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 TOP SCORERS Liberty Flames (10-4) at UCLA Bruins (7-5) No. Player GP GS MPG RPG APG PPG Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018 – 3 p.m. (PT) 13 Kris Wilkes 12 12 31.6 4.4 1.4 17.8 Los Angeles, Calif. (Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom) 4 Jaylen Hands 12 12 29.8 3.9 7.4 11.8 1 Moses Brown 12 12 23.6 8.8 0.4 11.6 GAME INFORMATION 23 Prince Ali 12 12 25.0 2.2 1.5 9.5 Venue: Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom Venue Capacity: 13,800 2018-19 SCHEDULE Tipoff Time: 3:10 p.m. (PT) vs. Television: Pac-12 Network Exhibition Game TV Talent: J.B. Long (play-by-play), Don MacLean (analyst) Oct. 27 N.Y. Institute of Tech. P12N W 125-73 Radio (UCLA Sports Network from IMG): AM 570 10-4 7-5 November Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Tracy Murray (analyst) SIRIUS/XM Radio Channels: Ch. 136 / Ch. 197 Saturday’s game will mark the first-ever meeting on the Tue. 6 Purdue Fort Wayne P12N W 96-71 hardwood between UCLA and Liberty. Fri. 9 Long Beach State P12N W 91-80 SIRIUS App Channel: Ch. 959 Fri. 16 Saint Francis U P12N W 95-58 Mon. 19 Presbyterian P12N W 80-65 Thu. 22 vs. (11) Michigan State 1 FS1 L 67-87 UP NEXT FOR UCLA Fri. 23 vs. (7) North Carolina 1 FOX L 78-94 The Bruins will host Liberty (10-4) this Saturday afternoon in Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom. Game time is 3 p.m. Wed. 28 Hawai’i P12N W 80-61 (PT). This marks the first time in which these two schools have faced each other on the basketball court. Liberty has gone December 10-4 this season after having compiled a 22-15 record last season (and a 9-9 record in the Big South Conference). Sun. 2 Loyola Marymount P12N W 82-58 Saturday’s game will be the first of three straight home games for the Bruins, who open Pac-12 play at home next week. Sat. 8 Notre Dame ESPN2 W 65-62 Sat. 15 Belmont P12N L 72-74 LEAGUE LEADER Wed. 19 at Cincinnati ESPN2 L 64-93 Sophomore Jaylen Hands enters the weekend as the Pac-12’s leader in total assists (89) and assists per game (7.4). THe Sat. 22 vs. (15) Ohio State 2 CBS L 66-80 6-foot-3 guard from San Diego has averaged 11.8 points, 3.9 rebounds and 7.4 assists through the team’s first 12 games. Sat. 29 Liberty P12N 3 p.m. Hands also ranks third in the Pac-12 in assist-turnover ratio (2.5-to-1). Hands has tallied at least nine assists in six of UCLA’s last seven games. He had at least 10 assists in three consecutive games (versus Hawai’i, Notre Dame and Belmont). January Thu. 3 Stanford* ESPN 8 p.m. RARE FEAT: Hands became the first Pac-12 player to record at least 10 assists in three straight games since USC’s Sat. 5 California* P12N 1 p.m. Brandon Granville in March 2000. Granville also accomplished that feat in January 2000 and November 1999. Thu. 10 at Oregon* ESPN/2/U 6 p.m. Sun. 13 at Oregon State* FS1 7 p.m. THE LAST TIME OUT Sat. 19 at USC* CBS 1 p.m. UCLA lost to No. 15 Ohio State 80-66 in the CBS Sports Classic on Saturday, Dec. 22, playing at the United Center in Thu. 24 (17) Arizona State* FS1 8 p.m. Chicago. The Bruins led Ohio State throughout the first half, before the Buckeyes secured a 33-30 cushion at halftime. Sat. 26 Arizona* ESPN2 7 p.m. UCLA never reduced Ohio State’s lead to any fewer than four points in the game’s final 10 minutes. Kris Wilkes finished with Wed. 30 at Washington State* P12N 7 p.m. a team-leading 18 points for UCLA, while Jaylen Hands had 13 points and nine assists and Cody Riley totaled 10 points. February LOOKING AHEAD Sat. 2 at Washington* ESPN/2 1 p.m. The Bruins will open Pac-12 play at home next week, facing Stanford on Thursday, Jan. 3, before taking on California on Thu. 6 Colorado* P12N 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5. This will mark the second straight year in which UCLA will open its league schedule at home. Last season, Sat. 9 Utah* FOX 2 p.m. Thu. 13 at California* P12N 7 p.m. the Bruins swept a pair of home games against Washington State (96-82) and Washington (74-53) prior to New Year’s Day. Sat. 16 at Stanford* ESPN/2/U 7 p.m. In fact, this will be the