MEN'S BASKETBALL RELEASE UCLA Men’s Basketball Feb. 3, 2005 Marc Dellins/Bill Bennett/310-206-8179 For Immediate Release UCLA(11-6 OVERALL,5-4 PAC-10/4TH-PLACE) TRAVELS TO WASHINGTON SCHOOLS THIS WEEK FOR TWO PAC-10 ENCOUNTERS – AT WSU(9-9,4-5,5TH-PLACE TIE) THURSDAY(FEB. 3/7:30P.M.) AND AT NO. 13 UW (17-3,7-2,1ST-PLACE TIE) SATURDAY(FEB. 5/2P.M.); LAST SATURDAY(JAN. 29), BRUINS SNAP THREE-GAME CONFERENCE LOSING STREAK, COMING BACK FROM AN 18-POINT HALFTIME DEFICIT TO WIN AT ARCHRIVAL USC(72-69) UCLA'S NEXT GAMES Tournament Championship and in 2002, Pittsburgh was THURSDAY, FEB. 3 – UCLA(11-6 Overall, 5-4 29-6 overall (school record for wins), advanced to the Pac-10/4th-place) at WASHINGTON STATE(9-9 NCAA "Sweet 16" and the Big East Tournament title Overall,4-5 Pac-10/5TH-place tie) - Pullman, WA, game and Howland was the consensus National Coach of Friel Court, 7:30p.m.PT(TV-FSN/Radio-Fabulous 690, the Year. with Chris Roberts and Don MacLean). UCLA STAFF - Joining Howland are assistant coaches, SATURDAY, FEB. 5 – UCLA at No. 1 3 all entering their second season - Donny Daniels, who WASHINGTON(17-3 Overall,7-2 Pac-10/1st- was head coach at CS Fullerton for three seasons (2000-03); place tie, UW hosts USC on Feb. 3) – Seattle, Ernie Zeigler, who for two years (2002-03) served on WA, Hec Edmondson Pavilion, 2 p.m.PT(TV-FSN/Radio- Howland's Pittsburgh staff and Kerry Keating, who for XTRA Sports 570, with Chris Roberts and Don MacLean). two seasons (2002-03) was at Tennessee under Buzz Peterson, along with Director of Operations Chris UCLA BRUINS STARTING LINEUP (Overall Carlson, who two seasons (2002-03) served in the same 11-6/Pac-10 5-4,4th-place) capacity for Howland at Pittsburgh. No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Ppg Rpg 1 Dijon Thompson F 6-7 Sr. 17.2 8.4 UCLA'S LAST GAME 12 Josh Shipp F 6-5 Fr. 8.6 5.0 Jan. 29 – UCLA 72, at USC 69 – For the fourth 45 Michael Fey C 7-0 Jr. 9.5 4.7 time this season in a Pac-10 contest, UCLA overcame a 4 Arron Afflalo G 6-5 Fr. 10.9 2.5 double-digit deficit and came back in the second half to 11 Jordan Farmar G 6-2 Fr. 12.6 3.4 defeat archrival USC, 72-69, before 7,767 at The Sports Arena. The Bruin victory snapped UCLA’s three-game Pac- UCLA HEAD COACH BEN HOWLAND – In his 10 losing streak, ended the Trojans’ four-game overall second season at UCLA and 11th year as a collegiate head winning streak over UCLA and it was the Bruins’ first win coach. at The Sports Arena since 2001. 2004-05 - UCLA 11-6, 17 games/.647-Howland is UCLA trailed by 18 points at halftime (43-25). The 2-1 vs. WSU and 3-1 vs. UW. Bruins’ second half comeback was led by Dijon Thompson, 2003-04 - UCLA (11-17, 28 games/39.3) who scored 16 of his game-high 24 points in the second half. In the first 2:20 of the second half, Thompson had two UCLA Totals – 22-23, 45 games/ .489 steals and scored six of UCLA’s nine points, to bring the 2000-03 - Pittsburgh (89-40, 129 games/69.0) Bruins to within 13 points (47-34, 17:50 left). At the 8:09 1995-99 - N. Arizona (79-59, 138 games/57.2) mark in the second half, Thompson’s tipin gave UCLA its Overall Totals– 11th Season (190-122, 312 first lead of the game (56-54). In the final 5:27 (score was games/.609) tied at 62 with 5:27 remaining), Thompson scored eight of In Howland's first year (2003-04) at UCLA, highlights UCLA’s next 10 points, including 4-6 from the foul line included a 9-3 start (5-0 in the Pac-10), wins over NCAA (with 57 seconds left, his two free throws gave UCLA a 71- Tournament teams Michigan State, Washington (twice) 69 lead and with 16 seconds remaining, Thompson hit one and Vermont and an appearance in the Pac-10 (first) of two foul shots, to give UCLA its 72-69 victory). Tournament. For the game, in 32 minutes, Thompson scored a In his last two seasons (2002-03) at Pittsburgh - in 2003, game-high 24 points (8-13, 0-1, 8-11/including 16 in the he led the Panthers to a 28-5 overall record, No. 4 second half), with a game-high tying seven rebounds, one national ranking, NCAA "Sweet 16" and the Big East assist and blocked shot and a game-high tying three