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 LAST SEASON’S TOP SCORERS Long Beach State Beach (0-0) at No. 22/21 UCLA Bruins (1-1) No. Player GP GS MPG RPG APG PPG Monday, Nov. 30, 2020 – 6:30 p.m. (PT) 5 Chris Smith 31 26 28.3 5.4 1.6 13.1 Los Angeles, Calif. (Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom) 24 Jalen Hill 30 25 24.1 6.9 1.2 9.0 4 Jaime Jaquez Jr. 31 23 26.7 4.8 1.4 8.9 GAME INFORMATION 2 Cody Riley 31 17 20.4 4.5 0.8 8.8 Venue: Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom Venue Capacity: 13,800 2020-21 SCHEDULE Tipoff Time: 6:36 p.m. (PT) at Television: Pac-12 Network November TV Talent: J.B. Long (play-by-play), Don MacLean (analyst), Wed. 25 at San Diego State 1 CBS-SN L 58-73 Radio (UCLA Sports Network): AM 570 0-0 1-1 Fri. 27 Pepperdine 1 P12N 3-OT W 107-98 Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Tracy Murray (analyst) Mon. 30 Long Beach State P12N 6:30 p.m. SIRIUS / XM Radio Channels: TBD UCLA has gone 17-1 all-time against Long Beach State. The SIRIUS Internet Channel: TBD Bruins secured a 69-65 victory in the season opener last year. December Thu. 3 Seattle P12N 5 p.m. Sun. 6 California* P12N 5 p.m. Wed. 9 San Diego P12N 6 p.m. UP NEXT FOR UCLA Fri. 11 Marquette P12N 6:30 p.m. UCLA continues the 2020-21 campaign against Long Beach State this Monday evening in Pauley Pavilion presented by Sat. 19 vs. Kentucky 2 CBS 4:15 p.m. (ET) Wescom. Game time is 6:30 p.m. (PT). The Bruins have compiled a 17-1 all-time record against Long Beach State, most Wed. 23 at Oregon* ESPN2 7:30 p.m. recently earning a 69-65 victory in the season opener when both schools met last November. UCLA is currently amidst a Thu. 31 Utah – – 17-day stretch that will feature seven games. Monday’s game against Long Beach State will mark UCLA’s seventh meeting January against the Beach in the past nine season (2012-13 through 2020-21). UCLA has won the previous six contests. Sat. 2 Colorado* – – Thu. 7 at Arizona State* – – MAJOR MINUTES Sat. 9 at Arizona* – – Three UCLA players logged at least 50 minutes in the Bruins’ 107-98 victory against Pepperdine in San Diego last Friday. Thu. 14 Washington State* – – Tied at 70-70 through regulation, UCLA and Pepperdine battled an additional 15 minutes. Chris Smith finished the game Sat. 16 Washington* – – with 26 points and 12 rebounds through a career-high 51 minutes. Jaime Jaquez Jr. (16 points, 11 rebounds) never exited Thu. 21 at California* – – the game. The sophomore from Camarillo, Calif., played all 55 minutes, the highest single-game total by a UCLA player Sat. 23 at Stanford* – – since a four-overtime contest on Feb. 28, 1985, in which Reggie Miller and Nigel Miguel each played 59 minutes. Thu. 28 Oregon* – – MOST SINCE: In last Friday’s three-overtime contest against Pepperdine, the Bruins made 36 of 82 shot attempts. Sat. 30 Oregon State* – – That marked the Bruins’ highest single-game FG attempt total since taking 84 shots in a double-overtime loss (season February opener) against Cal State Fullerton back on Nov. 16, 2009, in Pauley Pavilion. Sat. 6 at USC* – – Thu. 11 at Washington State* – – TRIPLE OVERTIME Sat. 13 at Washington* – – UCLA’s 107-98 win over Pepperdine last Friday marked the Bruins’ first game that lasted at least three overtime sessions Thu. 18 Arizona* – – since Feb. 28, 1985 (the Bruins lost to USC in Pauley Pavilion, 80-78, in four OT). Prior that contest in 1985, the Bruins had Sat. 20 Arizona State* – – not played a game into three overtime sessions since Jan. 2, 1982 (UCLA lost at Washington State, 57-51). UCLA had not Thu. 25 at Utah* – – won a game that lasted at least three OT since Feb. 24, 1979. In that contest, No. 1-ranked UCLA escaped at Washington Sat. 27 at Colorado* – – State with an 110-102 win in 3-OT. UCLA has played one game into 4-OT and five games into 3-OT (including last Friday). March WHO’S BACK AT UCLA? Sat. 6 USC* – – The Bruins have returned eight of their primary 10 contributors from last season’s team. All five starters from the second Postseason Schedule half of last season have returned (Tyger Campbell, David Singleton, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Chris Smith and Jalen Hill). Also Wed.-Sat. March 10-13 Pac-12 Tournament 3 returning for the Bruins are Cody Riley, Jules Bernard and Jake Kyman, as well as Kenneth Nwuba, who took a redshirt year Tue.