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 LEADING SCORERS UC Irvine Anteaters (3-4) at No. 23 UCLA Bruins (4-1) No. Player GP GS MPG RPG APG PPG Sunday, Nov. 26, 2017 – 3:00 p.m. 3 Aaron Holiday 5 5 36.8 3.0 5.6 17.2 Los Angeles, Calif. (Pauley Pavilion) 13 Kris Wilkes 5 5 28.6 6.4 0.8 14.2 40 Thomas Welsh 5 5 32.8 11.0 1.8 13.2 GAME INFORMATION 4 Jaylen Hands 5 5 27.4 3.8 3.2 12.0 Venue: Pauley Pavilion (13,800) Tipoff Time: 3:06 p.m. (PT) 2017-18 SCHEDULE Television: Pac-12 Network vs. TV Talent: Jim Watson (play-by-play), Casey Jacobsen (analyst) Exhibition Game 3-4 4-1 Nov. 1 Cal State L.A. P12N W 111-80 Radio (UCLA Sports Network from IMG): AM 570 Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Tracy Murray (analyst) All-Time Series: UCLA leads, 8-2 November SIRIUS/XM Radio Channels: Ch. 119/Ch. 197 1 The Bruins edged UC Irvine, 80-79, in overtime when Sat. 11 Georgia Tech ESPN W 63-60 SIRIUS App Channel: Ch. 959 the two schools last played each other (Nov. 13, 2012). Wed. 15 Central Arkansas 2 P12N (OT) W 106-101 Fri. 17 South Carolina State 2 P12N W 96-68 Mon. 20 vs. Creighton 3 ESPNU L 89-100 Tue. 21 vs. Wisconsin 3 ESPN3 W 72-70 NEXT UP Sun. 26 UC Irvine P12N 3 p.m. The Bruins will face UC Irvine in Pauley Pavilion on Sunday, Nov. 26. UCLA has compiled an 8-2 all-time record against the Wed. 29 CSU Bakersfield P12N 7 p.m. Anteaters, most recently having defeated UC Irvine in Pauley Pavilion on Nov. 13, 2012 (the Bruins won, 80-79, in overtime). Other recent meetings against UC Irvine took place in Dec. 2010 (UCLA 74, UC Irvine 73) and Dec. 2011 (UCLA 89, UC December Irvine 60). UC Irvine lost to Rider University in Las Vegas on Thursday before defeating Northern Arizona on Friday. Sun. 3 Detroit Mercy P12N 6 p.m. Wed. 6 Montana P12N 8 p.m. THROUGH FIVE GAMES Sat. 9 at Michigan CBS 12 p.m. (ET) UCLA has gone 4-1 through five games, winning two games in Pauley Pavilion, one game in Shanghai (China) and one Sat. 16 (13) Cincinnati CBS 12:30 p.m. game in Kansas City, Mo. Earlier this week, the Bruins dropped an 100-89 decision to Creighton in the semifinals of the Hall Tue. 19 South Dakota P12N 6 p.m. of Fame Classic (Nov. 20). The following evening, UCLA outlasted Wisconsin, 72-70, in the tournament’s third-place contest. Sat. 23 vs. (4) Kentucky 4 CBS 3 p.m. (CT) Aaron Holiday scored a team-leading 18 points against Wisconsin (including the game-winning layup with 0.9 seconds left). Thu. 29 Washington State* ESPN2 8 p.m. Sat. 31 Washington* P12N 5 p.m. UCLA’S PIT BULL: Described by head coach Steve Alford as a “pit bull,” Aaron Holiday scored UCLA’s final 10 points in the win over Wisconsin on Tuesday in Kansas City, Mo. Holiday’s three-pointer with 45 seconds left put UCLA ahead, January 70-67. With the game tied, 70-70, Holiday darted to the hoop in the final seconds and scored the game-winning layup. Thu. 4 at Stanford* FS1 7 p.m. Sat. 6 at California* P12N 3:30 p.m. WHO TO WATCH Thu. 11 Utah* ESPN/2 8 p.m. UCLA has four players current averaging double-figure scoring – Aaron Holiday (17.2 ppg), Kris Wilkes (14.2), Thomas Sat. 13 Colorado* P12N 7:30 p.m. Welsh (13.2) and Jaylen Hands (12.0). In addition, Prince Ali has registered 9.2 points per game, shooting nearly 52 percent Thu. 18 at Oregon State* FS1 8 p.m. as the team’s go-to scorer off the bench. Welsh ranked second in the Pac-12 in rebounding (11.0 rpg) through games Sat. 20 at Oregon* ESPN 7 p.m. played Wednesday, Nov. 22. Welsh, a 7-foot senior center from Redondo Beach, Calif., has totaled three double-doubles. Thu. 25 California* FS1 7:30 p.m. Sat. 27 Stanford* P12N 7:30 p.m. WHAT A HOLIDAY Junior guard Aaron Holiday has played in all 73 games for the Bruins since he arrived as a freshman during the 2015-16 February school year. Holiday entered this season having scored a previous career-best 20 points in three games. Through just five Sat. 3 (11) USC* ESPN/2 3 or 5:15 p.m. Thu. 8 at (5) Arizona* ESPN 8 p.m. (MT) games this season, he has twice surpassed that 20-point mark – Holiday had 24 points and six rebounds against Central Sat. 10 at Arizona State* P12N 5 p.m. (MT) Arkansas (Nov. 15) before totaling 25 points and seven assists