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GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Maples Pavilion (7,392)
Game Time: 7 p.m. (PT)
Television: FS1
TV Talent: Aaron Goldsmith (play-by-play), Casey Jacobsen (analyst)
Radio (UCLA Sports Network from IMG): AM 1150
Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Tracy Murray (analyst)
SIRIUS/XM Radio Channels: Ch. 84/Ch. 84
SIRIUS App Channel: Ch. 84
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UCLA VERSUS STANFORD
The Bruins won their only game against Stanford last season, recording an 89-75 victory over the Cardinal in Pauley Pavilion (Jan. 8, 2017). This Thursday's game will be the first of two-regular season meetings between UCLA and Stanford this month – the Cardinal will face the Bruins in Pauley Pavilion on Saturday, Jan. 27. UCLA leads the all-time series against Stanford by a 143-93 margin.
MOST RECENTLY
Last week, UCLA opened Pac-12 play at home with victories against Washington State (96-82) and Washington (74-53) on Friday and Sunday evening, respectively. Aaron Holiday registered career highs in the victory against Washington State (33 points, 11 rebounds) and finished the two-game homestand having averaged 23.5 points, 9.0 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game. Holiday connected on 6-of-9 shots from three-point range and made 11 of 12 free throws. Kris Wilkesaveraged 17.5 points and 5.0 rebounds per game, while Thomas Welsh registered 9.5 points and 13.0 rebounds per game.
FRIDAY'S WIN
The Bruins led Washington State, 64-62, with just under nine minutes left in the second half and took advantage of a 13-2 run to secure a 77-64 cushion with 5:09 to play. From the point, UCLA's lead never fell to any fewer than nine points. Aaron Holiday scored 23 of his career-high 33 points in the first half of Friday night's victory.
SUNDAY'S VICTORY
UCLA was behind by as many as 14 points in the second half against Washington on Sunday (43-29 with 17:11 to play) after having entered the locker room at halftime trailing 36-28. The Bruins outscored the Huskies by a 45-10 margin the rest of the way. In fact, UCLA limited Washington to just 17 second-half points in Sunday's game.
HOLIDAY'S HEROICS
Junior guard Aaron Holiday finished with 33 points, 11 rebounds and four assists in last Friday's win against Washington State. He became UCLA's first player to record at least 33 points and 11 rebounds in a game since Feb. 26, 1995. Ed O'Bannon registered team highs of 37 points and 13 rebounds in UCLA's 100-77 win over Duke in that contest, connecting on 14 of 22 shots from the field. Last season, then-freshman TJ Leaf had a 32-point, 14-rebound performance in UCLA's 95-79 win at Washington State (Feb. 4, 2017). Holiday has scored in double figures in 13 of UCLA's 14 games this year.
1,000 POINT CLUB
Aaron Holiday and Thomas Welsh each reached the heralded 1,000-career-point milestone in last Friday's victory against Washington State. With a 23-point first half, Holiday became the 55th player in program history to have scored 1,000 or more points wearing a UCLA uniform. In the second half of the game, Welsh became the 56th player to achieve that milestone. Holiday's 23 points in the first half on Friday marked the largest first-half point total by a Bruin since Jan. 18, 2017, when Isaac Hamilton erupted for 25 first-half points versus Arizona State (Hamilton finished with 33 total points).
MAKING THEIR MARK
Aaron Holiday (1,030 career points, 361 career assists) has become the 13th UCLA player on record to have recorded at least 1,000 points and 300 assists in his UCLA career. Thomas Welsh (1,008 career points, 831 career rebounds) has become UCLA's 12th player with at least 1,000 points and 800 rebounds. The most recent UCLA player to have reached the 1,000-point/800-rebound benchmark was Dan Gadzuric in 2001-02.
YOUTH MOVEMENT
Five of the Bruins' eight primary rotation players did not see action on the court for UCLA last season. Prince Ali and Alex Olesinski (redshirt sophomores) played as true freshmen in 2015-16 but took redshirt years in 2016-17. Freshmen Jaylen Hands, Chris Smith and Kris Wilkes have played vital roles midway through the Bruins' 2017-18 campaign. Wilkes (13.1 ppg, 5.7 rpg) and Hands (12.2 ppg, 4.1 rpg) are UCLA's second and fourth-leading scorers, respectively. Smith has twice scored in double figures, most recently totaling 10 points in the Bruins' win over South Dakota (Dec. 19).
HE'S OUR PRINCE
Prince Ali enters this Thursday's game at Stanford having averaged 9.9 points per game. Ali has shot 45.9 percent from three-point range for the Bruins (17-of-37). The former resident of The Bronx, N.Y., ranks seventh in the Pac-12 Conference in three-point percentage (through Jan. 1). Ali has connected on at least one three-pointer in nine of the Bruins' 14 games. He spent his four years of high school in Florida, attending The Sagemont School in Weston, Fla., for his final two years. During his junior season, Ali was teammates with then-senior Gyorgy "G.G." Goloman (2013-14).
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