UCLA Men's Basketball UCLA’Sucla SEASON/Careerseason/Career Statistics (As of Nov 18, STATS 2019) 2019-20All Gamesroster
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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 LEADING SCORERS Hofstra Pride (2-2) at UCLA Bruins (4-0) No. Player GP GS MPG RPG APG PPG Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019 – 8 p.m. (PT) 5 Chris Smith 4 4 28.8 6.0 1.3 15.5 Los Angeles, Calif. (Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom) 24 Jalen Hill 4 3 27.8 8.3 0.8 13.0 GAME INFORMATION 23 Prince Ali 4 3 28.5 3.5 2.5 11.5 Venue: Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom 10 Tyger Campbell 4 4 33.8 2.5 5.0 10.3 Venue Capacity: 13,800 2 Cody Riley 4 3 23.0 4.8 0.3 9.8 Tipoff Time: 8:05 p.m. (PT) vs. Television: Pac-12 Network 2019-20 SCHEDULE TV Talent: J.B. Long (play-by-play), Don MacLean (analyst) Exhibition Game Radio (UCLA Sports Network): AM 570 2-2 4-0 Oct. 30 Stanislaus State P12N W 87-57 Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Tracy Murray (analyst) XM Channel: Ch. 373 UCLA has compiled a 2-0 record in the all-time series against November SIRIUSXM Internet Channel: Ch. 373 Hofstra, including one NCAA Tournament game in 2001. Wed. 6 Long Beach State P12N W 69-65 Sun. 10 UC Santa Barbara P12N W 77-61 Fri. 15 UNLV P12N W 71-54 Mon. 18 Southern Utah 1 P12N W 76-61 THURSDAY’S MATCHUP Thu. 21 Hofstra P12N 8 p.m. The Bruins (4-0) will face Hofstra (2-2) on Thursday evening, concluding a five-game homestand for UCLA. The Bruins have Mon. 25 vs. BYU 2 ESPN2 6:30 p.m. (HT) won both prior contests against Hofstra, including a 61-48 victory in a first-round meeting at the 2001 NCAA Tournament Tue. 26 vs. Kansas/Chaminade 2 ESPN/2/U 12/5:30 p.m. (HT) in Greensboro, N.C. UCLA has opened the season 4-0 for the second consecutive year. Chris Smith has averaged a team- Wed. 27 vs. TBD 2 ESPN/2/U TBD leading 15.5 points per game, while Jalen Hill has registered a team-best 8.3 rebounds per game, through four contests. December LAST TIME OUT Sun. 1 San Jose State P12N 5 p.m. UCLA raced to a 25-6 advantage through the first 13-plus minutes of the game on Monday night, holding on to defeat Sun. 8 Denver P12N 2 p.m. Sat. 14 at Notre Dame ABC 3 p.m. (ET) Southern Utah, 76-61. Chris Smith scored a career-high 20 points in the victory, while Jalen Hill scored 17 points and Prince Sat. 21 vs. (6) North Carolina 3 CBS 12 p.m. Ali added 10. UCLA led Southern Utah at halftime, 35-22. The Bruins registered a season-high 10 blocks and tied their Sat. 28 Cal State Fullerton P12N 2 p.m. season high with 11 steals. Hill and Cody Riley each finished with a team-leading eight rebounds. January ANOTHER CAREER BEST Thu. 2 at (20) Washington* FS1 7 p.m. Chris Smith has registered a new “career high” in points in each of UCLA’s last two games. The 6-foot-9 junior from Chicago Sat. 4 at Washington State* P12N 4 p.m. had 16 points last Friday night in the team’s win against UNLV and followed that performance with a 20-point game against Sat. 11 USC* ESPN2 7 p.m. Southern Utah on Monday. Smith has shot 48.8 percent from the field and has made 50 percent of his 3-point attempts, Wed. 15 Stanford* P12N 7 p.m. connecting on 6 of 12 shots from long range. Smith has also made all 14 of his free throw attempts. Sun. 19 California* ESPNU 5 p.m. Thu. 23 at Oregon State* FS1 8 p.m. EYE OF THE TYGER Sun. 26 at (14) Oregon* FOX 2 p.m. Tyger Campbell, a redshirt freshman point guard, has averaged 10.3 points, 5.0 assist and 2.5 rebounds through his first Thu. 30 (25) Colorado* ESPN2 8 p.m. four collegiate contests. The 5-foot-11 guard from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has shot 45 percent from the field and 50.0 percent February from 3-point range (6-for-12). Campbell recorded 15 points and five assists in his first collegiate game (versus Long Beach Sun. 2 Utah* FS1 12 p.m. State on Nov. 6). Most recently, he contributed nine points and five assists in the team’s win against Southern Utah (Nov. 18). Thu. 6 at Arizona State* ESPN2/U 9 p.m. (MT) Sat. 8 at (19) Arizona* ESPN/2 8 p.m. (MT) LIMITING THE OPPOSITION Thu. 13 Washington State* P12N 8 p.m. Through games played Monday, the Bruins ranked fourth in the Pac-12 in fewest points allowed per game (60.3 ppg). Sat. 15 (20) Washington* ESPN/2/U 