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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 UNLV Runnin’ Rebels (1-2) at UCLA Bruins (2-0) No. Player GP GS MPG RPG APG PPG Friday, Nov. 15, 2019 – 8 p.m. (PT) 24 Jalen Hill 2 1 27.5 8.5 0.0 14.5 Los Angeles, Calif. (Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom) 5 Chris Smith 2 2 29.5 6.5 2.0 13.0 3 Jules Bernard 2 1 18.5 5.5 0.5 11.5 GAME INFORMATION 2 Cody Riley 2 1 24.0 3.0 0.0 11.0 Venue: Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom 23 Prince Ali 2 1 27.0 4.0 2.0 11.0 Venue Capacity: 13,800 Tipoff Time: 8:06 p.m. (PT) vs. 2019-20 SCHEDULE Television: Pac-12 Network TV Talent: Roxy Bernstein (play-by-play), Bill Walton (analyst) Exhibition Game Radio (UCLA Sports Network): AM 570 1-2 2-0 Oct. 30 Stanislaus State P12N W 87-57 Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Tracy Murray (analyst) November XM Channel: Ch. 373 UCLA will host UNLV in Pauley Pavilion for the first time Wed. 6 Long Beach State P12N W 69-65 SIRIUSXM Internet Channel: Ch. 373 since Dec. 1998, when the two schools face off on Friday. Sun. 10 UC Santa Barbara P12N W 77-61 Fri. 15 UNLV P12N 8 p.m. Mon. 18 Southern Utah 1 P12N 8 p.m. UP NEXT FOR UCLA Thu. 21 Hofstra P12N 8 p.m. The Bruins will face UNLV on Friday, Nov. 15, in what will be the sixth all-time meeting between the two schools. UCLA Mon. 25 vs. BYU 2 ESPN2 6:30 p.m. (HT) improved its all-time record against UNLV to 5-0 in Nov. 2015, when the Bruins secured a 77-75 win over UNLV in a first- Tue. 26 vs. Kansas/Chaminade 2 ESPN/2/U 12/5:30 p.m. (HT) round matchup of the 2015 Maui Jim Maui Invitational at the Lahaina Civic Center. UNLV will enter this Friday’s contest with Wed. 27 vs. TBD 2 ESPN/2/U TBD a 1-2 overall record, having dropped consecutive games in overtime to Kansas State (Nov. 9) and at California (Nov. 12). December UCLA last faced UNLV in Pauley Pavilion on Dec. 12, 1998, recording a 72-67 victory over the Runnin’ Rebels. Sun. 1 San Jose State P12N 5 p.m. EARLY IN THE SEASON Sun. 8 Denver P12N 2 p.m. Sat. 14 at Notre Dame ABC 3 p.m. (ET) UCLA has overcome a pair of halftime deficits en route to a 2-0 start this month. The Bruins rallied from a 34-32 halftime Sat. 21 vs. (9) North Carolina 3 CBS 12 p.m. deficit last Sunday against UC Santa Barbara, outscoring the visiting Gauchos by a 45-27 margin in the second half to Sat. 28 Cal State Fullerton P12N 2 p.m. notch a 77-61 win. Jalen Hill registered his fourth career double-double, logging a career-high 22 points and 10 rebounds. UCLA erased a 56-50 deficit in the final six minutes of the season opener against Long Beach State (Nov. 6), securing a January 69-65 victory over The Beach. In that season-opening contest, Tyger Campbell led UCLA with 15 points and five assists. Thu. 2 at Washington* FS1 7 p.m. Sat. 4 at Washington State* P12N 4 p.m. PRODUCTIVE OUTINGS Sat. 11 USC* ESPN2 7 p.m. Redshirt sophomore Jalen Hill recorded 17 of his career-high 22 points (and six of his team-leading 10 rebounds) in the Wed. 15 Stanford* P12N 7 p.m. second half against UC Santa Barbara. Hill tallied three double-doubles as a freshman last season. His 10-rebound effort Sun. 19 California* ESPNU 5 p.m. on Sunday marked the sixth time in his career that he has registered at least 10 rebounds in a game. Junior Chris Smith, a Thu. 23 at Oregon State* FS1 8 p.m. 6-foot-9 guard from Chicago, totaled 13 points and five assists in the win over UC Santa Barbara. Smith, who has shot 50 Sun. 26 at (15) Oregon* FOX 2 p.m. percent from 3-point range (3-for-6), has averaged 13.0 points and 6.5 rebounds in the Bruins’ two victories. Thu. 30 Colorado* ESPN2 8 p.m. February THE EYE OF THE TYGER Sun. 2 Utah* FS1 12 p.m. Redshirt freshman guard Tyger Campbell has averaged 8.5 points, 5.5 assists and 3.5 rebounds in UCLA’s two games. Thu. 6 at Arizona State* ESPN2/U 9 p.m. (MT) Campbell, a 5-foot-11 guard from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has shot 42.9 percent from 3-point range (3-for-7), recording 11 Sat. 8 at (21) Arizona* ESPN/2 8 p.m. (MT) assists and five turnovers. He played a team-high 37 minutes in the season opener against Long Beach State, finishing that Thu. 13 Washington State* P12N 8 