Monday, March 6, 2017
No. 3/2 UCLA vs Washington State (Senior Night) Mar 4 2017 Full game
Seniors Bryce Alford, Isaac Hamilton and Jerrold Smith say goodbye to Pauley Pavilion as the Bruins take on the Cougars for the final regular game of the season. Thanks to Roswellbruin for the video.
Sunday, March 5, 2017
UCLA Wins Regular Season Finale Over WSU, 77-68
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LOS ANGELES – No. 2 UCLA concluded regular-season play with a 77-68 victory over Washington State in front of a sold-out crowd of 13,659 in Pauley Pavilion on Saturday night.
The Bruins (28-3, 15-3) secured their 28th regular-season win to tie the school record for most victories in a regular season (2007-08).
Playing in their final home game in Pauley Pavilion on "Senior Night," Isaac Hamilton had 14 points and Bryce Alford finished with 13. Alford made two three-pointers to tie Jason Kapono's school record for career three-pointers (317).
Alford wasn't the only Bruin to set a record on Saturday. With a career-high 14 assists, freshman Lonzo Ball broke Gary Payton's 30-year-old Pac-12 freshman record for assists. Ball now has 241 assists and counting, moving past Payton's mark of 229, set during the 1986-87 season. Ball also recorded his ninth double-double of the season, scoring 12 points.
Coach Alford Postgame Press Conference | UCLA Players Postgame Press Conference
Junior Thomas Welsh had his eighth double-double of the season, totaling 13 points and 11 rebounds. Welsh also made his first collegiate three-point field goal attempt
Sophomore Aaron Holiday totaled a team-leading 16 points in the win, connecting on 6 of 9 shots from the field. Holiday rounded out UCLA's list of five double-figure scorers.
Charles Callison led Washington State (13-17, 6-12) with 25 points, scoring 16 in the second half.
"I'm really proud of my guys," UCLA head coach Steve Alford said. "They just battled all year long. We had 28 regular-season wins. It's pretty difficult at a place like this to do something that hasn't been done or to tie something that's been done. Twenty-eight regular-season wins. That's the most ever. This has been a special team already, through the regular season, and I'm awfully proud of them."
The Bruins were playing without starting forward TJ Leaf, who sprained his left ankle early in Wednesday night's win against Washington. Junior forward G.G. Goloman started in Leaf's place and scored seven points, all in the first half.
UCLA led by just one point at the half, 35-34, after the Cougars outscored the Bruins by an 8-0 margin in the final 3:30 of the opening half.
Washington State (13-17, 6-12) rode the momentum in the second half and took the lead, 44-42, with 14:32 to play on a jumper by Josh Hawkinson.
The Bruins were down three, 49-46, at the 11:51 mark but used an 18-2 scoring run over the game's next six minutes to pull ahead, 64-51. Holiday scored eight of his team-leading 16 points to help spark the run for UCLA.
With another sellout crowd on Saturday night, UCLA concluded its regular-season home slate having averaged 11,183 fans per home contest, the program's best single-season home attendance average since the 1995-96 season.
UCLA locked up the No. 3 seed in next week's Pac-12 Tournament, set to take place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas from March 8-11.
The Bruins have earned a first-round bye and will face the winner of Wednesday evening's USC-Washington game on Thursday, March 9. UCLA's quarterfinal contest on Thursday will begin at approximately 8:30 pm (PT) and will be nationally televised on ESPN.
The Bruins (28-3, 15-3) secured their 28th regular-season win to tie the school record for most victories in a regular season (2007-08).
Playing in their final home game in Pauley Pavilion on "Senior Night," Isaac Hamilton had 14 points and Bryce Alford finished with 13. Alford made two three-pointers to tie Jason Kapono's school record for career three-pointers (317).
Alford wasn't the only Bruin to set a record on Saturday. With a career-high 14 assists, freshman Lonzo Ball broke Gary Payton's 30-year-old Pac-12 freshman record for assists. Ball now has 241 assists and counting, moving past Payton's mark of 229, set during the 1986-87 season. Ball also recorded his ninth double-double of the season, scoring 12 points.
Coach Alford Postgame Press Conference | UCLA Players Postgame Press Conference
Junior Thomas Welsh had his eighth double-double of the season, totaling 13 points and 11 rebounds. Welsh also made his first collegiate three-point field goal attempt
Sophomore Aaron Holiday totaled a team-leading 16 points in the win, connecting on 6 of 9 shots from the field. Holiday rounded out UCLA's list of five double-figure scorers.
Charles Callison led Washington State (13-17, 6-12) with 25 points, scoring 16 in the second half.
"I'm really proud of my guys," UCLA head coach Steve Alford said. "They just battled all year long. We had 28 regular-season wins. It's pretty difficult at a place like this to do something that hasn't been done or to tie something that's been done. Twenty-eight regular-season wins. That's the most ever. This has been a special team already, through the regular season, and I'm awfully proud of them."
The Bruins were playing without starting forward TJ Leaf, who sprained his left ankle early in Wednesday night's win against Washington. Junior forward G.G. Goloman started in Leaf's place and scored seven points, all in the first half.
UCLA led by just one point at the half, 35-34, after the Cougars outscored the Bruins by an 8-0 margin in the final 3:30 of the opening half.
Washington State (13-17, 6-12) rode the momentum in the second half and took the lead, 44-42, with 14:32 to play on a jumper by Josh Hawkinson.
The Bruins were down three, 49-46, at the 11:51 mark but used an 18-2 scoring run over the game's next six minutes to pull ahead, 64-51. Holiday scored eight of his team-leading 16 points to help spark the run for UCLA.