-Wed. March 16-17 NCAA First Four in 2019-20. UCLA has added sophomore Johnny Juzang (transfer from the University of Kentucky) and freshmen Jaylen Thu.-Sun. March 18-21 NCAA 1st, 2nd Rounds Clark and Logan Cremonesi. In all, UCLA has returned 88.8% of its total scoring output from last season. Thu.-Sun. March 25-28 NCAA Regional Sat., Mon. April 3, 5 NCAA Final Four ABOUT CHRIS SMITH Senior Chris Smith has entered the season as UCLA’s most experienced player. He has played in all 99 games for UCLA * Pac-12 Conference games since the start of the 2017-18 campaign, averaging 7.9 points and 3.7 rebounds per game. Last season, Smith earned rankings in parenthesis are from the weekly AP poll first-team All-Pac-12 acclaim, having led the Bruins in scoring (13.1 ppg). He has become the first UCLA player to secure 1 games at San Diego State’s Viejas Arena first-team all-league honors in a season (2019-20) and return the next year, since Reeves Nelson in the fall of 2011 (Nelson 2 CBS Sports Classic (Cleveland, Ohio) 3 Pac-12 Tournament, T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas, Nev.) was a first-team selection in 2010-11, returned in the fall of 2011 and was dismissed from the team in Dec. 2011). CAREER-HIGH PERCENTAGES: Chris Smith registered career-high percentages across the board last season. He shot UCLA ON SOCIAL MEDIA 45.8% from the field and saw noticeable increases from the 3-point arc (34.1%) and the free throw line (84.0%). He Men’s Basketball Twitter: @UCLAMBB scored more points last season (406) than he had in his two previous seasons combined (337). Men’s Basketball Instagram: @UCLAMBB Men’s Basketball Facebook: /UCLAMensBasketball SOPHOMORE STANDOUT UCLA Athletics Twitter: @UCLAAthletics Sophomore Jaime Jaquez Jr. has played in 91 of the team’s 95 minutes, through two games. Jaquez Jr. will enter this UCLA Athletics Instagram: @UCLAAthletics Monday’s game having averaged 16.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists in two contests. The former standout at UCLA Athletics Facebook: /UCLAAthletics Camarillo High School (Camarillo, Calif.) shot 47.8% from the field last week, in games against San Diego State and Pepperdine. Last season, Jaquez Jr. led the Bruins in total minutes played during Pac-12 play (556 min., 30.9 mpg). #GoBruins NOTES ON THE BRUINS • Last season, UCLA went 18-1 when limited the opposition to 73 points or fewer (the loss was at USC on March 7). • UCLA has returned 86.2% of its total rebounding production and 91.3% of its total assists from last year. • Jaime Jaquez Jr. has scored in double figures in 16 of the team’s last 27 games (since the Chaminade game last season). • The Bruins won 11 of their final 14 games last season, holding teams to 64.7 points per game in that span. • Including transfer Johnny Juzang, UCLA has nine players who have scored at least 10 points in a college game. • The Bruins lead the Pac-12 in most returning 3-point production – 87.6% of the team’s 3-point shooting returns. • Nine players on the roster have competed in at least 28 collegiate games (Chris Smith leads that group with 99 games). 2020-21 UCLA MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA INFORMATION 2020-21 UCLA NUMERICAL ROSTER UCLA Athletic Communications No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown (Previous School) J.D. Morgan Center, Suite 128 0 Jaylen Clark Fr. G 6-5 195 Riverside, Calif. (Etiwanda HS) 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1 Jules Bernard Jr. G 6-6 205 Los Angeles, Calif. (Windward School) Men’s Basketball Contact Alex Timiraos 2 Cody Riley RS Jr. F 6-9 255 Kansas City, Kan. (Sierra Canyon HS [California]) Office Phone (310) 206-0524 3 Johnny Juzang So. G 6-6 210 Tarzana, Calif. (University of Kentucky) Cell Phone (310) 847-9231 4 Jaime Jaquez Jr. So. G/F 6-6 220 Camarillo, Calif. (Camarillo HS) E-mail [email protected] Website www.uclabruins.com 5 Chris Smith Sr. G 6-9 215 Chicago, Ill. (Huntington Prep [West Virginia]) 10 Tyger Campbell RS So. G 5-11 180 Cedar Rapids, Iowa (La Lumiere School [Indiana]) Media Availability 13 Jake Kyman So. G/F 6-6 220 Aliso Viejo, Calif. (Santa Margarita Catholic HS) Weekly media availability has been taking place via Zoom, through 14 Kenneth Nwuba RS So. F 6-9 255 Lagos, Nigeria (Huntington Prep [West Virginia]) the UCLA Athletic Communications Office.