UCLA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL UCLA Athletic Communications / J.D. Morgan Center / 325 Westwood Plaza / Los Angeles, CA 90095 Women’s Basketball Contact: Seth Dahle / [email protected] / o: (310) 206-3402 / c: (310) 357-8991 UCLA’S LEADING SCORERS No. 20 UCLA Bruins (20-12, 12-6) vs. Tennessee Lady Vols (19-12, 7-9) No. Player GP-GS MPG RPG APG PPG Saturday, March 23, 2019 – 1 p.m. (ET) / 10 a.m. (PT) 21 Michaela Onyenwere 32-32 31.7 8.1 1.1 18.2 College Park, Md. (XFINITY Center) – 2019 NCAA First Round 22 Kennedy Burke 31-31 32.7 6.0 2.4 15.2 24 Japreece Dean 32-31 34.1 3.3 4.9 13.8 GAME INFORMATION 11 Lajahna Drummer 31-29 30.0 8.6 0.7 9.1 Venue: XFINITY Center (17,950) 4 Lindsey Corsaro 32-31 31.9 4.4 2.9 7.0 Location: College Park, Md. vs. 33 Lauryn Miller 32-3 13.6 2.7 0.7 3.7 Tip-off Time: 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT 20-12, 12-6 Pac-12 19-12, 7-9 SEC 2018-19 SCHEDULE Television: ESPN2 OVERALL: 20-12 PAC-12: 12-6 TV Talent: Roy Philpott (play-by-play), Brooke Weisbrod (Analyst) All-Time Series: Tennessee leads, 18-1 Online Radio: uclabruins.com HOME: 11-5 AWAY: 8-3 NEUTRAL: 1-4 Last Meeting: L 85-64 (at John Wooden Center on campus of UCLA) Exhibition Game Radio Talent: Dave Marcus (play-by-play) UCLA Record in Series: 1-18; Home: 0-9; Away: 1-8; Neutral: 0-1 Sat. 3 Westmont W 75-55 FOR STARTERS November Sixth-seeded UCLA will be playing 11th-seeded Tennessee for the first time since 2011 when the Bruins Tue. 6 at Loyola Marymount L 69-63 face the Lady Vols on Saturday in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament. Tip-off is set for 1 p.m. (ET) at Sun. 11 Rice W 59-50 the XFINITY Center in College Park, Md., on the campus of the University of Maryland. UCLA (20-12), who is Wed. 14 #14 Georgia P12N W 80-69 making its fourth-straight NCAA appearance, has never played Tennessee (19-12) in the NCAA Tournament. Sun. 18 Seton Hall W 78-62 1 Thu. 22 North Carolina L 83-49 SERIES HISTORY Fri. 23 Kentucky 1 L 75-74 (OT) This marks the 20th meeting all-time between UCLA and TALE OF THE TAPE Sat. 24 #17 South Florida 1 L 60-56 Tennessee, with the Lady Vols owning an 18-1 record. Tennessee UCLA UT December has won each of the last 15 games; however, the two teams Sun. 2 Indiana P12N L 67-65 haven’t faced one another since the 2011 campaign, when the 73.3 SCORING OFFENSE u 74.4 Fri. 7 Fresno State W 89-80 Lady Vols came away with an 85-64 win at the John Wooden Sun. 16 Oklahoma State W 71-59 Center in Los Angeles. The Bruins played Tennessee in the ‘06, ‘07 68.2 t SCORING DEFENSE 68.5 Wed. 19 at Illinois-Chicago W 78-47 and ‘09 seasons, dropping two of those three games in Knoxville. Fri. 28 Cal Poly W 81-35 +5.2 SCORING MARGIN u +6.1 Sun. 30 at (RV/RV) USC* P12N W 72-65 Prior to the matchup in 2006, the Bruins hadn’t met the Lady Vols since 1999. UCLA and Tennessee have never faced one another in .419 FG% u .429 January the NCAA Tournament. The only postseason meeting came in the Fri. 4 at #18/19 California* P12N W 84-79 (OT) 1979 AIAW Final Four, which Tennessee won, 104-86. .414 t FG% DEFENSE u .414 Sun. 6 at #6/8 Stanford* P12N L 86-80 Fri. 11 #10 Oregon State* P12N L 83-73 UCLA IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT .307 3FG% u .327 Sun. 13 #5 Oregon* P12N L 72-52 • UCLA is 18-15 (.545) all-time in the NCAA Tournament. Sun. 20 USC* P12N L 72-67 • This is the Bruins’ 16th NCAA Tournament appearance (23rd .323 3FG% DEFENSE u .318 Fri. 25 at #16 Arizona State* P12N W 61-59 Sun. 27 at Arizona* W 98-93 (3 OT) postseason appearance including AIAW Tournaments). 4.8 3FG MADE/GAME u 5.3 • UCLA has won its last seven First Round games of the NCAA February Tournament and its last three Second Round games. .722 t FT% .702 Fri. 1 Washington State* W 83-56 • UCLA won its only national title in 1978 (AIAW) with a 90-74 Sun. 3 Washington* W 76-60 win over Maryland at UCLA. 41.4 REBOUNDS u 43.1 Fri. 8 at Colorado* P12N W 64-60 • The Bruins have reached the Sweet Sixteen each of the last Sun. 10 at #17 Utah* P12N W 100-90 three seasons. 