 Prince Ali 11 11 25.5 2.0 1.5 10.0 Venue Capacity: 20,917 Tipoff Time: 12:07 p.m. PT / 2:07 p.m. ET vs. 2018-19 SCHEDULE Television: CBS TV Talent: Brad Nessler (play-by-play), Bill Raftery (analyst), Exhibition Game Jamie Erdahl (sideline) 10-1 7-4 Oct. 27 N.Y. Institute of Tech. P12N W 125-73 Radio (UCLA Sports Network from IMG): AM 1150 November Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Tracy Murray (analyst) UCLA has compiled a 6-4 all-time record versus Ohio State Tue. 6 Purdue Fort Wayne P12N W 96-71 SIRIUS/XM Radio Channels: Ch. 146 / Ch. 197 and has won the last five meetings. Most recently, UCLA Fri. 9 Long Beach State P12N W 91-80 SIRIUS App Channel: Ch. 959 defeated Ohio State 86-73 on Dec. 17, 2016, in Las Vegas. Fri. 16 Saint Francis U P12N W 95-58 Mon. 19 Presbyterian P12N W 80-65 Thu. 22 vs. (11) Michigan State 1 FS1 L 67-87 UP NEXT FOR UCLA Fri. 23 vs. (7) North Carolina 1 FOX L 78-94 The Bruins return to action against Ohio State (10-1) this Saturday in the fifth edition of the annual CBS Sports Classic, a Wed. 28 Hawai’i P12N W 80-61 doubleheader that features UCLA, Ohio State, Kentucky and North Carolina. This Saturday’s doubleheader will be played at the United Center (Chicago), which served as the venue for this event in December 2014. Following Saturday’s game, UCLA December Sun. 2 Loyola Marymount P12N W 82-58 will return to Los Angeles and will close its non-conference schedule against Liberty on Saturday, Dec. 29. Sat. 8 Notre Dame ESPN2 W 65-62 THE ALL-TIME SERIES: UCLA has gone 6-4 in the all-time series against Ohio State. Two seasons ago, the Bruins Sat. 15 Belmont P12N L 72-74 improved their record to 12-0 with an 86-73 victory over Ohio State in the CBS Sports Classic at T-Mobile Arena in Las Wed. 19 at Cincinnati ESPN2 L 64-93 Vegas. The Bruins have won their last five games against Ohio State, a winning streak that began Dec. 3, 1965, which Sat. 22 vs. (15) Ohio State 2 CBS 2 p.m. (CT) was the first-ever regular-season basketball game played in Pauley Pavilion (UCLA won, 92-66). Sat. 29 Liberty P12N 3 p.m. THE LAST TIME OUT January Thu. 3 Stanford* ESPN 8 p.m. UCLA dropped a 93-64 decision at Cincinnati on Wednesday, playing at the Bearcats’ newly-renovated Fifth Third Arena Sat. 5 California* P12N 1 p.m. before a standing-room only crowd of 12,689. The Bruins trailed at halftime, 48-31, after having taken a 17-9 lead in the Thu. 10 at Oregon* ESPN/2/U 6 p.m. game’s first eight minutes. Cincinnati used a 28-4 scoring run during a five-minute span prior to halftime and never saw its Sun. 13 at Oregon State* FS1 7 p.m. lead fall to any fewer than 14 points in the second half. Kris Wilkes led UCLA with 21 points, connecting on 6 of 12 shots. Sat. 19 at USC* CBS 1 p.m. SCORING IN DOUBLE FIGURES Thu. 24 (18) Arizona State* FS1 8 p.m. Sophomore guard Kris Wilkes has scored in double figures in all 11 games for UCLA this season. The 6-foot-8 guard from Sat. 26 Arizona* ESPN2 7 p.m. Indianapolis, Ind., has scored at least 20 points in four games this season. He tallied 21 points against Cincinnati last Wed. 30 at Washington State* P12N 7 p.m. Wednesday, registered 20 points in the team’s loss to Belmont last Saturday (Dec. 15) and had 22 points in the Bruins’ February game against North Carolina in Las Vegas (Friday, Nov. 23). Wilkes scored a career-high 27 points and grabbed 10 rebounds Sat. 2 at Washington* ESPN/2 1 p.m. in UCLA’s season-opening win against Purdue Fort Wayne (96-71) on Tuesday, Nov. 6. Thu. 6 Colorado* P12N 6 p.m. Sat. 9 Utah* FOX 2 p.m. ELEVEN CONSECUTIVE: Kris Wilkes has becme the sixth player at UCLA in the past six seasons to have opened the Thu. 13 at California* P12N 7 p.m. team’s first 11 games by scoring in double figures in every game. Two seasons ago, then-freshman TJ Leaf scored Sat. 16 at Stanford* ESPN/2/U 7 p.m. in double figures in each of UCLA’s first 21 games (during the 2016-17 season, a year in which UCLA