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Morgan Center l 325 Westwood Plaza l Los Angeles, CA 90095 Men’s Basketball SID: Alex Timiraos l [email protected] l o: (310) 206-0524 l c: (310) 847-9231 UCLA’S STARTING FIVE UCLA BASKETBALL – 2014-15 SEASON NOTES No. Player GP GS MPG RPG APG PPG NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 Appearance 4 Norman Powell 36 36 34.6 4.7 2.1 16.4 Overall Record: 22-14 Pac-12 Record: 11-7 Pac-12 Finish: 4th Place 20 Bryce Alford 36 36 36.3 3.2 4.9 15.4 5 Kevon Looney 36 36 30.9 9.2 1.4 11.6 UCLA’s SEASON AT A GLANCE 23 Tony Parker 34 33 24.6 6.7 0.4 11.5 • UCLA earned its second consecutive NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 trip, marking the program’s first back-to-back 10 Isaac Hamilton 36 36 33.9 3.4 3.2 10.6 Sweet 16s since 2007 and 2008 (in 2014-15, UCLA totaled a 3-2 record in five postseason games). • The Bruins advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the ninth time in 12 seasons. 2014-15 SCHEDULE • UCLA finished in sole possession of fourth place in the Pac-12’s regular-season standings with an 11-7 mark. Exhibition Game • UCLA advanced to the Sweet 16 with a 92-75 win over UAB in the tournament’s third round. Oct. 31 Azusa Pacific ---- W 80-53 • Senior guard Norman Powell (16.4 ppg, 4.7 rpg) was honored as a first-team All-Pac-12 selection. November • Freshman forward Kevon Looney (11.6 ppg, 9.2 rpg) earned second-team all-Pac-12 honors while sophomore Fri. 14 Montana State P12N W 113-78 guard Bryce Alford (15.4 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 4.9 apg) was an honorable mention all-conference selection. Sun. 16 Coastal Carolina P12N W 84-71 BRUINS IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT Thu. 20 Nicholls State P12N W 107-74 The Bruins made their 47th appearance in the NCAA Tournament, earning a No. 11 seed in the South Region. UCLA Sun. 23 Long Beach State P12N W 77-63 was among four Pac-12 teams to advance to this season’s 68-team field, joining Arizona, Oregon and Utah. Gonzaga 1 Wed. 26 vs. Oklahoma ESPN2 L 65-75 defeated the Bruins, 74-62, in a Sweet 16 contest at NRG Stadium in Houston on March 27. UCLA advanced to 1 Thu. 27 vs. (5) North Carolina AXS L 56-78 the Sweet 16 after having won consecutive games against No. 6-seed SMU (60-59) and No. 14-seed UAB (92- 1 Fri. 28 vs. UAB AXS W 88-76 75) at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville. UCLA earned its second consecutive trip to the tournament’s Sweet 16. December Wed. 3 Cal State Fullerton P12N W 73-45 KEY NOTES ABOUT UCLA Sun. 7 San Diego P12N W 75-68 • UCLA concluded the season with a 22-14 record ... the Bruins went 14-7 after having lost five straight games Wed. 10 UC Riverside P12N W 77-66 from Dec. 13 through Jan. 4 ... Norman Powell finished the year having averaged a team-leading 16.4 points per Sat. 13 (9) Gonzaga ESPN2 L 74-87 game ... Powell, Bryce Alford, Isaac Hamilton and Kevon Looney each started in all 36 games for UCLA. Sat. 20 vs. (1) Kentucky 2 CBS L 44-83 • The Bruins have gone to the NCAA Tournament in four of the last five seasons and each of the last three years ... Sun. 28 at Alabama ESPNU L 50-56 in two seasons as the program’s head coach, Steve Alford has led UCLA to consecutive 22-win seasons and back- to-back Sweet 16 appearances (UCLA won 28 games in 2013-14 and 22 games in 2014-15). January • UCLA is one of just six teams who advanced to the Sweet 16 for the second consecutive year (along with Arizona, Fri. 2 at Colorado* FS1 L 56-62 Kentucky, Louisville, Michigan State and Wisconsin) ... four teams from the Pac-12 Conference compiled a 7-1 Sun. 4 at (10) Utah* P12N L 39-71 record in the NCAA Tournament’s first weekend ... UCLA, Arizona and Utah each advanced to Regional Semifinals. Thu. 8 Stanford* ESPN (2OT) W 86-81 Sun. 11 California* FS1 W 73-54 • The Bruins advanced to the Sweet 16 for the fifth time in 10 seasons ... UCLA earned back-to-back Sweet 16 Wed. 14 at USC* ESPN2 W 83-66 appearances for the first time since making three straight trips to the Final Four in 2006, 2007 and 2008 ... UCLA Thu. 22 at Oregon State* P12N L 55-66 made its 13th trip to the Sweet 16 since the field expanded to 64 teams in 1985 (31 years). Sat. 24 at Oregon* CBS L 64-82 • Steve Alford became the