UCLA BASKETBALL UCLA Sports Information l J.D. Morgan Center l 325 Westwood Plaza l Los Angeles, CA 90095 Men’s Basketball SID: Alex Timiraos l [email protected] l o: (310) 206-0524 l c: (310) 847-9231 UCLA’S STATS LEADERS UCLA BASKETBALL – 2012-13 SEASON NOTES Pac-12 regular-season champions, Pac-12 Tournament runner-up, NCAA Tournament appearance Player GP GS MPG RPG APG PPG Overall Record: 25-10 Pac-12 Record: 13-5 Pac-12 Finish: 1st Place Shabazz Muhammad 32 30 30.8 5.2 0.8 17.9 Jordan Adams 33 27 30.3 3.8 1.8 15.3 Travis Wear 32 31 28.9 5.2 0.5 10.9 UCLA AT A GLANCE Kyle Anderson 35 34 29.9 8.6 3.5 9.7 • UCLA advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the seventh time in 10 seasons. Larry Drew II 35 35 35.5 2.4 7.3 7.5 • The Bruins earned a No. 6 seed in the NCAA Tournament, losing to No. 11-seed Minnesota, 83-63. • The Bruins completed the Pac-12 regular season with a 13-5 conference record and first-place finish. • UCLA lost to Oregon, 78-69, in the Pac-12 Tournament championship game on March 16 in Las Vegas. 2012-13 SCHEDULE • The Bruins compiled an 11-2 record in games decided by five points or fewer in 2012-13. November • Shabazz Muhammad and Larry Drew II both earned first-team All-Pac-12 Conference honors. Fri. 9 Indiana State FSN W 86-59 • Jordan Adams, UCLA’s second-leading scorer, broke his right foot on March 15, missing the last two games. Tue. 13 UC Irvine 1 P12N W (OT) 80-79 • Larry Drew II ranked No. 4, nationally, in assists per game (7.4), and No. 7 in assist turnover ratio (2.98). Thu. 15 James Madison 1 P12N W 100-70 • Larry Drew II’s 256 single-season assists rank third-most in Pac-12 history and first on UCLA’s single-season list. Mon. 19 vs. Georgetown 2 ESPN2 L 78-70 • Head coach Ben Howland secured career victory No. 400 in UCLA’s 80-75 win over Arizona State on March 14. Tue. 20 vs. Georgia 2 ESPNU W 60-56 Sun. 25 Cal Poly P12N L 70-68 FRESHMEN TALENT Wed. 28 Cal State Northridge P12N W 82-56 UCLA’s 2012-13 team feature a group of three freshman starters that concluded the 2012-13 season as three of UCLA’s top four scorers. Shabazz Muhammad earned Pac-12 Co-Freshman of the Year honors and led UCLA December with 17.9 ppg, the fourth-highest average among Pac-12 players. Jordan Adams averaged 15.3 ppg, opening his Sat. 1 (23) vs. San Diego State 3 ESPNU L 78-69 freshman campaign with four straight games over 20-plus points. Kyle Anderson finished the year as UCLA’s leading Sat. 8 vs. Texas 4 ESPN W 65-63 rebounder (8.6 rpg), totaled eight double-doubles, and registered 9.7 ppg. Sat. 15 Prairie View A&M P12N W 95-53 Tue. 18 Long Beach State P12N W 89-70 PAC-12 SUCCESS Sat. 22 Fresno State P12N W 91-78 The Bruins won their fourth Pac-12 regular-season title in the last eight years, clinching the conference title in Fri. 28 (7) Missouri ESPN2 W (OT) 97-94 outright fashion with a 61-54 victory at Washington on March 9. Later that day, Oregon lost at Utah by a 72-62 margin, allowing UCLA to assume sole possession of first place. UCLA advanced to the championship game of the January Pac-12 Tournament the following weekend, dropping a 78-69 decision to Oregon in Las Vegas. The Bruins had erased Thu. 3 California* FSN W 79-65 double-digit second half deficits against Arizona State (March 14) and Arizona (March 15) in order to advance to Sat. 5 Stanford* P12N W 68-60 the tournament’s title game for the first time since winning the crown in 2008. Thu. 10 at Utah* P12N W 57-53 Sat. 12 at Colorado* P12N W 78-75 DREW TWO Thu. 17 Oregon State* ESPNU W 74-64 Larry Drew II established UCLA’s single-season assists record in 2012-13, recording 256 assists in 35 starts. Drew Sat. 19 (21) Oregon* CBS L 76-67 II scored a career-high 20 points in UCLA’s 80-75 win over Arizona State in a first-round contest of the Pac-12 Thu. 24 (6) at Arizona* ESPN2 W 84-73 Tournament (March 14). Through UCLA’s final 12 games, Drew II made 19 of 33 three-point field goal attempts (57.6 Sat. 26 at Arizona State* FSN L 78-60 percent). Drew II scored in double figures in 10 games, including six of UCLA’s last 11, and registered six games with Wed. 30 USC* P12N L (OT) 75-71 at least 10 assists. Drew II