UCLA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL UCLA Athletic Communications / J.D. Morgan Center / 325 Westwood Plaza / Los Angeles, CA 90095 Women’s Basketball Contact: Seth Dahle / [email protected] / o: (310) 206-3402 / c: (310) 357-8991 UCLA’S LEADING SCORERS UCLA (3-2) Travels to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, for the 2018 Paradise Jam No. Player GP-GS MPG RPG APG PPG November 22-24 22 Kennedy Burke 5-5 30.8 7.0 3.2 14.6 University of the Virgin Islands Sports and Fitness Center (St. Thomas Island) 24 Japreece Dean 5-5 32.4 3.0 2.8 13.2 21 Michaela Onyenwere 5-5 28.8 8.8 2.0 10.8 TOURNAMENT INFORMATION TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE (PT) 4 Lindsey Corsaro 5-5 34.6 5.0 3.0 8.8 Venue: UVI Sports and Fitness Center (3,500) Nov. 22, 2018 33 Lauryn Miller 5-3 18.6 3.6 1.2 7.2 Kentucky vs. South Florida 85-63 Kentucky Location: St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands North Carolina vs. UCLA 83-49 North Carolina 2018-19 SCHEDULE Dates: Nov. 22-24 St. John’s vs. Purdue 68-62 St. John’s OVERALL: 3-2 PAC-12: 0-0 Video Stream: FloHoops (subscription required) Ole Miss vs. UConn 80-50 UConn HOME: 3-0 AWAY: 0-1 NEUTRAL: 0-1 Online Radio: uclabruins.com Exhibition Game Nov. 23, 2018 Sat. 3 Westmont W 75-55 Radio Talent: Dave Marcus (play-by-play) UCLA vs. Kentucky 10 a.m. South Florida vs. North Carolina 12 p.m. November Purdue vs. Ole Miss 2:30 p.m. Tue. 6 at Loyola Marymount L 69-63 UConn vs. St. John’s 4:30 p.m. Sun. 11 Rice W 59-50 Wed. 14 #14 Georgia P12N W 80-69 Sun. 18 Seton Hall W 78-62 Nov. 24, 2018 Thu. 22 North Carolina 1 L 83-49 North Carolina vs. Kentucky 10 a.m. Fri. 23 Kentucky 1 10:00 a.m. South Florida vs. UCLA 12 p.m. Sat. 24 South Florida 1 12:00 p.m. St. John’s vs. Ole Miss 6:30 p.m. Purdue vs. UConn 8:30 p.m. December Sun. 2 Indiana P12N 1:00 p.m. Fri. 7 Fresno State 7:00 p.m. OPPONENTS AT A GLANCE UCLA’S LAST TIME OUT Sun. 16 Oklahoma State 2:00 p.m. Despite a season-high-tying 21 points from Kennedy Burke, Wed. 19 at Illinois-Chicago 4:00 p.m. the UCLA Bruins couldn’t overcome a 16-for-61 (26.2 Fri. 28 Cal Poly 5:00 p.m. percent) shooting effort, ultimately falling 83-49 to North Sun. 30 at USC* P12N 2:00 p.m. Carolina. UCLA outrebounded UNC, 45-34, but was outscored Series History: ............................... UCLA trails, 4-6 January Last Meeting: ........... L, 83-49 (at UVI on 12/22/18) 39-19 in the second half. Fri. 4 at California* P12N 7:00 p.m. Overall record: ................................................ 4-1 Sun. 6 at Stanford* P12N 1:00 p.m. Rank (AP/USA Today): ................................NR/NR UCLA TEAM SNIPPETS Fri. 11 Oregon State* P12N 7:00 p.m. Top Scorer: ....................... Janelle Bailey (17.5 ppg) • The Bruins will spend Thanksgiving in the Caribbean at St. Sun. 13 Oregon* P12N 2:00 p.m. Top Rebounder: ...................Janelle Bailey (9.3 rpg) Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, for the Paradise Jam (Nov. 22- Sun. 20 USC* P12N 4:00 p.m. Top Distributor: ................ Shayla Bennett (4.5 apg) 24). The Bruins will face North Carolina, No. 17 South Florida Head Coach: ............... Sylvia Hatchell (33rd season) Fri. 25 at Arizona State* P12N 10:00 a.m. and Kentucky. Sun. 27 at Arizona* 1:00 p.m. • UCLA has never competed in the Paradise Jam. February • UCLA saw its 10-game winning streak against unranked Fri. 1 Washington State* 7:00 p.m. teams in nonconference play come to an end. • Excluding the NCAA Tournament, the Bruins are 10-8 in Sun. 3 Washington* 12:30 p.m. Series History: ...............................UCLA leads, 4-1 Fri. 8 at Colorado* P12N 6:00 p.m. Last Meeting: ......... W, 87-63 (at UCLA on 3/15/99) nonconference games at neutral sites under Cori Close. Sun. 10 at Utah* P12N 11:00 a.m. Overall record: ................................................ 5-0 • UCLA is averaging 19.2 offensive rebounds per game, which Fri. 15 Stanford* P12N 6:00 p.m. Rank (AP/USA Today): ................................ NR/RV ranks ninth in the NCAA and first in the Pac-12 as of Nov. 22. Sun. 17 California* P12N 4:00 p.m. Top Scorer: ......................Rhyne Howard (16.3 ppg) • The Bruins haven’t lost back-to-back games vs. unranked Fri. 22 at Oregon* P12N 8:00 p.m. Top Rebounder: ................ KeKe McKinney (7.0 rpg) teams in nonconference play since the 2014-15 season (L to Sun. 24 at Oregon State* P12N 1:00 p.m. Top Distributor: ...................Taylor Murray (4.0 apg) Head Coach: ........... Matthew Mitchell (12th season) JMU on 11/14/14; L to Miami on 12/18/14). March Fri. 1 Utah* 7:00 p.m. UCLA PLAYER SNIPPETS Sun. 3 Colorado* P12N 12:00 p.m. • Three of UCLA’s five starters average double-figure scoring T-S 7-10 Pac-12 Tournament 2 TBD TBD – Kennedy Burke (14.6), Japreece Dean (13.2) and Michaela Onyenwere (10.8). 1 Paradise Jam (UVI Sports and Fitness Center, U.S. Virgin Islands) Series History: ...............................UCLA leads, 1-0 2 Pac-12 Tournament (MGM Grand Arena, Las Vegas, Nev.) Last Meeting: ......... W, 72-67 (at UCLA on 3/21/16) • Kennedy Burke is coming off a 21-point performance vs. * Pac-12 Conference games Overall record: ................................................ 4-1 North Carolina, which tied a season high and marked her Rank (AP/USA Today): .................................17/17 fourth career game with 20 or more points. All times listed are Pacific Top Scorer: .......................Laura Ferreira (20.5 ppg) Ranking in parenthesis indicates this week’s AP top 25 poll Top Rebounder: ..................Alyssa Rader (10.5 rpg) • Lajahna Drummer pulled down a season-high 10 rebounds Top Distributor: .....................Elisa Pinzan (4.3 apg) in UCLA’s last time out vs. North Carolina. UCLA ON SOCIAL MEDIA Head Coach: ............. Jose Fernandez (19th season) •Kennedy Burke needs two more blocks to become the fifth Bruin in program history to have 100 career blocks. Women’s Basketball Twitter: @UCLAWBB