7 p.m. UCLA ranked second in the league in rebounding margin (+9.5) and blocks per game (6.0). The Bruins limited UNLV to just Thu. 20 at Utah* FS1 8:30 p.m. (MT) 54 points last Friday, marking the fewest points that UCLA has allowed in a game since Dec. 31, 2017, when the Bruins Sat. 22 at (25) Colorado* CBS 2 p.m. (MT) defeated Washington, 74-53, in Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom. The 54-point total by UNLV is the lowest output by Thu. 27 Arizona State* P12N 8 p.m. a team against UCLA in a non-conference game since Dec. 22, 2015, when the Bruins took down McNeese State, 67-53. Sat. 29 (19) Arizona* ESPN/2 7 p.m. HEADED BACK TO MAUI March The Bruins will be playing in Lahaina, Hawai’i, at the Maui Jim Maui Invitational next week. Most recently, UCLA played Sat. 7 at USC* CBS 12:15 p.m. in the eight-team tournament in Nov. 2015, defeating UNLV in a first-round matchup before dropping consecutive games Postseason Schedule to Kansas and Wake Forest. UCLA won the tournament in 2006, with three straight wins against Chaminade, Kentucky 4 Wed.-Sat. March 11-14 Pac-12 Tournament and Georgia Tech. This season, the Bruins will open against BYU on Monday, Nov. 25. UCLA’s second game will take place Tue.-Wed. March 17-18 NCAA First Four against either Kansas or Chaminade on Nov. 26. The Bruins will conclude the tournament on Wednesday, Nov. 27. Thu.-Sun. March 19-22 NCAA 1st, 2nd Rounds Thu.-Sun. March 26-29 NCAA Regional HEADED TO LAHAINA: UCLA’s program has compiled an 8-7 all-time record at the Maui Invitational. UCLA’s five Sat., Mon. April 4, 6 NCAA Final Four 5 previous appearances have taken place in Nov. 1995 (went 1-2), Nov. 2001 (went 2-1), Nov. 2006 (went 3-0), Nov. * Pac-12 Conference games 2011 (went 1-2) anad Nov. 2015 (went 1-2). Darren Collison was named the tournament MVP as a sophomore in 2006. rankings in parenthesis are from the weekly AP poll ADDITIONAL NOTES ABOUT UCLA 1 Maui on the Mainland, in Pauley Pavilion • UCLA’s roster features 15 student-athletes, including 13 players who were on the team last season. The Bruins have 2 Maui Jim Maui Invitational, at Lahaina Civic Center opposing teams include BYU, Chaminade, Dayton, Georgia, returned eight of 11 players who competed in the bulk of the team’s games last season. That returning nucleus includes Kansas, Michigan State and Virginia Tech fifth-year seniors Prince Ali and Alex Olesinski, junior Chris Smith and sophomores Jalen Hill, Cody Riley, Jules Bernard, 3 CBS Sports Classic, T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas, Nev.) Kenneth Nwuba and David Singleton. The Bruins return redshirt freshmen Tyger Campbell and Shareef O’Neal and have 4 Pac-12 Tournament, T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas, Nev.) added incoming freshmen Jaime Jaquez Jr. (Camarillo, Calif.) and Jake Kyman (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), a pair of 6-foot-6 guards. 5 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta, Ga.) • The roster includes 10 freshmen and sophomores but does feature seven student-athletes who have played in at least 30 UCLA ON SOCIAL MEDIA college games. Prince Ali, a 6-foot-4 senior, has played in 91 career games, making 50 starts. Ali and senior Alex Olesinski Men’s Basketball Twitter: @UCLAMBB enrolled at UCLA in the summer of 2015 and have entered the season as UCLA’s most experienced players (Olesinski has Men’s Basketball Instagram: @UCLAMBB played in 76 games). Chris Smith, a 6-foot-9 junior, has played in all 69 games for the Bruins since the start of the team’s Men’s Basketball Facebook: /UCLAMensBasketball 2017-18 campaign. Smith has made 15 career starts, midway into this third season at UCLA. UCLA Athletics Twitter: @UCLAAthletics • Mick Cronin is in his first season as The Michael Price Family UCLA Men’s Head Basketball Coach. Hired at UCLA in April UCLA Athletics Instagram: @UCLAAthletics 2019, he spent the previous 13 seasons as head coach at the University of Cincinnati, his alma mater. He guided Cincinnati UCLA Athletics Facebook: /UCLAAthletics to the NCAA Tournament the past nine seasons and helped the Bearcats capture the American Athletic Conference’s #GoBruins regular-season title in 2014 and 2018. Cincinnati also won the AAC Tournament championship in 2018 and 2019.