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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 TOP SCORERS Stanford Cardinal (7-5, 0-0) at UCLA Bruins (7-6, 0-0) No. Player GP GS MPG RPG APG PPG Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019 – 8 p.m. (PT) 13 Kris Wilkes 13 13 31.6 4.4 1.5 17.5 Los Angeles, Calif. (Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom) 1 Moses Brown 13 13 23.4 8.8 0.5 11.5 4 Jaylen Hands 13 13 29.6 3.7 7.0 11.5 GAME INFORMATION 23 Prince Ali 13 13 24.5 2.2 1.5 8.9 Venue: Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom Venue Capacity: 13,800 2018-19 SCHEDULE Tipoff Time: 8:01 p.m. (PT) vs. Television: ESPN Exhibition Game TV Talent: Dave Pasch (play-by-play), Bill Walton (analyst) Oct. 27 N.Y. Institute of Tech. P12N W 125-73 Radio (UCLA Sports Network from IMG): AM 570 7-5, 0-0 7-6, 0-0 Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Tracy Murray (analyst) November UCLA has won six of its last eight meetings against Tue. 6 Purdue Fort Wayne P12N W 96-71 SIRIUS/XM Radio Channels: Ch. 84 / Ch. 84 Stanford, going 2-1 against the Cardinal last season. Fri. 9 Long Beach State P12N W 91-80 SIRIUS App Channel: Ch. 84 Fri. 16 Saint Francis U P12N W 95-58 Mon. 19 Presbyterian P12N W 80-65 Thu. 22 vs. (11) Michigan State 1 FS1 L 67-87 UP NEXT FOR UCLA Fri. 23 vs. (7) North Carolina 1 FOX L 78-94 The Bruins will open their Pac-12 schedule against Stanford on Thursday. Last season, both schools split a pair of regular- Wed. 28 Hawai’i P12N W 80-61 season games before the Bruins secured an 88-77 win in the Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinals. UCLA won the game in December Pauley Pavilion (89-73) after Stanford secured an 107-99 win in double overtime at Maples Pavilion. UCLA has compiled Sun. 2 Loyola Marymount P12N W 82-58 an all-time mark of 145-94 against Stanford. UCLA has won 10 of the last 14 meetings over the previous seven seasons. Sat. 8 Notre Dame ESPN2 W 65-62 Sat. 15 Belmont P12N L 72-74 COACHING CHANGE Wed. 19 at Cincinnati ESPN2 L 64-93 Murry Bartow will serve as UCLA’s interim head coach, after Steve Alford was relieved of his head coaching duties on Dec. Sat. 22 vs. (15) Ohio State 2 CBS L 66-80 31, 2018. Bartow, the son of former UCLA head coach Gene Bartow, arrived at UCLA in April 2018. He served as interim Sat. 29 Liberty P12N L 58-73 head coach at the University of South Florida in 2016-17 after having been a collegiate head coach for 18 seasons – 12 years at East Tennessee State (2003-04 through 2014-15) and six seasons at UAB (1996-97 through 2001-02). January Thu. 3 Stanford* ESPN 8 p.m. SCORING IN DOUBLE FIGURES Sat. 5 California* P12N 1 p.m. Sophomore guard Kris Wilkes has scored in double figures in all 13 games this season. The 6-foot-8 guard from Indianapolis, Thu. 10 at Oregon* ESPN/2/U 6 p.m. Ind., has scored at least 20 points in four games. He tallied 21 points in a loss at Cincinnati (Dec. 19), registered 20 points in Sun. 13 at Oregon State* FS1 7 p.m. the team’s loss to Belmont (Dec. 15) and had 22 points in a game against North Carolina in Las Vegas (Nov. 23). He scored Sat. 19 at USC* CBS 1 p.m. a career-high 27 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in a season-opening win against Purdue Fort Wayne (Nov. 6). Thu. 24 Arizona State* FS1 8 p.m. Sat. 26 Arizona* ESPN2 7 p.m. AMONG PAC-12 PLAYERS: Through Dec. 31, Wilkes ranked No. 4 in the Pac-12 in scoring (17.5 ppg). Washington Wed. 30 at Washington State* P12N 7 p.m. State’s Robert Franks has averaged a league-leading 22.1 points per game (11 contests). Wilkes is one of seven players February in the Pac-12 Conference with at least four games of 20 or more points. Sat. 2 at Washington* ESPN/2 1 p.m. LEAGUE LEADER Thu. 6 Colorado* P12N 6 p.m. Sophomore Jaylen Hands enters the weekend as the Pac-12’s leader in total assists (91) and assists per game (7.0). The Sat. 9 Utah* FOX 2 p.m. Thu. 13 at California* P12N 7 p.m. 6-foot-3 guard from San Diego has averaged 11.5 points, 3.7 rebounds and 7.0 assists through the team’s first 13 games. Sat. 16 at Stanford* ESPN/2/U 7 p.m. Hands also ranks fourth in the Pac-12 in assist-turnover ratio (2.3-to-1). Hands has tallied