Women’s Basketball Instagram: @UCLAWBB SCORE BY QUARTERS (TOTAL PTS & AVG ARE FOR 2018-19; HIGH IS ALL-TIME MARK) Women’s Basketball Snapchat: UCLAWBB 1 (AVG/HIGH/OPP) 2 (AVG/HIGH/OPP) 3 (AVG/HIGH/OPP) 4 (AVG/HIGH/OPP) OT (AVG/HIGH/OPP) TOTAL Women’s Basketball Facebook: /UCLAWomensBasketball UCLA 80 (16.0/38/SJSU) 80 (16.0/33/@BAY) 74 (14.8/35/SJSU) 95 (19.0/30/@STAN) - (-/12/CAL) 329 Women’s Basketball Website: www.UCLAWBB.com Opponent 85 (17.0/ 31/ORE) 85 (17.0/28/@STAN) 75 (15.0/27/TOL) 88 (17.6/31/WSU) - (-/ 6/ND) 333 UCLA Athletics Twitter: @UCLAAthletics UCLA Athletics Instagram: @UCLAAthletics UCLA QUARTER HIGHS (ALL-TIME) UCLA Athletics Facebook: /UCLAAthletics TEAM HIGHS INDIVIDUAL HIGHS UCLA Athletics Website: www.UCLABruins.com POINTS REBOUNDS ASSISTS BLOCKS STEALS POINTS REBOUNDS Head Coach Twitter: @CoachCloseUCLA 38 - SJSU 21 - SAC 10 - SJSU 6 - UTAH 8 - SJSU 17 - Jordin Canada (USF-4Q) 10 - Monique Billings (WSU-2Q) 35 - SJSU 19 - JMU 10 - SAC 5 - UTAH 8 - ORE 17 - Nirra Fields (UTAH-4Q) 8 - Monique Billings (StJ-2Q) #GoBruins 33 - @BAY 18 - SOU 9 - @NC A&T 5 - UW 8 - PAC 15 - Nicole Kornet (@STAN-4Q) 7 - Monique Billings (S.C.-1&3Q) 2018-19 UCLA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA INFORMATION 2018-19 UCLA NUMERICAL ROSTER UCLA Sports Information J.D. Morgan Center, Suite 128 No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (High School/Previous School) 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 0 Chantel Horvat G 6-1 So. Geelong, Australia (Geelong College) Women’s Basketball SID Seth Dahle 1 Kayla Owens G 6-1 R-Fr. Houston, Texas (Langham Creek HS) Office Phone (310) 206-3402 2 Ahlana Smith G 5-9 Fr. Charlotte, N.C. (Mallard Creek HS) Cell Phone (310) 357-8991 E-mail [email protected] 3 Kiara Jefferson G 5-9 Fr. Sacramento, Calif. (West Campus HS) Website www.uclabruins.com 4 Lindsey Corsaro G 6-1 R-Fr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Roncalli HS) 10 Ally Rosenblum F 6-4 Jr. Newport Coast, Calif. (Mater Dei HS) WEEKLY AVAILABILITY The best time for interviews with The Michael Price Family UCLA 11 Lajahna Drummer F 6-1 Sr. Inglewood, Calif. (Long Beach Poly HS) Women’s Head Basketball Coach, Cori Close, or members of the 21 Michaela Onyenwere F 5-11 So. Aurora, Colo. (Grandview HS) Bruins’ squad, is after practices. This year, the women’s basketball 22 Kennedy Burke G 6-1 Sr. Northridge, Calif. (Sierra Canyon School) team will be practicing in Pauley Pavilion at varying times during the 23 Natalie Chou G 6-1 R-Jr. Plano, Texas (Plano West HS/Baylor) morning with times normally ranging from 8:00 a.m. to noon P.T. For access to weekly practices or to schedule an extended interview with 24 Japreece Dean G 5-6 Sr. Cedar Park, Texas (Vista Ridge HS/Texas Tech) a member of the UCLA women’s basketball team, please contact WBB 25 Shayley Harris F/C 6-6 Fr. Redding, Calif. (Folsom HS) SID Seth Dahle. Practices are closed to the public. Coach Close would 32 Chrissy Baird G 6-1 Sr.