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 California Golden Bears (8-9, 2-2) at UCLA Bruins (8-9, 1-3) No. Player GP GS MPG RPG APG PPG 5 Chris Smith 17 12 26.9 5.4 1.9 12.1 Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020 – 5 p.m. (PT) 24 Jalen Hill 17 13 24.5 7.4 1.3 9.9 Los Angeles, Calif. (Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom) 23 Prince Ali 17 14 22.9 2.8 1.3 8.9 GAME INFORMATION 2 Cody Riley 17 15 20.7 4.9 1.0 8.8 Venue: Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom 4 Jaime Jaquez Jr. 17 10 22.4 4.5 1.3 7.9 Venue Capacity: 13,800 Tipoff Time: 5:05 p.m. (PT) at 2019-20 SCHEDULE Television: ESPNU TV Talent: Roxy Bernstein (play-by-play), Corey Williams (analyst) November 8-9, 2-2 8-9, 1-3 Wed. 6 Long Beach State P12N W 69-65 Radio (UCLA Sports Network): AM 570 Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Tracy Murray (analyst) Sun. 10 UC Santa Barbara P12N W 77-61 SIRIUS and XM Channels: Ch. 84 / Ch. 84 The Bruins have won their past seven games in Pauley Fri. 15 UNLV P12N W 71-54 SIRIUS Internet Channel: Ch. 84 Pavilion against California. Mon. 18 Southern Utah 1 P12N W 76-61 Thu. 21 Hofstra P12N L 78-88 Mon. 25 vs. BYU 2 ESPN2 L 63-78 Tue. 26 vs. Chaminade 2 ESPNU W 74-48 UP NEXT FOR UCLA Wed. 27 vs. (3) Michigan State 2 ESPN2 L 62-75 UCLA concludes a three-game homestand against California this Sunday evening (5 p.m.). Last season, the Bruins won each of their two regular-season meetings against the Golden Bears. Following Sunday’s home game, the Bruins will hit the December road next week to face Oregon State in Corvallis, Ore. (Thursday, Jan. 23) and Oregon in Eugene, Ore. (Sunday, Feb. 26). Sun. 1 San Jose State P12N W 93-64 This Sunday’s game against California will mark the only regular-season meeting between these two Pac-12 programs. Sun. 8 Denver P12N W 81-62 UCLA’s regular-season schedule does not include a road trip to play at California and Stanford. Sat. 14 at Notre Dame ABC L 61-75 Sat. 21 vs. North Carolina 3 CBS L 64-74 ABOUT THE GOLDEN BEARS: Under the direction of first-year head coach Mark Fox (now in his 15th season as a Sat. 28 Cal State Fullerton P12N L 74-77 college head coach), California has gone 8-9 with a 2-2 mark in Pac-12 action. Most recently, Cal lost at USC, 88-56, on Thursday night. Matt Bradley scored 13 points and Kareem South finished with 12 points at USC’s Galen Center. The January Thu. 2 at Washington* FS1 W 66-64 Golden Bears were limited to 33.9 percent shooting overall and made just 5 of 25 attempts from 3-point range. Sat. 4 at Washington State* P12N (OT) L 71-79 LOOKING AT LAST SEASON: UCLA went 2-0 against California in a pair of regular-season meetings last year. The Sat. 11 USC* ESPN2 L 63-74 Bruins opened Pac-12 play with two home victories, including a 98-83 win against Cal in the second of those two games Wed. 15 Stanford* P12N L 59-74 on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019. UCLA outlasted California in overtime, 75-67, at Haas Pavilion (Berkeley, Calif.), behind a Sun. 19 California* ESPNU 5 p.m. team-leading 27 points and 10 rebounds by Kris Wilkes (Wilkes made 9 of 15 shots in the game). Thu. 23 at Oregon State* FS1 8 p.m. Sun. 26 at (8) Oregon* FOX 2 p.m. LAST TIME OUT Thu. 30 (20) Colorado* ESPN2 8 p.m. Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 15 points and Jalen Hill had a double-double (14 points, 12 rebounds) as UCLA lost to Stanford, 74-59, on Wednesday evening in Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom. UCLA led Stanford, 29-22, with just under five February Sun. 2 Utah* FS1 12 p.m. minutes to play before halftime. The Cardinal used a 9-2 scoring run to enter the locker room at the half with a 33-31 Thu. 6 at Arizona State* ESPN2/U 9 p.m. (MT) advantage. Stanford outscored UCLA in the second half, 41-28. Tyrell Terry led the Cardinal with a game-best 24 points. Sat. 8 at Arizona* ESPN/2 8 p.m. (MT) NOTES ON THE BRUINS Thu. 13 Washington State* P12N 8 p.m. • UCLA has gone 8-0 this season when limiting the opposition to 73 points or fewer. Sat. 15 Washington* ESPN/2/U 7 p.m. • Junior Chris Smith has averaged 15.3 points, 8.8 rebounds and 3.0 assists in the Bruins’ four Pac-12 games. Thu. 20 at Utah* FS1 8:30 p.m. (MT) • Freshman Jaime Jaquez Jr. (7.9 