last Monday night against Creighton (Nov. 20). Thu. 15 Oregon State* FS1 8 p.m. LOOKING AHEAD Sat. 17 Oregon* ESPN/2 7:15 p.m. Following Sunday’s contest against UC Irvine, the Bruins will play three more games in Pauley Pavilion before hitting the Thu. 22 at Utah* ESPN/2 7 p.m. (MT) Sun. 25 at Colorado* ESPNU 2 p.m. (MT) road for a piviotal non-conference game at Michigan on Saturday, Dec. 9. Including last season, the Bruins have won 18 of their last 19 games in Pauley Pavilion. UCLA is scheduled to host CSU Bakersfield next Wednesday (Nov. 29), before March taking on Detroit Mercy (Dec. 3) and Montana (Dec. 6). UCLA will play six of its eight December games in Pauley Pavilion. Sat. 3 at (11) USC* ESPN 7:15 p.m. 7-10 Pac-12 Tournament 5 P12N/FS1 TBD NEARING 1,000 * Pac-12 Conference games Senior center Thomas Welsh and junior guard Aaron Holiday are both nearing the 1,000-career-point plateau. Welsh will ranking in parenthesis indicate the preseason USA Today poll enter this Sunday’s game having scored 897 career points, needing just 103 more to reach 1,000. Holiday has totaled 858 1 Pac-12 China Game (in Shanghai) points, now into his third season, and stands 142 points shy of tying the 1,000-point mark. UCLA’s tradition-rich men’s This game took place Saturday, Nov. 11, in Shanghai. Adjusted for basketball program has 54 former players who have scored at least 1,000 career points wearing the Bruins’ uniform. the time difference, that was on Friday evening in Los Angeles. UCLA’S REPRESENTATIVES: Both Thomas Welsh and Aaron Holiday served as UCLA’s student-athlete representatives, 2 Hall of Fame Classic (games in Pauley Pavilion) 3 Hall of Fame Classic (at Sprint Center, Kansas City, Mo.) alongside head coach Steve Alford, at Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Media Day in San Francisco on Oct. 12. 4 CBS Sports Classic (at Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, La.) 5 Pac-12 Tournament (at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas) NATIONAL HONORS Junior guard Aaron Holiday has been named as one of 50 players to the preseason watch lists for the 2018 John Wooden UCLA ON SOCIAL MEDIA Award and the Citizen Naismith Trophy. In addition, Holiday is among 40 student-athletes on the preseason watch list for the Men’s Basketball Twitter: @UCLAMBB Lute Olson National Player of the Year Award. Hailing from nearby Chatsworth, Calif., and Campbell Hall High School, Holiday Men’s Basketball Instagram: @UCLAMBB averaged 12.3 points and 4.4 assists per game coming off the bench for the Bruins last season. Men’s Basketball Snapchat: UCLAMBB 50 YEARS: This marks the 50th year of the Naismith Trophy (national player of the year), an honor that has been Men’s Basketball Facebook: /UCLAMensBasketball previously won by UCLA’s Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1969), Bill Walton (1972, 1973, 1974) and Marques Johnson (1977). UCLA Athletics Twitter: @UCLAAthletics UCLA Athletics Instagram: @UCLAAthletics CENTURY MARK UCLA Athletics Facebook: /UCLAAthletics Steve Alford has become the sixth head coach in Westwood to have logged at least 100 career wins as UCLA’s head coach. Alford secured win No. 100 last Tuesday against Wisconsin. Alford, who led UCLA to 31 victories last season, joins a list of #GoBruins 100-plus-win UCLA head coaches that also features Caddy Works (1921-1939), John Wooden (1948-1975), Jim Harrick (1988-1996), Steve Lavin (1996-2003) and Ben Howland (2003-2013). Alford has compiled a 100-46 overall record in just over four seasons as the program’s head coach (68.5 winning percentage in games with UCLA). 2017-18 UCLA MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA INFORMATION 2017-18 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-So. F 6-10 200 Roswell, N.M. (La Lumiere School [IN]) 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 2 Cody Riley Fr. F 6-10 260 Kansas City, Kan. (Sierra Canyon HS [CA]) Men’s Basketball Contact Alex Timiraos 3 Aaron Holiday Jr. G 6-1 185 Chatsworth, Calif. (Campbell Hall HS) Office Phone (310) 206-0524 4 Jaylen Hands Fr. G 6-3 175 San Diego, Calif. (Foothills Christian HS) Cell Phone (310) 847-9231 5 Chris Smith Fr.