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UCLA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL UCLA Athletic Communications / J.D. Morgan Center / 325 Westwood Plaza / Los Angeles, CA 90095 Women’s Basketball Contact: Ryan Finney / rfi [email protected] / o: (310) 206-4701 / c: (424) 832-0676 UCLA’S LEADING SCORERS No. 13/12 UCLA at Washington State for Sunday Tilt No. Player GP-GS MPG RPG APG PPG Sunday, January 28, 2018 3 Jordin Canada 20-20 31.7 3.7 6.5 15.5 Pullman, Wash. (Beasley Coliseum) 25 Monique Billings 20-19 29.2 9.3 1.0 14.6 22 Kennedy Burke 20-19 28.1 4.4 2.7 10.6 GAME INFORMATION 24 Japreece Dean 20-1 22.1 2.0 2.7 8.2 21 Michaela Onyenwere 20-1 17.6 4.9 0.5 7.5 Venue (Capacity): Beasley Coliseum (11,671) Location: Pullman, Wash. 2017-18 SCHEDULE Date: Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018 vs. OVERALL: 16-4 PAC-12: 7-2 Tip: 3:06 p.m. PT/6:06 p.m. ET 9-12, 2-7 16-4, 7-2 HOME: 8-2 AWAY: 6-2 NEUTRAL: 2-0 TV: Pac-12 Network Exhibition Game Talent: Elise Woodward (p-b-p), Joan Bonvicini (analyst) All-Time Series: UCLA leads 53-8 Nov. 5 Vanguard W 87-40 Radio: uclabruins.com Last Meeting: W, 67-48 at UCLA (Feb. 19, 2017) Radio Talent: November Dave Marcus (play-by-play) UCLA Record in Series: Home: 30-0; Away: 22-8; Neutral: 1-0 Fri. 10 San José State W 129-69 Sun. 12 Presbyterian College W 76-40 Sat. 18 (3) Baylor P12N W 82-68 FOR STARTERS Tue. 21 (1) UConn ESPNU L 60-78 No. 13/12 UCLA (16-4, 7-2) concludes its road trip this week with a Sunday afternoon clash at Washington State (9-12, 2-7) on Fri. 24 vs. Kansas State 1 W 64-55 Jan. 28, 2018. The game is slated for a 3:06 p.m. PT/6:06 p.m. ET tip-off live on the Pac-12 Network with Elise Woodward (play- Sat. 25 vs. Creighton 1 W 72-63 by-play) and Joan Bonvicini (analyst) calling all of the exciting action. Tue. 28 UC Riverside W 68-48 SERIES HISTORY VS. WASHINGTON STATE December This is the 62nd meeting between Washington State and UCLA with the Bruins dominating the series, 53-8. UCLA has won 30 of Sun. 3 UC Santa Barbara P12N W 74-44 the last 32 overall meetings, however, the Cougars defeated the Bruins in Pullman, Wash., last year on Jan. 6, 2017, 82-73. The Fri. 8 at (RV) Oklahoma State FoxSports L 72-87 Bruins had no answer for Chanelle Molina, who scored a career-best 33 points to go with seven assists and fi ve rebounds for the Sun. 17 at Seton Hall W 77-68 Cougars. Trailing by one heading into the fourth quarter, Molina blitzed the Bruins for 12 points in the fi rst fi ve minutes ofthe fi nal Wed. 20 at Fordham W 67-30 stanza as WSU went on a 20-6 run to take command of the game. Pinelopi Pavlopoulou added 14 points for Washington State and Fri. 29 at (RV) Stanford* P12N L 65-76 Ivana Kmetovska had her fi rst career double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds. Monique Billings fi nished with a double-double Sun. 31 at (20) California* P12N W 82-46 of 18 points and 12 rebounds. Canada led UCLA with 19 points, eight rebounds and four assists on 7-for-22 shooting. Burke was January the only other Bruin to reach double fi gures with 16 points. She also had eight rebounds, four steals, three assists and three blocks. Fri. 5 (17) Oregon State* P12N W 84-49 CANADA MAKING HISTORY Sun. 7 (10) Oregon* P12N L 61-70 UCLA’s Jordin Canada became the fi rst woman in Pac-12 history to score 1,800 points and dish out 700 assists (UCLA record) Fri. 12 at (RV) Utah* P12N W 81-74 two weeks ago at Utah and Colorado (Jan. 12 & 14). She is in exclusive company in all of Pac-12 basketball as well, joining Gary Sun. 14 at Colorado* P12N W 93-55 Payton (2,172 points, 938 assists, Oregon State, 1987-90) on the men’s side as the only two players to accomplish the feat. She Fri. 19 (21) California* P12N W 60-52 currently ranks 27th all-time in the Pac-12 in career points (1,866). Canada also ranks third all-time in Pac-12 history in career Sun. 21 (RV) Stanford* P12N W 64-53 assists (713). Threatening the career assists mark that has stood since 1990-91, she needs just 44 more to match the record. Fri. 26 at Washington* P12N W 86-69 She also ranks fi fth in Pac-12 history with 301 steals and became just the fi fth