sat out the 2011-12 season due to NCAA rules after transferring from North Carolina. February NOTES ON THE BRUINS Thu. 7 Washington* ESPN W 59-57 • Jordan Adams scored a team-leading 24 points, including 16 points in the second half, to help UCLA complete the Sat. 9 Washington State* P12N W 76-62 season sweep of Arizona with a 66-64 victory in a Pac-12 semifinal (March 15) ... Adams suffered a broken right Thu. 14 at California* ESPN2 L 76-63 foot on the game’s final play (on defense) and was sidelined for the remainder of the year. Sat. 16 at Stanford* ESPN2 W 88-80 Sun. 24 at USC* FSN W 75-59 • UCLA went 3-0 against Arizona for the second time in school history and for the first time since 2006 ... the Wed. 27 Arizona State* P12N W (OT) 79-74 Bruins have won five of their last seven games against the Wildcats. • The Bruins overcame a 15-point deficit in the second half against Arizona State in the Pac-12 Tournament (March March 14) and erased Arizona’s 11-point lead with 11 minutes to play in the semifinals (March 15) to win, 66-64. Sat. 2 (11) Arizona* ESPN W 74-69 • Jordan Adams became UCLA’s first freshman to score at least 20 points in a Pac-12 Tournament game (March Wed. 6 at Washington State* P12N L 73-61 15) since the conference resumed its tournament in 2002 ... he scored 20-plus points 11 times during the season. Sat. 9 at Washington* CBS W 61-54 Thu. 14 vs. Arizona State 5 P12N W 80-75 • The Bruins have won at least 25 games in five of the last eight seasons ... prior to head coach Ben Howland’s Fri. 15 (18) vs. Arizona 5 P12N W 66-64 arrival, UCLA had won 25 or more games in six of the previous 28 seasons (after John Wooden retired). Sat. 16 vs. Oregon 5 ESPN L 78-69 • UCLA’s three freshman starters (Jordan Adams, Kyle Anderson, Shabazz Muhammad) accounted for 54.2 percent Fri. 22 vs. Minnesota 6 truTV L 83-63 of UCLA’s total points, 46.7 percent of the total rebounds and 42.7 percent of the total minutes. • Ben Howland is one of five head coaches in Pac-12 history to have won at least 100 conference games and * Pac-12 Conference game 1 Progressive Legends Classic (Pauley Pavilion) maintained a winning percentage above .650 (also John Wooden, Lute Olson, Jim Harrick, and Mike Montgomery). 2 Progressive Legends Classic (Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.) • Larry Drew II logged 1243 minutes (averaging 35.5 mpg), the highest total by any UCLA player since 2008, when 3 John R. Wooden Classic (Honda Center, Anaheim, Calif.) 4 at Reliant Stadium (Houston, Texas) Russell Westbrook (1318) and Josh Shipp (1269) each logged over 1200 minutes. 5 Pac-12 Tournament (MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nev.) 6 NCAA Tournament (Austin, Texas) PAC-12 RECORD BOOK Rankings are from Associated Press weekly poll Larry Drew II finished the season ranking third on the Pac-12’s single-season assist list after having totaled six assists in UCLA’s 78-69 loss to Oregon in the Pac-12 Tournament title game (March 16). Earlier in the season, Drew II FOLLOW THE BRUINS ON TWITTER moved past former UCLA standout Pooh Richardson for the Bruins’ single-season assists record. Richardson, a former NBA standout, totaled 236 assists as a senior in 1989. Men’s Basketball Twitter: twitter.com/UCLAMBB UCLA Athletics Twitter: twitter.com/UCLAAthletics PAC-12 CONFERENCE’S SINGLE-SEASON ASSISTS LIST Rank Name Assists School Year 1. Ahlon Lewis 294 Arizona State 1998 #GoBruins 2. Jason Kidd 272 California 1994 3. Larry Drew II 256 UCLA 2013 4. Brandon Granville 248 USC 2000 5. Russell Brown 247 Arizona 1979 6. Gary Payton 244 Oregon State 1989 7. Pooh Richardson 236 UCLA 1989 2012-13 UCLA Men’s Basketball AP Poll GIVING AN ASSIST UCLA’S SINGLE-SEASON ASSIST LEADERS (FINAL – March 18, 2013) Larry Drew II became UCLA’s single-season assists leader No. Player Year G AST APG RK TEAM RECORD PTS during the Bruins’ 61-54 victory at Washington on March 9 in 1. Larry Drew II 2013 35 256 7.31 1 Gonzaga (45) 31-2 1,604 the team’s regular-season finale. Drew II, who hails from Encino, 2. Pooh Richardson 1989 31 236 7.61 2 Louisville (20) 29-5 1,579 Calif., registered 256 assists as a senior, 20 ahead of Pooh 3.