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UUCLACLA WWOMEN’SOMEN’S BBASKETBALLASKETBALL UCLA Athletic Communications J.D. Morgan Center 325 Westwood Plaza Los Angeles, CA 90095 Women’s Basketball SID: Ryan Finney [email protected] o: (310) 206-4701 c: (424) 832-0676 Date: Jan. 23, 2016 2015-16 SCHEDULE No. 20 UCLA Hosts No. 12 Stanford on Sunday, Jan. 24 OVERALL: 13-5 PAC-12: 5-2 HOME: 8-1 AWAY: 4-3 NEUTRAL: 1-1 GAME INFORMATION Date: Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016 NOVEMBER Tip-Off Time: 6:06 p.m. PT/9:06 p.m. ET vs. Sun. 1 Vanguard (Exhibition) W, 113-42 Venue (Capacity): Pauley Pavilion (13,800) Fri. 13 St. John’s (--/RV) W, 73-58 Location: Los Angeles, Calif. Fri. 20 James Madison (--/RV) W, 90-61 TV: Pac-12 Networks 15-4, 5-2 13-5, 5-2 Sun. 22 South Carolina (2/2) P12LA L, 65-68 Talent: Krista Blunk (play-by-play); Fri. 27 Louisiana Tech 1 W, 68-57 Mary Murphy (analyst); Kyndra de St. Aubin (sideline) All-Time Series: Stanford leads, 59-22 Sat. 28 Notre Dame (3/3) 1 L, 84-92 (ot) Radio: AM 1150 Last Meeting: L, 62-67 in Seattle (3/6/15) Talent: Dave Marcus (play-by-play) UCLA Series Record: Home: 11-23; Away: 9-27; Neutral: 2-9 DECEMBER Sat. 5 CSU Bakersfield W, 82-68 Sun. 13 at Michigan B10N W, 86-77 STORYLINES Wed. 16 UC Irvine W, 83-48 UCLA has lost 21 straight to Stanford (since 2006) and hasn’t swept the Bay Area schools at home since that same Fri. 18 at Sacramento State W, 109-76 year. UCLA has only four home sweeps over the Bay Area teams (2006, 1994, 1987, 1984) in school history. Mon. 21 at California (21/18) P12N L, 104-108 (2ot) The Bruins are currently ranked No. 20 in the AP Poll, No. 25 in the USA Today Coaches Poll and at No. 25 in the Mon. 28 at UC Riverside W, 70-56 College Sports Madness Poll. Wed. 30 USC (RV/RV)* P12N W, 78-73 The Pac-12 Conference is ranked No. 1 in the RPI with six members in the Top 20 and 11 members in the Top 100. Stanford is at No. 5 followed by UCLA at No. 9, Arizona State at No. 11, Oregon State at No. 15, Washington at No. JANUARY 16 and USC at No. 17. Utah (35), Washington State (51), California (69), Arizona (80) and Oregon (99) round out Sat. 2 Oregon (RV/RV)* P12N W, 80-69 the 11 teams in the Top 100. Mon. 4 Oregon State (11/10)* P12N W, 71-51 Stanford currently has the No. 4 strength of schedule in the country while UCLA is at No. 5 and Colorado is at No. Sun. 10 at USC (RV/--)* P12LA L, 68-71 10. Arizona State (17), USC (18), Washington (24), Oregon State (27), Utah (36), California (38), Washington State Fri. 15 at Washington* P12N L, 56-64 (48) and Arizona (50) round out the 11 Pac-12 teams with strength of schedules rated in the Top 50 in the country Sun. 17 at Washington State* P12N W, 75-73 (as of Jan. 17, 2016). Fri. 22 California (RV/--)* P12N W, 75-56 Sun. 24 Stanford (12/14)* P12N 6:06 p.m. SERIES HISTORY Fri. 29 at Colorado* 6:00 p.m. This is the 82nd meeting between UCLA and Stanford with the Cardinal leading the series 59-22. Stanford has won the Sat. 31 at Utah* 1:00 p.m. last 21 meetings overall and swept UCLA last year during the regular season and also posted a 67-62 win over UCLA in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Tournament (March 6, 2015). In that game, the Cardinal held a seemingly comfortable FEBRUARY 53-41 edge with about 11 minutes remaining before UCLA went on a 15-3 run and tied the game at 56 when Kacy Swain Fri. 5 at Arizona State (8/11)* P12N 5:00 p.m. buried a mid-range jumper. Amber Orrange answered Swain’s bucket with a three-pointer, and after Stanford recorded a Sun. 7 at Arizona* 12:00 p.m. defensive stop, Kaylee Johnson scored to cap a 5-0 burst to make it 61-56. UCLA’s Paulina Hersler had a chance to tie Fri. 12 Washington State* 7:00 p.m. the game in the closing seconds with a contested three-pointer, but her attempt fell well short. Stanford’s Lili Thompson Sun. 14 Washington (RV/RV)* ESPNU 11:00 a.m. collected the rebound and knocked in both free throws with 0.7 seconds left to seal the 67-62 win. Orrange led Stanford Fri. 19 at Oregon* P12N 6:00 p.m. with 18 points, while Thompson added 14 and Erica McCall contributed 10 and eight rebounds. Jordin Canada led UCLA Sun. 21 at Oregon State (11/8)* P12N 6:00 p.m. with 15 points and eight assists while Swain finished with a double-double of 10 points and 11 rebounds. Kari Korver Fri. 26 Arizona* P12N 8:00 p.m. rounded out the trio of Bruins in double figures with 12 points. Sun. 28 Arizona State (8/11)* P12N 11:00 a.m. TRENDING MARCH This is the eighth-straight week UCLA has been ranked in the AP Top 25. Thu. 3 Pac-12 Tournament 2 P12N TBA UCLA is a perfect 11-0 this year when leading at the half (but just 2-5 when trailing). Fri. 4 Pac-12 Quarters 2 P12N TBA Jordin Canada has recorded at least one steal in 13 straight games. 