player in the Pac-12 to reach 300 at Washington. Sun. 28 at Washington State* P12N 3:06 p.m. February TOP BILLINGS Fri. 2 USC* P12N 8:00 p.m. UCLA’s Monique Billings became the third woman in UCLA history and the 14th in Pac-12 history to score 1,500 points and grab Mon. 5 at USC* P12N 6:00 p.m. 1,000 rebounds in a career in the win over Stanford (Jan. 21) last week. She now has 1,517 points to rank 17th at UCLA and 62nd Fri. 9 Arizona* P12N 8:00 p.m. in the Pac-12. She also has 1,012 boards, which ranks third at UCLA and 17th in the Pac-12. Billings, the UCLA all-time leader in Sun. 11 (25) Arizona State* P12N 1:00 p.m. blocks (204) just passed Stanford’s Chiney Ogwumike last week for 9th all-time in Pac-12 history. Fri. 16 at (17) Oregon State* P12N 8:00 p.m. Mon. 19 at (7) Oregon* ESPN 7:00 p.m. CANADA AMONG NATION’S BEST Thu. 22 Colorado* P12N 8:00 p.m. Senior point guard Jordin Canada is listed on many statistical charts among the nation’s active players in the NCAA for the 2017-18 Sat. 24 (RV) Utah* 2:00 p.m. season. She is currently 2nd in assists (713), 3rd in assists per game (5.84 apg), 4th in steals (301), 4th in triple doubles (2), 6th in free throws made (441), 10th in steals per game (2.47 spg), 11th in fi eld goal attempts (1,628), 12th in free throw attempts (559), March 15th in fi eld goals made (675), 15th in scoring (1,866 points) and 33rd in free throw percentage (78.9%). T-S 1-4 Pac-12 Tournament 2 TBD TBD 1 South Point Thanksgiving Shootout (South Point Arena, Las Vegas) BILLINGS AMONG NATION’S BEST 2 Pac-12 Tournament (KeyArena, Seattle) Senior forward Monique Billings is also listed on many statistical charts among the nation’s active players in the NCAA for the * Pac-12 Conference games 2017-18 season. She is currently 4th in rebounding (1,012), 8th in free throw attempts (585), 10th in double-doubles (38), 10th in All times listed are Pacifi c games played (126), 12th in blocks (204), 25th in free throws made (369), 39th in scoring (1,517 points) and 42nd in fi eld goals Ranking in parenthesis indicates this week’s AP top 25 poll made (574). BIG MACS ON CAMPUS UCLA ON SOCIAL MEDIA UCLA’s roster features a school-record fi ve McDonald’s All-Americans in 2017-18 as freshman forward Michaela Onyenwere (2017) Women’s Basketball Twitter: @UCLAWBB joins redshirt freshman guard Lindsey Corsaro (2016), junior forward Ashley Hearn (2015), redshirt junior forward Lajahna Drummer Women’s Basketball Instagram: @UCLAWBB (2014) and senior point guard Jordin Canada (2014) as current Bruins that have played in the McDonald’s All-American Game. Women’s Basketball Snapchat: UCLAWBB Women’s Basketball Facebook: /UCLAWomensBasketball SCORE BY QUARTERS (TOTAL PTS & AVG ARE FOR 2017-18; HIGH IS ALL-TIME MARK) Women’s Basketball Website: www.UCLAWBB.com 1 (AVG/HIGH/OPP) 2 (AVG/HIGH/OPP) 3 (AVG/HIGH/OPP) 4 (AVG/HIGH/OPP) OT (AVG/HIGH/OPP) TOTAL UCLA Athletics Twitter: @UCLAAthletics UCLA 373 (18.7/38/SJSU) 353 (17.7/33/@BAY) 403 (20.2/35/SJSU) 388 (19.4/30/@STAN) 0 (0.0/12/CAL) 1517 UCLA Athletics Instagram: @UCLAAthletics Opponent 290 (14.5/26/SJSU) 248 (12.4/28/@STAN) 299 (15.0/27/TOL) 347 (17.4/31/WSU) 0 (0.0/16/ND) 1194 UCLA Athletics Facebook: /UCLAAthletics UCLA Athletics Website: www.UCLABruins.com UCLA QUARTER HIGHS (ALL-TIME) Head Coach Twitter: @CoachCloseUCLA TEAM HIGHS INDIVIDUAL HIGHS POINTS REBOUNDS ASSISTS BLOCKS STEALS POINTS REBOUNDS #GoBruins 38 - SJSU 21 - SAC 10 - SJSU 6 - UTAH 8 - SJSU 17 - Jordin Canada (USF-4Q) 11 - Monique Billings (CAL-2Q) 35 - SJSU 19 - JMU 10 - SAC 5 - UTAH 8 - ORE 17 - Nirra Fields (UTAH-4Q) 10 - Monique Billings (WSU-2Q) #GoBeyondGreat 33 - @BAY 19 - @COLO 9 - @NC A&T 5 - UW 8 - PAC 15 - Nicole Kornet (@STAN-4Q) 8 - Monique Billings (StJ-2Q) 2017-18 UCLA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA INFORMATION 2017-18 UCLA NUMERICAL ROSTER UCLA Sports Information J.D. Morgan Center, Suite 128 No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (High School/Previous School) 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 0 Chantel Horvat G 6-1 Fr. Geelong, Australia (Geelong College) Women’s Basketball SID Ryan Finney 1 Kayla Owens G 6-1 Fr.