UCLA Men's Basketball UCLA’Sucla SEASON/Careerseason/Career Statistics (As of Jan 19, STATS 2020) 2019-20 ROSTER All Games
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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 UCLA Bruins (9-9, 2-3) at Oregon State Beavers (12-6, 2-4) No. Player GP GS MPG RPG APG PPG 5 Chris Smith 18 13 27.1 5.6 1.8 12.3 Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020 – 8 p.m. (PT) 24 Jalen Hill 18 14 24.9 7.3 1.4 9.9 Corvallis, Ore. (Gill Coliseum) 23 Prince Ali 17 14 22.9 2.8 1.3 8.9 GAME INFORMATION 2 Cody Riley 18 15 20.4 4.8 0.9 8.4 Venue: Gill Coliseum 4 Jaime Jaquez Jr. 18 11 23.3 4.5 1.2 8.1 Venue Capacity: 9,301 Tipoff Time: 8:01 p.m. (PT) at 2019-20 SCHEDULE Television: FS1 TV Talent: Aaron Goldsmith (play-by-play), Casey Jacobsen (analyst) November 9-9, 2-3 12-6, 2-4 Wed. 6 Long Beach State P12N W 69-65 Radio (UCLA Sports Network): AM 570 Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Tracy Murray (analyst) Sun. 10 UC Santa Barbara P12N W 77-61 XM Radio Channel: Ch. 380 The Bruins have gone 8-5 against Oregon State over Fri. 15 UNLV P12N W 71-54 SIRIUS Internet Channel: Ch. 970 the previous seven seasons. Mon. 18 Southern Utah 1 P12N W 76-61 Thu. 21 Hofstra P12N L 78-88 Mon. 25 vs. BYU 2 ESPN2 L 63-78 Tue. 26 vs. Chaminade 2 ESPNU W 74-48 UP NEXT FOR UCLA Wed. 27 vs. (3) Michigan State 2 ESPN2 L 62-75 The Bruins will play at Oregon State on Thursday in a Pac-12 contest that will be nationally televised by FS1. Game time is 8 p.m. at Gill Coliseum (Corvallis, Ore.). UCLA will conclude its road trip with a game at No. 12 Oregon on Sunday afternoon. December UCLA has gone 8-5 against Oregon State over the previous seven seasons. In all, UCLA leads the all-time series against the Sun. 1 San Jose State P12N W 93-64 Beavers by a 97-39 margin. The Bruins are seeking their first win at Oregon State since Dec. 30, 2016, when Lonzo Ball Sun. 8 Denver P12N W 81-62 had 23 points, seven assists and six rebounds, and TJ Leaf scored 21 points and tallied 10 rebounds for UCLA. Sat. 14 at Notre Dame ABC L 61-75 Sat. 21 vs. North Carolina 3 CBS L 64-74 ABOUT OREGON STATE: Under the direction of sixth-year head coach Wayne Tinkle (now in his 14th season as a Sat. 28 Cal State Fullerton P12N L 74-77 college head coach), Oregon State has gone 12-6 with a 2-4 mark in Pac-12 action. Most recently, Oregon State absorbed a pair of road losses last week at Washington (64-56) on Jan. 16 and at Washington State (89-76) on Jan. January Thu. 2 at Washington* FS1 W 66-64 18. Tres Tinkle entered the week having averaged 19.7 points per game (the second-highest average in the Pac-12). Sat. 4 at Washington State* P12N (OT) L 71-79 LAST TIME OUT Sat. 11 USC* ESPN2 L 63-74 Chris Smith scored a team-leading 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds as UCLA defeated California, 50-40, on Sunday Wed. 15 Stanford* P12N L 59-74 evening in Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom. UCLA snapped a three-game losing streak and limited the opposition to Sun. 19 California* ESPNU W 50-40 the fewest points in a game since March 7, 2012, when the Bruins defeated USC (55-40) in the Pac-12 Tournament at Thu. 23 at Oregon State* FS1 8 p.m. Staples Center. California endured an 11-minute stretch in the second half without scoring any points. UCLA led at halftime, Sun. 26 at (12) Oregon* FOX 2 p.m. Thu. 30 (23) Colorado* ESPN2 8 p.m. 22-21, and outscored the visiting Golden Bears by a 28-19 margin after the intermission. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME? UCLA recorded its lowest single-game point total (50) in a victory since defeating February Sun. 2 Utah* FS1 12 p.m. Washington State in Pullman, Wash., by a 50-30 margin on Feb. 9, 2006. Against Cal on Sunday night, the Bruins limited Thu. 6 at Arizona State* ESPN2/U 9 p.m. (MT) the Golden Bears to just seven field goals in the second half (Cal made 7 of 25 shots after halftime, shooting 28 percent). Sat. 8 at (22) Arizona* ESPN/2 8 p.m. (MT) NOTES ON THE BRUINS Thu. 13 Washington State* P12N 8 p.m. • UCLA has gone 9-0 this season when limiting the opposition to 73 points or fewer. Sat. 15 Washington* ESPN/2/U 7 p.m. • Junior Chris Smith has averaged 15.6 points, 8.6 rebounds and 1.8 