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UCLA BASKETBALL UCLA Athletic Communications l J.D. Morgan Center l 325 Westwood Plaza l Los Angeles, CA 90095 Men’s Basketball Contact: Alex Timiraos l [email protected] l o: (310) 206-0524 l c: (310) 847-9231 UCLA’S STATISTICAL LEADERS UCLA BASKETBALL – 2015-16 SEASON NOTES No. Player GP GS MPG RPG APG PPG Overall Record: 15-17 Pac-12 Record: 6-12 10 Isaac Hamilton 32 32 35.2 4.2 3.3 16.8 20 Bryce Alford 32 32 36.2 3.8 5.2 16.1 UCLA AT A GLANCE 23 Tony Parker 32 27 25.1 8.2 0.7 12.6 • The Bruins went 15-17 in 2015-16 after having opened the year with a 9-4 record in non-conference action ... UCLA’s 40 Thomas Welsh 31 26 26.8 8.5 0.5 11.2 season ended with a 95-71 loss to USC in a first-round game of the Pac-12 Tournament on March 9. 3 Aaron Holiday 32 32 31.7 3.0 4.0 10.3 • UCLA compiled a 3-4 record against teams ranked in the Associated Press top-25 poll, including victories against 2015-16 SCHEDULE No. 1 Kentucky (Dec. 3), No. 20 Gonzaga (Dec. 12) and No. 7 Arizona (Jan. 7). • Junior guard Isaac Hamilton earned second-team All-Pac-12 acclaim after having led the Bruins in scoring with 16.8 Exhibition Game points per game, the third-highest scoring average among all Pac-12 players. Oct. 30 Cal State Los Angeles ---- W 95-57 • Junior guard Bryce Alford secured honorable mention All-Pac-12 accolades for the second consecutive season as November the team’s second-leading scorer (16.1 ppg) ... Alford finished second in the Pac-12 in assists per game (5.2). Fri. 13 Monmouth P12N (OT) L 81-84 • Five players on UCLA’s roster, including Hamilton and Alford, concluded the 2015-16 season having averaged at least Sun. 15 Cal Poly P12N W 88-83 10.0 points per game ... also in that group were Tony Parker (12.6), Thomas Welsh (11.2) and Aaron Holiday (10.3). Thu. 19 Pepperdine P12N W 81-67 1 Mon. 23 UNLV ESPN2 W 77-75 • Sophomore center Thomas Welsh captured second-team Pac-12 All-Academic honors ... majoring in economics, 1 Tue. 24 vs. (5) Kansas ESPN L 73-92 Welsh became UCLA’s first such academic selection since the 2009-10 season. 1 Wed. 25 vs. Wake Forest ESPN2 L 77-80 • UCLA’s victory over Kentucky in Pauley Pavilion on Dec. 3, 2015, marked the Bruins’ first win over the nation’s No. Sun. 29 CSUN P12N W 77-45 1-ranked team since March 13, 2003, when the Bruins downed Arizona in the Pac-10 Tournament at Staples Center. December • UCLA and Washington were the conference’s only teams to have more than one player rank among the league’s top Thu. 3 (1) Kentucky ESPN W 87-77 10 scorers, while UCLA and Colorado were the only Pac-12 teams with at least two players in the top 10 in rebounding. Sun. 6 Long Beach State P12N W 83-76 Sat. 12 at (20) Gonzaga ESPN2 W 71-66 • Three Bruins finished the 2015-16 season ranked among the top 15 leaders in the Pac-12 in assists per game – Tue. 15 Louisiana-Lafayette P12N W 89-80 Bryce Alford was second (5.2), Aaron Holiday ranked eighth (4.0) and Isaac Hamilton was 14th (3.3). Sat. 19 vs. (11) North Carolina 2 CBS L 76-89 • Bryce Alford was the league’s second-leading shooter at the free throw stripe (83.1 pct), while Isaac Hamilton finished Tue. 22 McNeese State P12N W 67-53 the year ranking fourth in that category (80.5 pct) ... that duo accounted for 43.1 percent of UCLA’s made free throws. January LONE SENIOR Fri. 1 at Washington* FS1 (2OT) L 93-96 • Tony Parker, a 6-foot-9 forward/center from Atlanta, Ga., was UCLA’s only senior in 2015-16 ... he finished the season Sun. 3 at Washington State* P12N L 78-85 having registered 12.6 points and 8.2 rebounds per game ... Parker led all Pac-12 players in offensive rebounding Thu. 7 (7) Arizona* ESPN2 W 87-84 average 3.3 o-rpg) and concluded the season with nine double-doubles. Sat. 9 Arizona State* P12N W 81-74 Wed. 13 USC* ESPN2 L 75-89 • Parker finished his UCLA career ranking No. 19 on the school’s all-time rebounds list (694), No. 9 on the career Wed. 20 at Oregon State* ESPNU W 82-73 blocks list (94) and No. 6 on the school’s all-time games played list (136) ... his 55.5 career field goal percentage ranks Sat. 23 at Oregon* CBS L 72-86 10th ... Parker became the 16th player in program history to have compiled at least 1,000 points and 670 rebounds. Thu. 28 Washington* FS1 L 84-86 