p.m. game with 15 points, five assists and five rebounds. He made 3 of 5 shots from 3-point territory in the season-opening win. Sat. 15 Washington* ESPN/2/U 7 p.m. Campbell missed the entire 2018-19 season after having torn the ACL in his left knee last October. Thu. 20 at Utah* FS1 8:30 p.m. (MT) Sat. 22 at Colorado* CBS 2 p.m. (MT) ADDITIONAL NOTES ABOUT UCLA Thu. 27 Arizona State* P12N 8 p.m. • The Bruins’ roster features 15 student-athletes, including 13 players who were on the team last season. Looking at last Sat. 29 (21) Arizona* ESPN/2 7 p.m. season’s primary 11 rotation players, UCLA has returned eight of those student-athletes. UCLA’s returning nucleus includes March a pair of fifth-year seniors (Prince Ali, Alex Olesinski), junior Chris Smith and sophomores Jalen Hill, Cody Riley, Jules Sat. 7 at USC* CBS 12:15 p.m. Bernard, Kenneth Nwuba and David Singleton. The Bruins have added incoming freshmen Jaime Jaquez Jr. (Camarillo, Postseason Schedule Calif.) and Jake Kyman (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), a pair of 6-foot-6 guards from Southern California. Wed.-Sat. March 11-14 Pac-12 Tournament 4 • In addition to Jaquez Jr. and Kyman, the Bruins have welcomed back Tyger Campbell and Shareef O’Neal, a pair of Tue.-Wed. March 17-18 NCAA First Four talented young players who missed the 2018-19 season due to medical reasons. Campbell has returned from a knee injury Thu.-Sun. March 19-22 NCAA 1st, 2nd Rounds sustained in practice on Oct. 7, 2018. As a senior at La Lumiere School in Indiana (2017-18), he averaged 15.5 points Thu.-Sun. March 26-29 NCAA Regional and 7.2 assists per game. O’Neal, a 6-foot-9 forward from Los Angeles, was sidelined for the entire 2018-19 season after Sat., Mon. April 4, 6 NCAA Final Four 5 recovering from heart surgery in December. O’Neal starred at Crossroads School during his final two years in high school. * Pac-12 Conference games • UCLA’s roster includes 10 freshmen and sophomores but does feature seven student-athletes who have played in at rankings in parenthesis are from the weekly AP poll least 30 college games. Prince Ali, a 6-foot-4 senior, has played in 90 career games, making 49 starts. Ali and senior 1 Maui on the Mainland, in Pauley Pavilion Alex Olesinski enrolled at UCLA in the summer of 2015 and have entered the season as UCLA’s most experienced players 2 Maui Jim Maui Invitational, at Lahaina Civic Center opposing teams include BYU, Chaminade, Dayton, Georgia, (Olesinski has played in 75 games). Chris Smith, a 6-foot-9 junior, has played in all 68 games for the Bruins since the start Kansas, Michigan State and Virginia Tech of the team’s 2017-18 campaign. Smith has made 14 career starts in two-plus seasons for UCLA. 3 CBS Sports Classic, T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas, Nev.) • Mick Cronin enters his first season as The Michael Price Family UCLA Men’s Head Basketball Coach. Hired as the Bruins’ 4 Pac-12 Tournament, T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas, Nev.) 5 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta, Ga.) head coach in April 2019, Cronin spent the previous 13 seasons as head coach at the University of Cincinnati, his alma mater. He guided Cincinnati to the NCAA Tournament the past nine seasons and helped the Bearcats capture the American UCLA ON SOCIAL MEDIA Athletic Conference’s regular-season title in 2014 and 2018. Cincinnati also won the AAC Tournament championship in Men’s Basketball Twitter: @UCLAMBB 2018 and 2019. Cronin has entered his 17th season as a college basketball head coach. Men’s Basketball Instagram: @UCLAMBB HEADED BACK TO MAUI Men’s Basketball Facebook: /UCLAMensBasketball The Bruins will be playing in the Maui Jim Maui Invitational later this month for the sixth time. Most recently, UCLA played UCLA Athletics Twitter: @UCLAAthletics UCLA Athletics Instagram: @UCLAAthletics in the eight-team tournament in Nov. 2015, defeating UNLV in a first-round matchup before dropping consecutive games UCLA Athletics Facebook: /UCLAAthletics to Kansas and Wake Forest. UCLA won the tournament in 2006, with three straight wins against Chaminade, Kentucky and Georgia Tech. This season, the Bruins will open against BYU on Monday, Nov.