assists in the Bruins’ five Pac-12 games. Thu. 20 at Utah* FS1 8:30 p.m. (MT) • Freshman Jaime Jaquez Jr. (8.1 ppg, 4.5 rpg) has led the Bruins in scoring in three games this season. Sat. 22 at (23) Colorado* CBS 2 p.m. (MT) • Sophomore Jalen Hill has averaged a team-leading 7.3 rebounds per game, which ranks eighth in the Pac-12. Thu. 27 Arizona State* P12N 8 p.m. Sat. 29 (22) Arizona* ESPN/2 7 p.m. • UCLA has had 11 players, including freshmen, establish new career highs in points scored this season. • The Bruins led the Pac-12 in rebounding margin (+7.0 rpg), through games played Monday, Jan. 20. March • UCLA has out-rebounded the opposition in 16 of 18 games this year (currently averaging 38.2 rebounds per game). Sat. 7 at USC* CBS 12:15 p.m. • Through games played Sunday, Jan. 19, UCLA ranked No. 25 in the nation in rebounding margin (+7.0). Postseason Schedule • In addition, UCLA ranked No. 27 in the nation (through Sunday, Jan. 19) in offensive rebounds per game (12.94). Wed.-Sat. March 11-14 Pac-12 Tournament 4 Tue.-Wed. March 17-18 NCAA First Four UCLA’S LEADING SCORER Thu.-Sun. March 19-22 NCAA 1st, 2nd Rounds Junior guard Chris Smith enters this week as UCLA’s leading scorer, having averaged 12.3 points and 5.6 rebounds per Thu.-Sun. March 26-29 NCAA Regional game in all 18 contests. Smith has posted career-high percentages this season in overall field goals (47.6%), 3-pointers Sat., Mon. April 4, 6 NCAA Final Four 5 (34.3%) and free throws (85.7%). In fact, he ranked second among Pac-12 players in free throw percentage through Monday, Jan. 20. Smith has scored more points (222) and made more shots (78) this season than he did in 33 games last * Pac-12 Conference games year. Smith’s 3-point field goal percentage and free throw percentage has improved at UCLA in each of his three seasons. rankings in parenthesis are from the weekly AP poll 1 Maui on the Mainland, in Pauley Pavilion DOUBLE-DOUBLES 2 Maui Jim Maui Invitational, at Lahaina Civic Center Sophomore Jalen Hill ranks second on the team in scoring (9.9 ppg) and first in rebounding (7.3 rpg), entering Thursday’s opposing teams include BYU, Chaminade, Dayton, Georgia, Kansas, Michigan State and Virginia Tech game against Oregon State. The 6-foot-10 forward/center registered his fourth double-double of the season last Wednesday 3 CBS Sports Classic, T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas, Nev.) against Stanford (14 points, 12 rebounds). Hill has tallied seven double-doubles in his career. He has scored at least 11 4 Pac-12 Tournament, T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas, Nev.) points in each of the Bruins’ last three games (against USC, Stanford and Cal) and has shot 55.0 percent overall in 18 5 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta, Ga.) games this season. Hill has twice scored at least 20 points in a game this year (including 24 points against Hofstra, Nov. 21). UCLA ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT COACH CRONIN Men’s Basketball Twitter: @UCLAMBB Midway through his first year as UCLA’s head coach, Mick Cronin spent the previous 13 seasons as head coach at Men’s Basketball Instagram: @UCLAMBB Cincinnati (his alma mater). Cronin was named The Michael Price Family UCLA Men’s Head Basketball Coach in April of Men’s Basketball Facebook: /UCLAMensBasketball 2019 and entered the season with 16 years of experience as a college head coach. He guided Cincinnati to the NCAA UCLA Athletics Twitter: @UCLAAthletics Tournament in each of the previous nine seasons (and in 11 of 13 total years at Cincinnati). He has compiled an all-time UCLA Athletics Instagram: @UCLAAthletics record of 374-180, entering Thursday night’s Pac-12 game at Oregon State. UCLA Athletics Facebook: /UCLAAthletics 30-WIN SEASONS: Coach Cronin guided Cincinnati to consecutive seasons with 30-plus wins in 2017 and 2018, earning National Coach of the Year honors from Sporting News (2018). He entered this season having compiled the most #GoBruins head coaching victories (365) among active head coaches, under the age of 50, at the NCAA Division I level. 2019-20 UCLA MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA INFORMATION 2019-20 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-Sr.