fourth head coach in program history to have led his teams to consecutive Sweet 16 Thu. 29 (11) Utah* ESPN2 W 69-59 appearances in his first two seasons in Westwood ... previously, Gene Bartow (1975, 1976), Gary Cunningham Sat. 31 Colorado* P12N W 72-59 (1978, 1979) and Steve Lavin (1997, 1998) also accomplished this feat during their first two years. • UCLA has won at least 20 games in 32 of the previous 40 seasons (dating back to when former head coach John February Wooden retired in 1975) ... head coach Steve Alford has led his teams to at least 22 wins each of the previous Thu. 5 at Stanford* ESPN2 W 69-67 eight years (at New Mexico and UCLA), averaging 25.6 wins per season in that span (2007-08 through 2014-15). Sat. 7 at California* P12N L 62-64 Wed. 11 Oregon State* P12N W 75-59 • UCLA went 16-1 at home this season, marking the program’s best home record since going 16-0 in Pauley Pavilion Sat. 14 Oregon* FOX W 72-63 in 2006-07 ... UCLA and Arizona were the only two Pac-12 programs to go 9-0 at home in conference action this Wed. 18 at Arizona State* ESPN2 L 66-68 year ... UCLA won every home league game for the first time since 2006-07 (going 9-0 each season). Sat. 21 at (7) Arizona* ESPN L 47-57 NCAA TOURNAMENT RECAP Wed. 25 Washington* ESPN2 W 88-66 Gonzaga 74, UCLA 62 (March 27, 2015) March • Norman Powell and Tony Parker each finished with a team-high 16 points in a season-ending loss to Gonzaga ... Sun. 1 Washington State* FS1 W 72-67 Parker registered his seventh double-double of the year and his second in as many games (16 points, 11 rebounds). Wed. 4 USC* ESPN2 W 85-74 • UCLA trailed Gonzaga by as many as 11 points in the first half (29-18) and reduced the deficit to 35-28 by 3 12 USC P12N W 96-70 halftime ... the Bruins opened the second half on a 6-0 scoring run, trimming the gap to 35-34 (18:05, 2nd half) ... 3 13 (5) Arizona P12N L 64-70 Gonzaga used a 12-0 scoring run from that point to lead by at least 10 points the rest of the way. 19 (20) SMU 4 truTV W 60-59 21 UAB 4 CBS W 92-75 UCLA 92, UAB 75 (March 21, 2015) 27 (7) Gonzaga 5 CBS L 62-74 • Tony Parker recorded his sixth double-double of the season, logging a career-high 28 points and grabbing 12 * Pac-12 Conference game rebounds ... Bryce Alford had his second straight game with at least 20 points (totaled 22) in the victory. 1 Battle 4 Atlantis (Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas) • Parker’s 28 points were the most by any UCLA player in one NCAA Tournament game since Kevin Love had 29 2 CBS Sports Classic (United Center, Chicago, Ill.) points against Western Kentucky on March 27, 2008 (Sweet 16) ... against UAB, the Bruins secured a 46-37 lead 3 Pac-12 Tournament (MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nev.) 4 NCAA Tournament (KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Ky.) by halftime and never saw their lead fall to fewer than six points in the second half. 5 NCAA Tournament Regional (NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas) • Bryce Alford averaged 24.5 points in both games at the KFC Yum! Center (Louisville, Ky.) ... Alford became UCLA’s Rankings are from the Associated Press weekly top-25 poll first player with as many as 49 combined points in back-to-back NCAA Tournament games since Reggie Miller totaled 56 in consecutive games in March 1987 (32 versus Central Michigan, 24 versus Wyoming). UCLA ON SOCIAL MEDIA UCLA 60, SMU 59 (March 19, 2015) Men’s Basketball Twitter: @UCLAMBB • Bryce Alford scored a game-high 27 points to help UCLA defeat SMU, 60-59, on March 19 ... the Bruins led 44-34 Men’s Basketball Instagram: @UCLAMBB with 12 minutes remaining when SMU used a 19-0 scoring run to surge ahead, 53-44 (at 4:34) ... Alford scored Men’s Basketball Facebook: /UCLAMensBasketball 12 points in the game’s final four minutes, knocking down four 3-pointers, to help UCLA mount a furious comeback. UCLA Athletics Twitter: @UCLAAthletics UCLA Athletics Instagram: @UCLAAthletics • UCLA took the game’s final lead (60-59) with 13 seconds remaining, as a 3-point attempt by Bryce Alford was UCLA Athletics Facebook: /UCLAAthletics called for goaltending ... the Bruins held tough in the final 10 seconds, as neither of SMU guard Nic Moore’s final two 3-point field goal attempts were successful ..