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UCLA BASKETBALL UCLA Athletic Communications l J.D. Morgan Center l 325 Westwood Plaza l Los Angeles, CA 90095 Men’s Basketball Contact: Alex Timiraos l [email protected] l o: (310) 206-0524 l c: (310) 847-9231 UCLA’S TOP RETURNING SCORERS CSUN Matadors (1-0) at No. 16 UCLA Bruins (1-0) 2015-16 Stats Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016 – 6 p.m. PT No. Player GP GS MPG RPG APG PPG Los Angeles, Calif. (Pauley Pavilion) 10 Isaac Hamilton 32 32 35.2 4.2 3.3 16.8 20 Bryce Alford 32 32 36.2 3.8 5.2 16.1 GAME INFORMATION 40 Thomas Welsh 31 26 26.8 8.5 0.5 11.2 Venue: Pauley Pavilion (13,800) vs. 3 Aaron Holiday 32 32 31.7 3.0 4.0 10.3 Tipoff Time: 6:10 p.m. (PT) Television: Pac-12 Networks 1-0 1-0 TV Talent: Guy Haberman, Don MacLean 2016-17 SCHEDULE Radio (UCLA Sports Network from IMG College): AM 570 All-Time Series: UCLA leads, 8-1 Exhibition Game Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Tracy Murray (analyst) UCLA has won its last four games against CSUN, Nov. 1 The Master’s University P12N W 100-58 SIRIUSXM/App Channels: Ch. 197/Ch. 959 including a 77-45 decision last year (Nov. 29, 2015). November Fri. 11 Pacific P12N W 119-80 BRUINS AT A GLANCE Sun. 13 CSUN P12N 6 p.m. UCLA returns 10 players who competed last season, including four of the team’s five starters – senior Isaac Hamilton, Thu. 17 San Diego P12N 8 p.m. senior Bryce Alford, junior Thomas Welsh and sophomore Aaron Holiday. Other prominent contributors back from Sun. 20 Long Beach State P12N 7 p.m. last season’s team are junior G.G. Goloman and sophomores Alex Olesinski and Prince Ali. UCLA has added three Thu. 24 vs. Portland 1 ESPN2 8 p.m. freshmen – Ike Anigbogu, Lonzo Ball and TJ Leaf – who were nationally ranked among the top 25 incoming players by Fri. 25 vs. Dayton/Nebraska 1 ESPN2/3 6:30/9 p.m. Scout.com and Rivals.com. In all, the roster includes three seniors, four juniors, three sophomores and five freshmen. Sun. 27 vs. TBD 2 ESPN/U TBD Wed. 30 UC Riverside P12N 8 p.m. FRIDAY’S SEASON OPENER The Bruins recorded their highest single-game point total since 1997 on Friday night, defeating the University of December Pacific by a 119-80 margin before 8,743 in Pauley Pavilion. Freshman Lonzo Ball had 19 points, 11 assists and eight Sat. 3 at Kentucky CBS 12:30 p.m. (ET) rebounds while classmate TJ Leaf finished with 22 points and a team-leading 15 rebounds. Senior Bryce Alford made Sat. 10 Michigan ESPN2 5 p.m. 9 of 13 shots, including 6 of 9 from 3-point range, to total 30 points in the Bruins’ season opener. Aaron Holiday had Wed. 14 UC Santa Barbara P12N 7:30 p.m. 18 points and five assists off the bench, and Isaac Hamilton finished with 17 points and eight assists. Sat. 17 vs. Ohio State 3 CBS 12 p.m. MOST POINTS SINCE: UCLA logged its largest single-game point total since defeating Cal State Fullerton, 120- Wed. 21 Western Michigan P12N 8 p.m. 91, in Pauley Pavilion on Dec. 13, 1997. In addition, the Bruins set their program’s all-time single-game record Wed. 28 at Oregon* ESPN2 6 p.m. for most 3-point field goals made, connecting on 18 of 30 attempts from 3-point range. Fri. 30 at Oregon State* P12N 8 p.m. SENIOR LEADERS January Bryce Alford and Isaac Hamilton, a pair of senior guards, have opened the season as two of the Pac-12 Conference’s Thu. 5 California* ESPN/2 6 p.m. most veteran student-athletes. Alford has averaged 13.2 points in 106 career games. He enters this season as the Sun. 8 Stanford* FS1 5 p.m. only returning player in a Power 5 conference to have averaged at least 16.0 points, 5.0 assists and 3.0 rebounds Thu. 12 at Colorado* FS1 9 p.m. (MT) per game last season. Hamilton is the Pac-12’s leading returning scorer from last year, having averaged a team-best Sat. 14 at Utah* P12N 4 p.m. (MT) 16.8 points per game in 2015-16. Now in his third playing season, Hamilton has registered 13.6 points per game. Thu. 19 Arizona State* FS1 8 p.m. Sat. 21 Arizona* CBS 1 p.m. CRUNCHING NUMBERS Wed. 25 at USC* FS1 8 p.m. Ranked No. 16 in the preseason AP poll, UCLA returns 77.0 percent of its total scoring and 58.3 percent of its rebounding production from 2015-16. The Bruins bring back 87.3 percent of its assist production from last year. UCLA’s returning February players accounted for 74.9 percent of the