16.9 t REBOUNDING OFF. 16.2 Fri. 15 #10 Stanford* P12N L 65-51 • UCLA made it to the Elite Eight in 2018 for the first time Sun. 17 California* P12N W 80-74 24.5 REBOUNDING DEF. u 26.8 since 1999, its second appearance all-time. Fri. 22 at #2 Oregon* P12N W 74-69 Sun. 24 at #12 Oregon State* P12N L 75-72 • In 2017, the Bruins made back-to-back appearances in the +6.2 REBOUND MARGIN u +8.9 Sweet Sixteen for the first time in school history (selected March to field of 16 of the AIAW Division I Tournament in 1978 14.0 ASSISTS u 14.1 Fri. 1 Utah* W 76-60 and 1979). Sun. 3 Colorado* P12N W 84-50 • The Bruins’ best finish in the NCAA Tournament is the Elite 13.3 t TURNOVERS 15.9 Fri. 8 #20 Arizona State 2 P12N W 73-69 Sat. 9 #6 Oregon 2 P12N L 88-83 (OT) Eight (1999, 2018). 1.1 t ASSIST/TO RATIO 0.9 Sat. 23 Tennessee 3 (#11 seed) ESPN2 • UCLA is 8-4 (.667) all-time in the NCAA Tournament under head coach Cori Close. 1 Paradise Jam (UVI Sports and Fitness Center, U.S. Virgin Islands) 7.6 STEALS u 8.0 2 Pac-12 Tournament (MGM Grand Arena, Las Vegas, Nev.) • This season marks Cori Close’s fifth appearance in the Big 3 NCAA Tournament (First & Second Rounds, at Maryland) Dance (2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019). 4.2 t BLOCKS 3.0 * Pac-12 Conference games All times listed are Pacific SCORE BY QUARTERS (TOTAL PTS & AVG ARE FOR 2018-19; HIGH IS ALL-TIME MARK) Ranking indicates AP top 25 poll 1 (AVG/HIGH/OPP) 2 (AVG/HIGH/OPP) 3 (AVG/HIGH/OPP) 4 (AVG/HIGH/OPP) OT (AVG/HIGH/OPP) TOTAL UCLA 538 (16.8/38/SJSU) 519 (16.2/33/@BAY) 610 (18.4/35/SJSU) 613 (19.0/40/@UTAH) 71 (11.8/14/@ARIZ) 2346 UCLA ON SOCIAL MEDIA Opponent 490 (15.3/31/ORE) 532 (16.6/28/@STAN) 555 (16.9/27/TOL) 542 (16.9/31/WSU) 57 (9.5/16/ND) 2181 Women’s Basketball Twitter: @UCLAWBB Women’s Basketball Instagram: @UCLAWBB UCLA QUARTER HIGHS (ALL-TIME) Women’s Basketball Snapchat: UCLAWBB TEAM HIGHS INDIVIDUAL HIGHS Women’s Basketball Facebook: /UCLAWomensBasketball POINTS REBOUNDS ASSISTS BLOCKS STEALS POINTS REBOUNDS Women’s Basketball Website: www.UCLAWBB.com 40 - @UTAH 21 - SAC 10 - SJSU 6 - UTAH 8 - SJSU 17 - Jordin Canada (USF-4Q) 10 - Monique Billings (WSU-2Q) UCLA Athletics Twitter: @UCLAAthletics 35 - SJSU 19 - JMU 10 - SAC 5 - UTAH 8 - ORE 17 - Nirra Fields (UTAH-4Q) 8 - Monique Billings (StJ-2Q) UCLA Athletics Instagram: @UCLAAthletics 33 - @BAY 18 - SOU 9 - @NC A&T 5 - UW 8 - PAC 15 - Nicole Kornet (@STAN-4Q) 7 - Monique Billings (S.C.-1&3Q) UCLA Athletics Facebook: /UCLAAthletics 2018-19 UCLA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA INFORMATION 2018-19 UCLA NUMERICAL ROSTER UCLA Sports Information J.D. Morgan Center, Suite 128 No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (High School/Previous School) 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 0 Chantel Horvat G 6-1 So. Geelong, Australia (Geelong College) Women’s Basketball SID Seth Dahle 1 Kayla Owens G 6-1 R-Fr. Houston, Texas (Langham Creek HS) Office Phone (310) 206-3402 2 Ahlana Smith G 5-9 Fr. Charlotte, N.C. (Mallard Creek HS) Cell Phone (310) 357-8991 E-mail [email protected] 3 Kiara Jefferson G 5-9 Fr. Sacramento, Calif. (West Campus HS) Website www.uclabruins.com 4 Lindsey Corsaro G 6-1 R-Fr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Roncalli HS) 10 Ally Rosenblum F 6-4 Jr. Newport Coast, Calif. (Mater Dei HS) WEEKLY AVAILABILITY The best time for interviews with The Michael Price Family UCLA 11 Lajahna Drummer F 6-1 Sr. Inglewood, Calif. (Long Beach Poly HS) Women’s Head Basketball Coach, Cori Close, or members of the 21 Michaela Onyenwere F 5-11 So. Aurora, Colo. (Grandview HS) Bruins’ squad, is after practices. This year, the women’s basketball 22 Kennedy Burke G 6-1 Sr. Northridge, Calif. (Sierra Canyon School) team will be practicing in Pauley Pavilion at varying times during the 23 Natalie Chou G 6-1 R-Jr. Plano, Texas (Plano West HS/Baylor) morning with times normally ranging from 8:00 a.m. to noon P.T. For access to weekly practices or to schedule an extended interview with 24 Japreece Dean G 5-6 Jr. Cedar Park, Texas (Vista Ridge HS/Texas Tech) a member of the UCLA women’s basketball team, please contact WBB 25 Shayley Harris F/C 6-6 Fr.