Sat. 30 Washington State* P12N W 83-50 SCORE & DISTRIBUTE • Junior guard Bryce Alford concluded the season ranking second in the Pac-12 in both assists per game (5.2) and February assist-turnover ratio (2.7) ... he has compiled a career assist-turnover ratio of 2.2 (recording 445 assists and 200 Thu. 4 at USC* P12N L 61-80 turnovers in 105 career games) ... Alford has also averaged 13.0 points per game in his three-year career. Fri. 12 at (17) Arizona* ESPN L 75-81 • Alford scored in double figures in 29 of UCLA’s 32 games, reaching the 20-point mark in eight contests ... Alford Sun. 14 at Arizona State* ESPNU W 78-65 scored a season-high 30 points in the team’s double overtime loss at Washington on Jan. 1, 2016 ... in Pac-12 action, Thu. 18 Utah* ESPN2 L 73-75 he averaged 16.1 points per game, totaling 93 assists and 30 turnovers (3.1 assist-turnover ratio). Sat. 20 Colorado* FS1 W 77-53 Thu. 25 at California* ESPN2 L 63-75 STREAKIN’ Sat. 27 at Stanford* FOX L 70-79 • Junior guard Isaac Hamilton led the Bruins in scoring average (16.8 ppg), having registered at least 10 points in 29 March of the team’s 32 games ... Hamilton scored in double figures in 27 consecutive games, a streak that was snapped in Wed. 2 (9) Oregon* ESPN2 L 68-76 the Bruins’ final game of the year (a 95-71 loss to USC in the Pac-12 Tournament). Sat. 5 Oregon State* P12N L 82-86 • Hamilton’s streak of 27 consecutive games scoring in double figures is the longest such streak by any UCLA player 9 vs. USC 3 P12N L 71-95 since 2007-08, when then-freshman Kevin Love scored in each of UCLA’s 39 games that season ... Hamilton made at least eight field goals in 15 games during the 2015-16 campaign. * Pac-12 Conference game 1 Maui Jim Maui Invitational (Lahaina Civic Center, Maui) 2 CBS Sports Classic (Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.) SOPHOMORE SURGE 3 Pac-12 Tournament (MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nev.) • Sophomore center Thomas Welsh significantly improved his production during the 2015-16 season, having averaged Rankings are from the Associated Press weekly top-25 poll 11.2 points and 8.5 rebounds per game ... Welsh ranked seventh among all Pac-12 players in rebounds per game (8.5 rpg) ... in fact, Welsh ranked fourth in league games in rebounding (9.1 rpg). UCLA ON SOCIAL MEDIA • Welsh, hailing from nearby Redondo Beach, Calif., also finished his sophomore campaign ranking third in the Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Twitter: @UCLAMBB in field goal percentage (59.0 pct) ... in the summer of 2015, he helped the USA Basketball U-19 men’s team win the Men’s Basketball Instagram: @UCLAMBB gold medal at the FIBA World Championships on the island of Crete in Greece. Men’s Basketball Facebook: /UCLAMensBasketball UCLA Athletics Twitter: @UCLAAthletics FRESHMAN PLAYMAKER UCLA Athletics Instagram: @UCLAAthletics • Freshman guard Aaron Holiday started all 32 games for the Bruins, averaging 10.3 points, 4.0 assists and 3.0 UCLA Athletics Facebook: /UCLAAthletics rebounds per game ... Holiday scored in double figures in 20 contests, totaling a season-high 19 points in a loss at #GoBruins Oregon (Jan. 23) ... he made at least one 3-point field goal in 22 games. • Holiday finished eighth in the Pac-12 in assists per game (4.0) ... his 127 total assists were the most by any UCLA freshman since his older brother, Jrue Holiday, dished 129 assists in 2008-09 ... Holiday’s 127 assists currently rank UCLABRUINS.com as the fifth most by a freshman in school history. For the latest news about UCLA Athletics, be sure to visit the Bruins’ official website at: www.uclabruins.com. 2015-16 UCLA Men’s Basketball MEDIA INFORMATION 2015-16 UCLA NUMERICAL ROSTER UCLA Athletic Communications J.D. Morgan Center, Suite 128 No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown (Previous School) 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 0 Alex Olesinski Fr. F 6-10 200 Roswell, N.M. (La Lumiere School [IN]) Men’s Basketball Contact Alex Timiraos 1 Wonder Smith Fr. G 6-1 180 Los Angeles, Calif. (Windward School) Office Phone (310) 206-0524 2 Noah Allen Jr. G/F 6-7 215 Pacific Grove, Calif. (Palma HS) Cell Phone (310) 847-9231 Fax (310) 825-8664 3 Aaron Holiday Fr. G 6-1 185 Chatsworth, Calif.