2 Sat. 5 Pac-12 Semis P12N TBA Nirra Fields has scored in double figures in 11 straight games. 2 Sun. 6 Pac-12 Finals ESPN 6:00 p.m. Jordin Canada has had at least two assists in 46 straight games & five or more in 16-of-18 games this year. 1 Junkanoo Jam (Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas) Kari Korver has made at least one three-pointer in 29 straight games, a UCLA record. 2 Pac-12 Tournament (KeyArena at Seattle Center, Seattle) * Pac-12 Conference game National Rankings listed in () are AP/USA Today NATIONAL STATISTICS All times listed are Pacific As a team, UCLA ranks in the top 100 in 20 different categories: No. 7 Rebounds Per Game (45.94); No. 10 Offensive Rebounds Per Game (17.0); No. 14 Rebounds (827); No. 16 Scoring Offense (78.7); No. 35 Steals (186); No. 39 Steals FOLLOW THE BRUINS ON TWITTER Per Game (10.3); No. 43 Three-Point Field Goal Pct. Defense (.274); No. 45 Free Throw Attempts (368); No. 46 Rebound Margin (+6.6); No. 58 Field Goal Pct. (.429); No. 63 Blocks (82); No. 65 Free Throws Made (244); No. 66 Won-Lost Pct. Women’s Basketball Twitter: twitter.com/UCLAWBB (.722); No. 67 Scoring Margin (+10.6); No. 72 Blocks Per Game (4.6); No. 78 Three-Point Field Goal Pct. (.335); No. 83 UCLA Athletics Twitter: twitter.com/UCLAAthletics Assists Per Game (14.6) and No. 83 Assists (263). Cori Close Twitter: twitter.com/CoachCloseUCLA SCORE BY QUARTERS #GoBruins 1!)IJHI0PQQ* 2!)IJHI0PQQ* 3!)IJHI0PQQ* 4!)IJHI0PQQ* OT!)IJHI0PQQ* TOTAL UCLA 317!)390TBD* 327!)410KNV* 418!)410NJDI* 329!)410DBM* 26!)210DBM* 1417 FOLLOW THE BRUINS ONLINE Opponent 285!)350OE* 263!)350PSF* 315!)360NJDI* 325!)390DBM* 38!)270OE* 1226 Facebook: facebook.com/UCLAWomensBasketball UCLA QUARTER HIGHS Instagram: instagram.com/uclawbb TEAM INDIVIDUAL Athletic Web Site: www.UCLABruins.com POINTS REBOUNDS ASSISTS BLOCKS STEALS POINTS REBOUNDS Team Web Site: www.UCLAWBB.com 30 - CAL 21 - SAC 10 - SAC 5 - UW 7 - CAL 14 - Jordin Canada (CSUB-1Q) 8 - Monique Billings (StJ-2Q) 30 - MICH 19 - JMU 8 - ORE 5 - USC 7 - UCI 13 - Jordin Canada (OSU-3Q) 7 - Nirra Fields (UCI-3Q) 30 - JMU 18 - UCI 8 - USC 4 - USC 7 - LaT 12 - Jordin Canada (USC-4Q) 7 - Kacy Swain (ORE-3Q) 2015-16 UCLA Women’s Basketball (page 1 of 46) MEDIA INFORMATION MORE NATIONAL STATISTICS UCLA Sports Information Three of the five Bruin starters rank in the Top 100 in 17 national statistical categories. J.D. Morgan Center, Suite 128 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 Jordin Canada ranks in the Top 100 in 11 different categories: No. 13 Assists Per Game (6.4 apg); No. 13 Assists (111); No. 47 Assist Turnover Ratio (2.13); No. 56 Steals (42); No. 57 Steals Per Women’s Basketball SID Ryan Finney Office Phone (310) 206-4701 Game (2.47 spg); No. 62 Points Per Game (17.8 ppg); No. 65 Field Goal Attempts (259); No. 72 Cell Phone (424) 832-0676 Field Goals Made (114); No. 75 Total Points (302); No. 86 Free Throw Attempts (84) and No. 94 E-mail [email protected] Free Throws Made (61). Website www.uclabruins.com Nirra Fields ranks in the Top 100 in three different categories: No. 83 Steals Per Game (2.29 spg); WEEKLY AVAILABILITY No. 96 Field Goals Made (111) and No. 97 Steals (39). The best time for interviews with UCLA Head Women’s Kari Korver ranks in the Top 100 in three categories: No. 43 Three Point Field Goal Pct. (.407), No. Basketball Coach, Cori Close, or members of the Bruins’ squad, is after practices. This year, the women’s basketball team will be 60 Three Point Field Goals Made (44) and No. 71 Three Point Field Goals Made Per Game (2.44). practicing in Pauley Pavilion at varying times during the morning with start times ranging from 7:00-9:00 a.m.