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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 STATISTICAL LEADERS UCLA in the 2021 NCAA Tournament No. Player GP GS MPG RPG APG PPG No. 11-seed UCLA (19-9) vs. No. 14-seed Abilene Christian (24-4) 3 Johnny Juzang 23 21 31.6 4.2 1.7 15.0 Monday, March 22 – 2:15 p.m. (PT) / 5:15 p.m. (ET) 5 Chris Smith 8 8 28.0 6.4 2.0 12.6 Bankers Life Fieldhouse (Indianapolis, Indiana) 4 Jaime Jaquez Jr. 28 28 34.3 6.0 1.5 12.3 1 Jules Bernard 28 24 28.7 4.9 1.4 10.6 GAME INFORMATION 10 Tyger Campbell 28 28 33.9 2.2 5.5 10.2 Venue: Bankers Life Fieldhouse (Indianapolis) Game Time: 2:15 p.m. (PT) / 5:15 p.m. (ET) Television: TBS vs. 2020-21 SCHEDULE TV Talent: Brian Anderson (play-by-play), Jim Jackson (analyst) Allie LaForce (sideline) November 1 Radio (UCLA Sports Network): AM 570 24-4 (13-2 Southland) 19-9 (13-6 Pac-12) Wed. 25 at San Diego State CBS-SN L 58-73 Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Tracy Murray (analyst) 1 Fri. 27 Pepperdine P12N 3-OT W 107-98 SIRIUS and XM Radio Channels: Ch. 137 / Ch. 207 Monday’s nationally televised game is the first-ever meeting Mon. 30 Long Beach State P12N Postponed SIRIUS Internet Channel: Ch. 967 on the hardwood between Abilene Christian and UCLA. December Thu. 3 Seattle P12N W 78-52 Sun. 6 California* P12N W 76-56 ABOUT THE BRUINS Wed. 9 San Diego P12N W 83-56 • UCLA seeks its first trip to the NCAA Tournament’s “Sweet 16” since advancing in 2017. Fri. 11 Marquette P12N W 69-60 • The Bruins have won games against Michigan State (86-80, OT) on Thursday and BYU (73-62) on Saturday. Tue. 15 Long Beach State P12N Postponed • UCLA is making its 50th appearance in the NCAA Tournament, the program’s first since 2018. Sat. 19 vs. (20) Ohio State 2 CBS L 70-77 • This marks the first NCAA Tournament for all of UCLA’s players except for senior guard Chris Smith (who is injured). Wed. 23 at (25) Oregon* ESPN2 Postponed • Dating back to last season, UCLA has won 20 of its past 27 Pac-12 contests (and 30 of 42 overall games). Thu. 31 Utah* FS1 W 72-70 • Not including Chris Smith (injured), UCLA has five active players who have averaged at least 10.0 points per game. January • UCLA ranked No. 1 in the Pac-12 in fewest turnovers per game (10.9) and was No. 3 in fewest fouls per game (16.0). Sat. 2 Colorado* P12N W 65-62 • UCLA lost to BYU and Michigan State in the 2019 Maui Jim Maui Invitational, but defeated both teams in the past week. Thu. 7 at Arizona State* ESPN OT W 81-75 • The Bruins have committed fewer fouls than their opponent in 22 of 28 games this season. Sat. 9 at Arizona* ESPN W 81-76 Thu. 14 Washington State* FS1 W 91-61 INDIVIDUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS Sat. 16 Washington* P12N W 81-76 • Tyger Campbell (first team), Jaime Jaquez Jr. (second team) and Johnny Juzang (second team) earned All-Pac-12 honors. Thu. 21 at California* ESPNU W 61-57 • Tyger Campbell (10.2 ppg, 5.5 apg) ranks No. 2 in the Pac-12 in assists per game and No. 5 in assist-turnover ratio (2.9). Sat. 23 vs. Stanford* 3 FOX OT L 72-73 • Jaime Jaquez Jr. (34.3) and Tyger Campbell (33.9) have ranked No. 4 and 7, respectively, in the Pac-12 in minutes/game. Thu. 28 Oregon* ESPN Postponed • Johnny Juzang leads all Pac-12 players in free throw percentage (90.7%, 45 of 49), headed into Monday’s game. Sat. 30 Oregon State* P12N W 57-52 • David Singleton ranks No. 2 in the Pac-12 in 3-point percentage (46.7%, 35-for-75), through Saturday, March 20. February Mon. 1 Oregon* ESPN2 Postponed ALL-TIME RECORD Sat. 6 at USC* ESPN L 48-66 Through 49 previous NCAA Tournament appearances, the Bruins have compiled a record of 108-42 with a nation-leading Thu. 11 at Washington State* FS1 L 73-81 11 NCAA Championships. The Bruins won 10 of those 11 NCAA titles from 1964 through 1975, including a streak of seven Sat. 13 at Washington* P12N W 64-61 consecutive national championships from 1967 through 1973 (under the late Coach John Wooden). UCLA most recently Thu. 18 Arizona* ESPN2 W 74-60 advanced to the NCAA Tournament (First Four) in 2018. The Bruins have not reached the Final Four since three consecutive Sat. 20 Arizona State* ESPN2 W 80-79 trips in 2006, 2007 and 2008 under former head coach Ben Howland. Head coach Mick Cronin, in his