at least nine assists in six of Thu. 21 Oregon State* FS1 8 p.m. UCLA’s last eight games. He had at least 10 assists in three consecutive games (versus Hawai’i, Notre Dame and Belmont). Sun. 23 Oregon* ESPN/2 7 p.m. RARE FEAT: Hands became the first Pac-12 player to record at least 10 assists in three straight games since USC’s Thu. 28 USC* ESPN/2/U 6 p.m. Brandon Granville in March 2000. Granville also accomplished that feat in January 2000 and November 1999. March Thu. 7 at Colorado* ESPN/2/U 7 p.m. (MT) LOOKING AHEAD Sat. 9 at Utah* P12N 5 p.m. (MT) The Bruins will conclude their homestand against California on Saturday, Jan. 5, in Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom. This marks the second consecutive year in which UCLA will open its league schedule at home. Last season, the Bruins Postseason Schedule swept a pair of home games against Washington State (96-82) and Washington (74-53) prior to New Year’s Day. In fact, this 3 Wed.-Sat. March 13-16 Pac-12 Tournament will be the first season since 2015-16 in which the Bruins will have opened their Pac-12 schedule after Dec. 31. Tue.-Wed. March 19-20 NCAA First Four Thu.-Sun. March 21-24 NCAA 1st, 2nd Rounds CRASHING THE BOARDS Thu.-Sun. March 28-31 NCAA Regional Through Sunday, Dec. 30, UCLA ranked No. 2 in the Pac-12 in rebounding offense (42.3 rpg) and was No. 4 in the league Sat., Mon. April 6, 8 NCAA Final Four 4 in rebounding margin (+5.2). In addition, the Bruins ranked No. 13 in the nation (through Dec. 30) in total rebounds per * Pac-12 Conference games game (42.2). Freshman Moses Brown (11.5 ppg, 8.8 rpg) ranks fourth in the league in rebounds per game, while redshirt rankings in parenthesis are from the weekly AP poll freshman Jalen Hill (2.9 ppg, 6.2 rpg) ranks No. 13 in that category. Brown, a 7-foot-1 center from Queens, N.Y., is currently 1 Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational, Orleans Arena (Las Vegas) tied for second in field goal percentage (66.7%) and ranks second in the league in blocks per game (2.5 bpg). 2 CBS Sports Classic, United Center (Chicago) 3 Pac-12 Tournament, T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas) FIRST TIME SINCE: Moses Brown’s 23-point, 14-rebound and eight-block effort against Saint Francis (Nov. 16) marked 4 at U.S. Bank Stadium (Minneapolis, Minn.) the first time any UCLA player had at least 20 points and five blocks in a game since Jan. 22, 2000 (Jerome Moiso). MULTIPLE DOUBLE-DOUBLES: UCLA has seen three players register double-doubles of the point-rebound variety this UCLA ON SOCIAL MEDIA season (Moses Brown, Kris Wilkes and Cody Riley). In addition, Jalen Hill has recorded a team-high 20 rebounds (versus Men’s Basketball Twitter: @UCLAMBB Presbyterian on Nov. 19). Brown has totaled a team-leading four double-doubles for UCLA. Men’s Basketball Instagram: @UCLAMBB Men’s Basketball Facebook: /UCLAMensBasketball STANDING TALL UCLA Athletics Twitter: @UCLAAthletics UCLA’s 17-person roster includes eight players who measure at least 6-foot-8. Freshman Moses Brown (7-foot-1, 245 UCLA Athletics Instagram: @UCLAAthletics pounds) is the Bruins’ tallest player since the late Mike Lanier (7-foot-7, 310 pounds) competed as a reserve center for UCLA Athletics Facebook: /UCLAAthletics UCLA in 1991-92 and 1992-93. UCLA redshirt junior Alex Olesinski and redshirt freshman Jalen Hill both stand at 6-feet- 10, while freshmen Shareef O’Neal and Kenneth Nwuba, sophomore Chris Smith and redshirt freshman Cody Riley all stand #GoBruins at 6-foot-9. Sophomore guard Kris Wilkes rounds out the eight-person group at 6-foot-8. 2018-19 UCLA MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA INFORMATION 2018-19 UCLA NUMERICAL ROSTER UCLA Athletic Communications No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown (Previous School) J.D. Morgan Center, Suite 128 0 Alex Olesinski R-Jr. F 6-10 220 Roswell, N.M. (La Lumiere School [IN]) 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1 Moses Brown Fr. C 7-1 245 Queens, N.Y. (Archbishop Molloy HS) Men’s Basketball Contact Alex Timiraos 2 Cody Riley R-Fr. F 6-9 240 Kansas City, Kan. (Sierra Canyon HS [CA]) Office Phone (310) 206-0524 3 Jules Bernard Fr.