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 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (6-2) at UCLA Bruins (6-2) No. Player GP GS MPG RPG APG PPG Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018 – 7:30 p.m. (PT) 13 Kris Wilkes 8 8 31.0 4.1 2.0 17.5 Los Angeles, Calif. (Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom) 1 Moses Brown 8 8 24.1 9.9 0.6 13.0 4 Jaylen Hands 8 8 28.4 3.1 6.3 12.6 GAME INFORMATION 5 Chris Smith 8 0 24.0 5.5 1.6 10.3 Venue: Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom Venue Capacity: 13,800 2018-19 SCHEDULE Tipoff Time: 7:35 p.m. (PT) vs. Television: ESPN2 Exhibition Game TV Talent: Dave Pasch (play-by-play), Bill Walton (analyst) Oct. 27 N.Y. Institute of Tech. P12N W 125-73 6-2 6-2 Radio (UCLA Sports Network from IMG): AM 1150 November Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Tracy Murray (analyst) Tue. 6 Purdue Fort Wayne P12N W 96-71 SIRIUS/XM Radio Channels: Ch. 136 / Ch. 197 UCLA has compiled a 28-20 all-time record against Notre Dame, with both programs having last met on Dec. 19, 2009. 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 WHAT’S AHEAD 1 Fri. 23 vs. (7) North Carolina FOX L 78-94 The Bruins have two upcoming home games against Notre Dame (Dec. 8) and Belmont (Dec. 15) before traveling East to Wed. 28 Hawai’i P12N W 80-61 face Cincinnati (Dec. 19) and Ohio State in Chicago (Dec. 22) as part of the CBS Sports Classic. UCLA has recorded a 28-20 December record in the all-time series with Notre Dame. The two programs played each other every season from 1966-67 through Sun. 2 Loyola Marymount P12N W 82-58 1995-96, with two games having been played each year from 1971-72 through 1983-84. Sat. 8 Notre Dame ESPN2 7:30 p.m. MOST RECENT SERIES: Since the series between UCLA and Notre Dame ended after the 1995-96 season, the two Sat. 15 Belmont P12N 2 p.m. schools have played a pair of “home-and-home” series. The Bruins faced Notre Dame in Feb. 2004 and Feb. 2005 Wed. 19 at Cincinnati ESPN2 9 p.m. (ET) Sat. 22 vs. (19) Ohio State 2 CBS 2 p.m. (CT) before resuming another “home-and-home” during the 2008-09 and 2009-10 seasons. Sat. 29 Liberty P12N 3 p.m. UCLA’S LEADING SCORER January Sophomore Kris Wilkes is the only UCLA player to have scored in double figures in all eight games. The 6-foot-8 guard Thu. 3 Stanford* ESPN 8 p.m. from Indianapolis, Ind., enters this Saturday’s game as the Bruins’ leading scorer (17.5 ppg). He has also averaged 4.1 Sat. 5 California* P12N 1 p.m. rebounds and 2.0 assists per game while shooting 46.8 percent from the field. The former standout at North Central High Thu. 10 at Oregon* ESPN/2/U 6 p.m. School (Indianapolis) finished with 17 points and three rebounds in UCLA’s 82-58 victory over Loyola Marymount on Sunday. Sun. 13 at Oregon State* FS1 7 p.m. Sat. 19 at USC* CBS 1 p.m. WELL-DISTRIBUTED Thu. 24 (20) Arizona State* FS1 8 p.m. Sophomore Jaylen Hands has entered the weekend as the Pac-12’s leader in total assists (50) and assists per game (6.3). Sat. 26 Arizona* ESPN2 7 p.m. The 6-foot-3 guard from San Diego registered a career-high 11 assists in the Bruins’ victory against Hawai’i (Nov. 28) and Wed. 30 at Washington State* P12N 7 p.m. followed that game with a 10-assist effort last Sunday night against Loyola Marymount (Dec. 2). Hands became UCLA’s first February player since then-freshman Lonzo Ball in 2017 to have back-to-back games with at least 10 assists. Sat. 2 at Washington* ESPN/2 1 p.m. CRASHING THE BOARDS Thu. 6 Colorado* P12N 6 p.m. Moses Brown has averaged a team-leading 9.9 rebounds in his first eight games. He enters this Saturday’s game having Sat. 9 Utah* FOX 2 p.m. Thu. 13 at California* P12N 7 p.m. logged 13.0 points per game and 2.8 blocks per game. The 7-foot-1 center from Queens, N.Y., has tallied at least 10 Sat. 16 at Stanford* ESPN/2/U 7 