second season at Thu. 25 at Utah* P12N W 76-61 UCLA, has now led Murray State, Cincinnati and UCLA to NCAA Tournaments in 18 seasons as a collegiate head coach. Sat. 27 at Colorado* ESPN2 L 61-70 10 CONSECUTIVE: Mick Cronin is one of just five coaches to have led his teams to the past 10 NCAA Tournaments. That March includes nine consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances as the head coach at Cincinnati (2011-19). Joining Cronin on Wed. 3 at Oregon* ESPN2 L 74-82 that list are Mark Few (Gonzaga), Tom Izzo (Michigan State), Bill Self (Kansas) and Roy Williams (North Carolina). Sat. 6 USC* CBS L 63-64 Thu. 11 vs. Oregon State 4 P12N OT L 79-83 SINCE 1985, SWEET 16 In March of 2017, the Bruins advanced to the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16 (regional semifinals) for the 14th time since March (NCAA Tournament) the tournament field expanded to at least 64 teams, starting in 1985. Previous Sweet 16 trips (since 1985) have occurred Thu. 18 vs. Michigan State TBS OT W 86-80 in 1990, 1992, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2015 and 2017. Through those 14 Sat. 20 vs. BYU CBS W 73-62 appearances, the Bruins have posted a 6-8 record with four trips to the Final Four (1995, 2006, 2007 and 2008). In the Mon. 22 vs. Abilene Christian TBS 2:15 p.m. (PT) four most recent trips to the Final Four, UCLA has compiled a 3-3 record (including the 1995 NCAA title). Overall, UCLA has Sat.-Tue. March 27-30 NCAA Regional advanced to 50 NCAA Tournaments and 18 NCAA Final Fours and won a nation-leading 11 NCAA Championships. Sat., Mon. April 3, 5 NCAA Final Four * Pac-12 Conference games NOTES ON MR. JUZANG rankings in parenthesis are from the weekly AP poll Johnny Juzang averaged 25.0 points and 4.5 rebounds victories on Thursday and Saturday. He scored a team-high 27 1 at San Diego State’s Viejas Arena points in a 73-62 win over BYU on Saturday, becoming the third UCLA player to have scored at least 20 points in each of 2 CBS Sports Classic (Cleveland, Ohio) his first two NCAA Tournament contests (joining Lew Alcindor and Reggie Miller in that category). He shot 52.8% (19-for- 3 neutral site game, in Santa Cruz, Calif. 36) from the field and made 6 of 16 attempts from 3-point range (37.5%). Juzang scored 23 points in the 86-80 overtime 4 Pac-12 Tournament, T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas, Nev.) victory against Michigan State at Purdue’s Mackey Arena last Thursday. He played in 80 of 85 total minutes between both games and has continued to lead the team in scoring (15.0 points per game). UCLA ON SOCIAL MEDIA Men’s Basketball Twitter: @UCLAMBB FEWEST TURNOVERS SINCE Men’s Basketball Instagram: @UCLAMBB UCLA commited just four turnovers in the 73-62 win against BYU on Saturday at Butler’s Hinkle Fieldhouse. That marked Men’s Basketball Facebook: /UCLAMensBasketball the fewest turnovers by a UCLA team since March 19, 2017, when UCLA had 21 assists and three turnovers in a 79-67 UCLA Athletics Twitter: @UCLAAthletics win over Cincinnati in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. UCLA turned the ball over six times in the first 16 minutes UCLA Athletics Instagram: @UCLAAthletics versus Michigan State, and then went the final 29 minutes of that game with just two turnovers. Last Saturday, UCLA had UCLA Athletics Facebook: /UCLAAthletics four turnovers in 40 minutes, meaning the Bruins have had just six turnovers in the last 69 minutes. Since December of 1974, UCLA has had just 10 games (out of nearly 1,500) in which the Bruins have committed four or fewer turnovers. #GoBruins 2020-21 UCLA MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA INFORMATION 2020-21 UCLA NUMERICAL ROSTER UCLA Athletic Communications No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown (Previous School) J.D. Morgan Center, Suite 128 0 Jaylen Clark Fr. G 6-5 195 Riverside, Calif. (Etiwanda HS) 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1 Jules Bernard Jr. G 6-6 205 Los Angeles, Calif. (Windward School) Men’s Basketball Contact Alex Timiraos 2 Cody Riley RS Jr. F 6-9 255 Kansas City, Kan. (Sierra Canyon HS [California]) Office Phone (310) 206-0524 3 Johnny Juzang So. G 6-6 210 Tarzana, Calif. (University of Kentucky) Cell Phone (310) 847-9231 4 Jaime Jaquez Jr.