team’s minutes in 2015-16. Four returning players from last season’s Wed. 1 at Washington State P12N 6 p.m. starting lineup averaged at least 10.0 points per game a year ago – Hamilton (16.8 ppg), Alford (16.1 ppg), Welsh Sat. 4 at Washington P12N 7:30 p.m. (11.2 ppg) and Holiday (10.3 ppg). Those four players accounted for 73 percent of UCLA’s scoring from last season. Thu. 9 Oregon ESPN 7 p.m. Sun. 12 Oregon State* FS1 2 p.m. SOPHOMORE SEASON Sat. 18 USC* P12N 7 p.m. Among one of the most Pac-12 freshmen last season, Aaron Holiday scored 18 points and dished five assists (no Thu. 23 at Arizona State* ESPN/2 7 p.m. (MT) turnovers) in UCLA’s season-opening win last Friday. Holiday came off the bench midway in the first half, scoring UCLA’s Sat. 25 at Arizona* ESPN/2 TBD next 10 consecutive points over a 1-minute, 27-second span. Last season, Holiday averaged 10.3 points per game and started all 32 contests for UCLA. He led the Bruins in 3-point field goal percentage during his freshman campaign, March shooting 41.9 percent from beyond the arc. He also averaged 4.0 assists per game last year. Wed. 1 Washington* FS1 8 p.m. NAISMITH PLAYER OF THE YEAR Sat. 4 Washington State* ESPNU 6:30 p.m. Freshman Lonzo Ball was named the Naismith High School Player of the Year as a senior at Chino Hills High School in 8-11 Pac-12 Tournament4 TBD TBD 2015-16 (23.9 ppg, 11.3 rpg, 11.5 apg), leading his team to a 35-0 record and the CIF State Open Division Championship. * Pac-12 Conference games The 6-foot-6 guard came within two rebounds shy of a triple-double in his collegiate debut on Friday night, recording 1 Wooden Legacy (at Cal State Fullerton, Titan Gym) 19 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds. Ball’s 11 assists were one shy of the school’s single-game freshman assist 2 Wooden Legacy (at Honda Center, Anaheim) record – Pooh Richardson had 12 assists as a freshman in a double-overtime win at Washington State (Jan. 11, 1986). 3 CBS Sports Classic (at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas) 4 Pac-12 Tournament (at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas) GOOD COMPANY Lonzo Ball became UCLA’s first-ever freshman to record a point-assist double-double in his collegiate debut (19 points, UCLA ON SOCIAL MEDIA 11 assists) on Friday night. In addition, TJ Leaf had a point-rebound double-double (22 points, 15 boards) in his UCLA debut last Friday. Ball and Leaf are the fourth and fifth players at UCLA in the last 25 seasons to have registered a Men’s Basketball Twitter: @UCLAMBB Men’s Basketball Instagram: @UCLAMBB double-double in their first games as UCLA freshmen. Charles O’Bannon (Nov. 27, 1993), Kevin Love (Nov. 8, 2007) Men’s Basketball Snapchat: UCLAMBB and Kyle Anderson (Nov. 9, 2012) all had double-doubles in their first contests as freshmen at UCLA. Men’s Basketball Facebook: /UCLAMensBasketball BRUINS DOWN UNDER UCLA Athletics Twitter: @UCLAAthletics UCLA spent 10 full days in Australia in August 2016, going 2-1 in three preseason games (NCAA rules allow college UCLA Athletics Instagram: @UCLAAthletics programs to take a foreign trip once every four years). The Bruins spent four days in Sydney, three in Melbourne and UCLA Athletics Facebook: /UCLAAthletics three in Gold Coast before returning to Los Angeles the morning of Aug. 31. UCLA cruised past Sydney University, 123- #GoBruins 76, in its first game. The Bruins followed with two games against professional teams in Australia’s National Basketball League (NBL), losing to the Melbourne United (89-84) and defeating the Brisbane Bullets (94-91). OVERSEAS HIGHLIGHTS: Among several off-the-court highlights for UCLA while in Australia included a tour of the Sydney Opera House, hiking to the top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, a one-hour bike tour in Melbourne and a group surfing lesson in Surfer’s Paradise, located in Gold Coast (nearly one hour south of Brisbane). 2016-17 UCLA Men’s Basketball MEDIA INFORMATION 2016-17 UCLA NUMERICAL ROSTER UCLA Athletic Communications J.D. Morgan Center, Suite 128 No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown (Previous School) 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 0 Alex Olesinski So. F 6-10 200 Roswell, N.M. (La Lumiere School [IN]) Men’s Basketball Contact Alex Timiraos 2 Lonzo Ball Fr.