p.m. rebounds in six of eight games, securing a season-high 17 boards in his first contest (UCLA’s 96-71 win over Purdue Fort Thu. 21 Oregon State* FS1 8 p.m. Wayne on Nov. 6). Brown became UCLA’s first freshman to ever record double-doubles in his first three games, averaging Sun. 23 Oregon* ESPN/2 7 p.m. 19.7 points and 13.7 rebounds in those three contests against Purdue Fort Wayne, Long Beach State and Saint Francis U. Thu. 28 USC* ESPN/2/U 6 p.m. FIRST TIME SINCE: Brown’s 23-point, 14-rebound and eight-block effort against Saint Francis U (Nov. 16) marked the March first time any UCLA player had registered at least 20 points and five blocks in a game since Jan. 22, 2000. Jerome Moiso Thu. 7 at Colorado* ESPN/2/U 7 p.m. (MT) had 22 points and five blocked shots in UCLA’s 83-77 win against Arizona State in Pauley Pavilion. Sat. 9 at Utah* P12N 5 p.m. (MT) RECORD TERRITORY: Brown had eight blocks against Saint Francis U (Nov. 16). Since UCLA began officially recording Postseason Schedule blocks in 1978-79, only three other players have recorded at least eight blocks. Jelani McCoy set the school record with Wed.-Sat. March 13-16 Pac-12 Tournament 3 11 blocks in his seventh game of his freshman season (vs. Maryland, Nov. 9, 1995). Tue.-Wed. March 19-20 NCAA First Four Thu.-Sun. March 21-24 NCAA 1st, 2nd Rounds HOME COOKIN’ Thu.-Sun. March 28-31 NCAA Regional UCLA went 14-2 at home last season and has won 35 of 38 games in Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom since the Sat., Mon. April 6, 8 NCAA Final Four 4 start of the 2016-17 campaign. During UCLA’s 2016-17 season, the Bruins went 16-1 at home. Last year, the team’s only home losses came against No. 25 Cincinnati (12/16/17) and Colorado (1/13/18). Since UCLA renovated Pauley Pavilion * Pac-12 Conference games rankings in parenthesis are from the weekly AP poll prior to the 2012-13 season, the Bruins have tallied an overall home record of 93-15 (logging an 86.1 winning percentage). 1 Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational, Orleans Arena (Las Vegas) STANDING TALL 2 CBS Sports Classic, United Center (Chicago) UCLA’s 17-person roster includes eight players who measure at least 6-foot-8. Freshman Moses Brown (7-foot-1, 245 3 Pac-12 Tournament, T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas) 4 at U.S. Bank Stadium (Minneapolis, Minn.) pounds) is the Bruins’ tallest player since the late Mike Lanier (7-foot-7, 310 pounds) competed as a reserve center for UCLA in 1991-92 and 1992-93. UCLA’s Jalen Hill and Alex Olesinski are both 6-foot-10, while Kenneth Nwuba, Cody Riley, UCLA ON SOCIAL MEDIA Shareef O’Neal and Chris Smith all stand at 6-foot-9. Kris Wilkes rounds out the group at 6-foot-8. Men’s Basketball Twitter: @UCLAMBB FROM LONG DISTANCE Men’s Basketball Instagram: @UCLAMBB In each of the past two years, UCLA has shot the No. 1 percentage from three-point territory of any Pac-12 team. With Lonzo Men’s Basketball Facebook: /UCLAMensBasketball Ball and Bryce Alford in 2016-17, the Bruins shot 40.6 percent from three-point range. In 2017-18, after losing Ball and UCLA Athletics Twitter: @UCLAAthletics Alford (and Isaac Hamilton and TJ Leaf), the Bruins shot 38.1 percent from three-point distance, a mark that still ranked UCLA Athletics Instagram: @UCLAAthletics No. 1 in the conference. As a junior, Aaron Holiday led UCLA last season by shooting 42.9 percent from three-point territory. UCLA Athletics Facebook: /UCLAAthletics THE STREAK CONTINUES: UCLA has made at least one three-pointer in its last 630 games. That streak began after the #GoBruins Bruins went 0-for-14 from three-point range in a 78-63 loss at No. 2 Stanford on Feb. 3, 2000. The Bruins have made at least three 3-pointers in 177 of 182 games under sixth-year head coach Steve Alford. 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.