steals. Also scoring in double figures for the Bruins was Josh Ryan Hollins hit his first of two free throws (during that Shipp (13 points, seven rebounds, one steal in 33 minutes). run, UCLA was led by Jordan Farmar's 12 points and Arron Afflalo tallied nine points (3-4 from three-point Hollins' 8). With 33 seconds left in regulation, the range/in the second half, from 8:52-7:18, Afflalo hit three Bruins took their first lead of the game (61-59) on a three-pointers, the final two consecutive, his last three- putback by Dijon Thompson. With 15 seconds left in pointer gave the Bruins a 62-57 lead, 7:18 left to play). regulation, WSU's Thomas Kelati's three-pointer gave the UCLA (11-6, 5-4) shot .440 (22-50, including .571 Cougars a 62-61 lead, but with 11 seconds remaining, (16-28) in the second half) from the field, .471 (8-17, Josh Shipp connected on his first of two free throws to including .750 (6-8) in the second half) from three-point tie the score (62-62) and force the first overtime. range and .714 (20-28) from the foul line, with a game-high In the first overtime, behind Farmar's five points, the 36 rebounds, 10 assists and a game-high 21 turnovers. Bruins led throughout and had 69-64 advantage with 1:19 USC (9-11, 2-7) shot .452 (28-62, including .531 (17- remaining in the first overtime. But the Cougars' Kelati 32) in the first half) from the field, .400 (8-20, including struck again, forcing the second overtime, scoring on a .500 (5-10) in the first half) from three-point range and .385 two point basket with 1:01 left (69-66) and on a three- (5-13) from the foul line, with 31 rebounds, 12 assists and pointer (69-69) right before the buzzer to force a second 19 turnovers. The Trojans were led by Nick Young’s 22 overtime. points. In the second overtime, UCLA trailed at the beginning, the final time at 2:09 left, when Arron Afflalo made his first of two free throws to cut WSU's lead to one point (75- WASHINGTON STATE (Overall 9-9/Pac-10 4-5, 74). UCLA took it's first lead in the second overtime on 5 th-place tie) a Thompson layin (following a Brian Morrison steal) to WSU STARTING LINEUP give the Bruins a 76-75 advantage. In the final minute, No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Ppg Rpg UCLA hit four of six free throws (Thompson was 3-4) to 5 Chris Schlatter F 6-7 Sr. 4.3 2.8 seal the 80-77 victory. 34 Robbie Cowgill C 6-10 Fr. 6.0 3.6 The Bruins had five players in double figures - led by 2 Derrick Low G 6-1 Fr. 6.2 0.9 Farmar's season-high 46 minutes, 19 points, four 11 Thomas Kelati G 6-5 Sr. 13.2 4.3 rebounds, six assists and a season-best four steals (he did 45 Jeff Varem G 6-6 Sr. 11.0 7.9 not commit a turnover). Also scoring in double figures were - Morrison, season-high 29 minutes, and a then HEAD COACH DICK BENNETT – In his second season-high tying 15 points; Hollins, season-high 30 season at WSU, with a school mark of 22-25. In his 27th minutes, season-high 13 points, and season-high tying season as a head coach, from 1995-2000 at Wisconsin he seven rebounds; Shipp, season-high 37 minutes, 11 was 93-69 and led the Badgers to the 2000 Final Four, he’s points, eight rebounds and a season-high tying three 476-282. assists and Thompson, a career-high tying 43 minutes, THE COUGARS – Last Saturday in Tucson had one of 10 points and a career-high tying 16 rebounds. the biggest victories in school history, winning at then UCLA (8-3, 2-1) shot .429 (27-63) from the the field, .333 No. 11 Arizona, 70-63. It was WSU’s first win over (7-21) from three-point range and .594 (19-32) from the Arizona in its last 39 tries and the Cougars had not won foul line, with a game-high 43 rebounds, 15 assists and in Tucson since Jan. 14, 1984. Thomas Kelati, this game-low 11 turnovers. week’s Pac-10 Player of the Week, led the Cougars over WSU (6-6, 1-2) shot .478 (32-67) from the field, .273 (6- Arizona, with a career-high tying 27 points (including 7- 22) from three-point range and .538 (7-13) from the foul 11 from three-point range), and seven rebounds and three line, with 39 rebounds, 16 assists and a game-high 14 assists.