ppg, 4.5 rpg) has led the Bruins in scoring in three games this season. Sat. 22 at (20) Colorado* CBS 2 p.m. (MT) • Sophomore Jalen Hill has averaged a team-leading 7.4 rebounds per game, which ranks eighth in the Pac-12. Thu. 27 Arizona State* P12N 8 p.m. Sat. 29 Arizona* ESPN/2 7 p.m. • UCLA has had 11 players, including freshmen, establish new career highs in points scored this season. • The Bruins led the Pac-12 in rebounding margin (+7.6 rpg), through games played Thursday, Jan. 16. March • UCLA has out-rebounded the opposition in 16 of 17 games this year (currently averaging 38.5 rebounds per game). Sat. 7 at USC* CBS 12:15 p.m. • Through games played Thursday, Jan. 16, the Bruins ranked No. 20 in the nation in rebounding margin (+7.6). Postseason Schedule • In addition, UCLA ranked No. 25 in the nation (through Thursday, Jan. 16) in offensive rebounds per game (13.1). Wed.-Sat. March 11-14 Pac-12 Tournament 4 Tue.-Wed. March 17-18 NCAA First Four UCLA’S LEADING SCORER Thu.-Sun. March 19-22 NCAA 1st, 2nd Rounds Junior guard Chris Smith enters the weekend as UCLA’s leading scorer, having averaged 12.1 points and 5.4 rebounds per Thu.-Sun. March 26-29 NCAA Regional game in all 17 contests. Smith has posted career-high percentages this season in overall field goals (45.8%), 3-pointers Sat., Mon. April 4, 6 NCAA Final Four 5 (32.3%) and free throws (85.5%). In fact, he ranks fourth among all Pac-12 players in free throw percentage. He has scored 205 points this season, just two shy of his entire total from last year (207). In addition, Smith has made 71 shots (shooting * Pac-12 Conference games 45.8%), just four fewer shots than he made as a sophomore last year (75, shooting 40.5% overall in 2018-19). rankings in parenthesis are from the weekly AP poll 1 Maui on the Mainland, in Pauley Pavilion DOUBLE-DOUBLES 2 Maui Jim Maui Invitational, at Lahaina Civic Center Sophomore Jalen Hill ranks second on the team in scoring (9.9 ppg) and first in rebounding (7.4 rpg), entering Sunday’s opposing teams include BYU, Chaminade, Dayton, Georgia, Kansas, Michigan State and Virginia Tech game against California. The 6-foot-10 forward/center registered his fourth double-double of the season on Wednesday 3 CBS Sports Classic, T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas, Nev.) against Stanford (14 points, 12 rebounds). In fact, Hill has now tallied seven double-doubles in his career. He has scored 4 Pac-12 Tournament, T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas, Nev.) 14 points in each of the Bruins’ last two games (against USC and Stanford) and has shot 53.8 percent overall in 17 games 5 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta, Ga.) this season. Hill has twice scored at least 20 points in a game this year (including 24 points against Hofstra on Nov. 21). UCLA ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT COACH CRONIN Men’s Basketball Twitter: @UCLAMBB Midway through his first year as UCLA’s head coach, Mick Cronin spent the previous 13 seasons as head coach at Men’s Basketball Instagram: @UCLAMBB Cincinnati (his alma mater). Cronin was named The Michael Price Family UCLA Men’s Head Basketball Coach in April of Men’s Basketball Facebook: /UCLAMensBasketball 2019 and entered the season with 16 years of experience as a college head coach. He guided Cincinnati to the NCAA UCLA Athletics Twitter: @UCLAAthletics Tournament in each of the previous nine seasons (and in 11 of 13 total years at Cincinnati). He has compiled an all-time UCLA Athletics Instagram: @UCLAAthletics record of 373-180, entering Sunday evening’s Pac-12 game against California. UCLA Athletics Facebook: /UCLAAthletics 30-WIN SEASONS: Coach Cronin guided Cincinnati to consecutive seasons with 30-plus wins in 2017 and 2018, earning National Coach of the Year honors from Sporting News (2018). He entered this season having compiled the most #GoBruins head coaching victories (365) among active head coaches, under the age of 50, at the NCAA Division I level. 2019-20 UCLA MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA INFORMATION 2019-20 UCLA NUMERICAL ROSTER UCLA Athletic Communications No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown (Previous School) J.D. Morgan Center, Suite 128 0 Alex Olesinski R-Sr.