first season since 2015-16 in which the Bruins will have opened their Pac-12 schedule after Dec. 31. Thu. 21 Oregon State* FS1 8 p.m. SCORING IN DOUBLE FIGURES Sun. 23 Oregon* ESPN/2 7 p.m. Sophomore guard Kris Wilkes has scored in double figures in all 12 games this season. The 6-foot-8 guard from Indianapolis, Thu. 28 USC* ESPN/2/U 6 p.m. Ind., has scored at least 20 points in four games this season. He tallied 21 points in a loss at Cincinnati (Dec. 19), registered March 20 points in the team’s loss to Belmont (Dec. 15) and had 22 points in a game against North Carolina in Las Vegas (Nov. 23). Thu. 7 at Colorado* ESPN/2/U 7 p.m. (MT) He scored a career-high 27 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in a season-opening win against Purdue Fort Wayne (Nov. 6). Sat. 9 at Utah* P12N 5 p.m. (MT) AMONG PAC-12 PLAYERS: Kris Wilkes will enter the weekend as the fifth-leading scorer in the Pac-12 (17.8 ppg). Postseason Schedule Washington State’s Robert Franks has averaged a league-leading 22.1 points per game (11 contests). Wilkes is one of 3 Wed.-Sat. March 13-16 Pac-12 Tournament seven players in the Pac-12 with at least four games of 20 or more points. Tue.-Wed. March 19-20 NCAA First Four Thu.-Sun. March 21-24 NCAA 1st, 2nd Rounds CRASHING THE BOARDS Thu.-Sun. March 28-31 NCAA Regional Through Wednesday, Dec. 26, UCLA ranked No. 2 in the Pac-12 in rebounding offense (42.2 rpg) and was No. 5 in the Sat., Mon. April 6, 8 NCAA Final Four 4 league in rebounding margin (+4.2). In addition, the Bruins ranked No. 12 in the nation, through Tuesday, Dec. 25, in total * Pac-12 Conference games rebounds per game (42.2). Freshman Moses Brown (11.6 ppg, 8.8 rpg) ranks fifth in the league in rebounds per game, rankings in parenthesis are from the weekly AP poll while redshirt freshman Jalen Hill (3.2 ppg, 6.3 rpg) ranks No. 13 in that category. Brown, a 7-foot-1 center from Queens, 1 Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational, Orleans Arena (Las Vegas) N.Y., ranks second in field goal percentage (66.7%) and third in blocks per game (2.6 bpg). 2 CBS Sports Classic, United Center (Chicago) 3 Pac-12 Tournament, T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas) FIRST TIME SINCE: Moses Brown’s 23-point, 14-rebound and eight-block effort against Saint Francis (Nov. 16) marked 4 at U.S. Bank Stadium (Minneapolis, Minn.) the first time any UCLA player had at least 20 points and five blocks in a game since Jan. 22, 2000 (Jerome Moiso). MULTIPLE DOUBLE-DOUBLES: UCLA has seen three players register double-doubles of the point-rebound variety this UCLA ON SOCIAL MEDIA season (Moses Brown, Kris Wilkes and Cody Riley). In addition Jalen Hill has recorded a team-high 20 rebounds (versus Men’s Basketball Twitter: @UCLAMBB Presbyterian on Nov. 19). Brown has totaled a team-leading four double-doubles for UCLA. Men’s Basketball Instagram: @UCLAMBB Men’s Basketball Facebook: /UCLAMensBasketball STANDING TALL UCLA Athletics Twitter: @UCLAAthletics UCLA’s 17-person roster includes eight players who measure at least 6-foot-8. Freshman Moses Brown (7-foot-1, 245 UCLA Athletics Instagram: @UCLAAthletics pounds) is the Bruins’ tallest player since the late Mike Lanier (7-foot-7, 310 pounds) competed as a reserve center for UCLA Athletics Facebook: /UCLAAthletics UCLA in 1991-92 and 1992-93. UCLA redshirt junior Alex Olesinski and redshirt freshman Jalen Hill both stand at 6-feet- 10, while freshmen Shareef O’Neal and Kenneth Nwuba, sophomore Chris Smith and redshirt freshman Cody Riley all stand #GoBruins at 6-foot-9. Sophomore guard Kris Wilkes rounds out the eight-person group at 6-foot-8. 2018-19 UCLA MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA INFORMATION 2018-19 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-Jr. F 6-10 220 Roswell, N.M. (La Lumiere School [IN]) 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1 Moses Brown Fr. C 7-1 245 Queens, N.Y. (Archbishop Molloy HS) Men’s Basketball Contact Alex Timiraos 2 Cody Riley R-Fr. F 6-9 240 Kansas City, Kan. (Sierra Canyon HS [CA]) Office Phone (310) 206-0524 3 Jules Bernard Fr.