opened 13-0). Thu. 21 Oregon State* FS1 8 p.m. Sun. 23 Oregon* ESPN/2 7 p.m. DISTRIBUTION Thu. 28 USC* ESPN/2/U 6 p.m. Sophomore guard Jaylen Hands leads all Pac-12 players in assists (80) and assists per game (7.3), through games played Thursday. Hands has averaged 11.6 points and 3.8 rebounds per game, starting all 11 contests for UCLA. Over the team’s March last six games, he has recorded 60 assists and 18 turnovers (which equals a 3.3-to-1 assist-turnover ratio). He has totaled Thu. 7 at Colorado* ESPN/2/U 7 p.m. (MT) at least 10 assists in four of UCLA’s last five games, including a career-high 12 assists on Wednesday night in a loss at Sat. 9 at Utah* P12N 5 p.m. (MT) Cincinnati (Dec. 19). He has twice dished 11 assists this season (vs. Hawai’i on Nov. 28 and vs. Notre Dame on Dec. 8). Postseason Schedule 3 RARE FEAT: Hands became the first Pac-12 player to record at least 10 assists in three straight games since USC’s Wed.-Sat. March 13-16 Pac-12 Tournament Brandon Granville in March 2000. Granville also accomplished that feat in January 2000 and November 1999. Two other Tue.-Wed. March 19-20 NCAA First Four players in the country have accomplished that feat this season (Kai Toews of UNC Wilmington, Cody Martin of Nevada). Thu.-Sun. March 21-24 NCAA 1st, 2nd Rounds Thu.-Sun. March 28-31 NCAA Regional CRASHING THE BOARDS Sat., Mon. April 6, 8 NCAA Final Four 4 Through Thursday, Dec. 20, UCLA ranked No. 2 in the Pac-12 in rebounding offense (42.9 rpg) and was No. 5 in the league * Pac-12 Conference games in rebounding margin (+5.3). In addition, the Bruins ranked No. 8 in the nation, through Wednesday, Dec. 19, in total rankings in parenthesis are from the weekly AP poll rebounds per game (42.9) and were No. 63 in rebounding margin. Freshman Moses Brown (11.8 ppg, 9.4 rpg) ranks fourth 1 Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational, Orleans Arena (Las Vegas) in the league in rebounds per game, while redshirt freshman Jalen Hill (3.1 ppg, 6.4 rpg) ranks No. 12 in that category. 2 CBS Sports Classic, United Center (Chicago) Brown also ranks second in field goal percentage (66.7%) and third in blocks (2.6 bpg). 3 Pac-12 Tournament, T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas) 4 at U.S. Bank Stadium (Minneapolis, Minn.) FIRST TIME SINCE: Moses Brown’s 23-point, 14-rebound and eight-block effort against Saint Francis (Nov. 16) marked the first time any UCLA player had at least 20 points and five blocks in a game since Jan. 22, 2000 (Jerome Moiso). UCLA ON SOCIAL MEDIA MULTIPLE DOUBLE-DOUBLES: UCLA has seen three players register double-doubles of the point-rebound variety this Men’s Basketball Twitter: @UCLAMBB season (Moses Brown, Kris Wilkes and Cody Riley). In addition Jalen Hill has recorded a team-high 20 rebounds (versus Men’s Basketball Instagram: @UCLAMBB Presbyterian on Nov. 19). Brown has totaled a team-leading four double-doubles for UCLA. Men’s Basketball Facebook: /UCLAMensBasketball UCLA Athletics Twitter: @UCLAAthletics STANDING TALL UCLA Athletics Instagram: @UCLAAthletics UCLA’s 17-person roster includes eight players who measure at least 6-foot-8. Freshman Moses Brown (7-foot-1, 245 UCLA Athletics Facebook: /UCLAAthletics pounds) is the Bruins’ tallest player since the late Mike Lanier (7-foot-7, 310 pounds) competed as a reserve center for UCLA in 1991-92 and 1992-93. UCLA redshirt junior Alex Olesinski and redshirt freshman Jalen Hill both stand at 6-feet- #GoBruins 10, while freshmen Shareef O’Neal and Kenneth Nwuba, sophomore Chris Smith and redshirt freshman Cody Riley all stand at 6-foot-9. Sophomore guard Kris Wilkes rounds out the eight-person group at 6-foot-8. 2018-19 UCLA MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA INFORMATION 2018-19 UCLA NUMERICAL ROSTER UCLA Athletic Communications No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown (Previous School) J.D. Morgan Center, Suite 128 0 Alex Olesinski R-Jr.