With another sellout crowd on Saturday night, UCLA concluded its regular-season home slate having averaged 11,183 fans per home contest, the program's best single-season home attendance average since the 1995-96 season.
UCLA locked up the No. 3 seed in next week's Pac-12 Tournament, set to take place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas from March 8-11.
The Bruins have earned a first-round bye and will face the winner of Wednesday evening's USC-Washington game on Thursday, March 9. UCLA's quarterfinal contest on Thursday will begin at approximately 8:30 pm (PT) and will be nationally televised on ESPN.
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Friday, March 3, 2017
T.J. Leaf injury
mar 2, 2017 | BEN BOLCH | THE L.A. TIMES | ARTICLE LINK
UCLA might not be without TJ Leaf for long.
Brad Leaf, the father of the Bruins freshman power forward, told The Times in an email Thursday that his son hoped to return for his team’s Pac-12 Conference tournament opener on March 9 after spraining his left ankle Wednesday during UCLA’s victory over Washington.
Brad Leaf said his son intended to get back on the court Sunday with a light workout, meaning he would miss the Bruins’ final regular-season home game Saturday against Washington State. TJ Leaf would then try to expand his movements each day leading up to the conference tournament, where No. 3 UCLA (27-3 overall, 14-3 Pac-12) has a bye into the quarterfinal round.
“He had a few bad sprains in high school,” said Brad Leaf, who coached TJ at Foothills Christian High in El Cajon, “so he knows what he is dealing with.”
Leaf is UCLA’s second-leading scorer, averaging 16.3 points per game after his injury limited him to only five minutes against the Huskies. He leaped to block a shot and rolled his ankle when he landed, forcing him out of the game.
UCLA Coach Steve Alford joked with Leaf about his stat line after the game and Leaf’s teammates appeared to be in a jovial mood, indicating that the injury was not believed to be serious.
“It’s a tough one but he’ll bounce back,” Bruins point guard Lonzo Ball said afterward. “He’ll be fine.”
UCLA junior forward Gyorgy Goloman will probably start against Washington State in Leaf’s absence, with Alford saying Wednesday that his team could also use the four-guard lineup it had abandoned in recent weeks. Goloman had one of his best games after Leaf was hurt, finishing with eight points and six rebounds in a season-high 26 minutes.
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OCR's Whicker: TJ Leaf's ankle injury a dose of adversity for UCLA
mar 01, 2017 | mark Whicker |o.c. register | ARTICLE LINK
LOS ANGELES – This UCLA basketball season began on Nov. 11. In all the games, practices and road trips, it has dodged almost all the nightmares.
The sight of TJ Leaf, fallen and unable to get up, changed all that Wednesday night.
Early in what became UCLA’s 98-66 demolition of Washington, Leaf crashed underneath his own basket after a shot went awry. As UCLA flashed downcourt, the eyes of 13,659 fans were riveted by the sight of Leaf trying to scoot his way to the sideline and off the actual battleground. When play was stopped, two trainers came out to investigate.
Leaf eventually rose and was helped into the locker room. He could put a little weight on his left foot but not much. He didn’t return, and UCLA soon announced that Leaf had sprained his left ankle.
It didn’t affect this game, which boosted UCLA’s record to 27-3 overall and 13-3 in the Pac-12. Afterward, Coach Steve Alford seemed fairly upbeat.
“He’ll be on crutches, with a boot,” Alford said. “You go on. It’s next man up. We’ll do everything we can to get him back.”
Alford seemed to hold at least a little hope that Leaf could play against Washington State on Saturday if he needed to. The point is that Leaf doesn’t. If the Bruins are circumspect, they’ll hold out Leaf until at least their first game in the Pac-12 Tournament, which would be Thursday in Las Vegas.
Leaf averages 16.8 points and 8.7 rebounds in his first and probably final season at UCLA. He is the Bruins’ leading scorer, and he and Thomas Welsh have the highest rebound average. In the Bruins’ three losses, Leaf averaged 11 points and 5.3 rebounds.
Although Welsh is a reliable mid-range shooter and freshman Ike Anigbogu is sharpening his offense with each game, Leaf is UCLA’s toughest frontcourt matchup. A trip to the Final Four without Leaf is extremely unlikely.
Alford clearly doesn’t expect anything that drastic. He even joked about Leaf’s two rebounds and one assist, telling him it wasn’t bad for five minutes.
But if you care about No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament, which you probably shouldn’t, you just as clearly want to see Leaf moving briskly during next week’s Pac-12 Tournament.
Alford was buoyed by what he called the Bruins’ “engagement” in a situation that invited complacency. UCLA had just won at Arizona on Saturday, 77-72, its second road win over a team in the top five (Kentucky). Washington came in with a 9-19 record and didn’t have injured freshman guard Markelle Fultz, who will be high in the NBA draft lottery along with Lonzo Ball.
UCLA brutalized the Huskies, 107-66, on Feb. 4 when Fultz was playing. But the Bruins played fine Wednesday, except for some sloppy, distracted moments right after Leaf went off.
Bryce Alford, now UCLA”s fifth-leading career scorer as he heads for his final game in Pauley, was 8 for 14 from the 3-point line and scored 29 points. He and Ball combined for 62 minutes, 48 points, 12 assists and no turnovers. UCLA only had eight turnovers overall.
It is hard to imagine how Washington could be this bad. The Huskies shoot 31 percent from the 3-point line and their opponents shoot 41 percent, in conference play.
They could do nothing with UCLA generally, even though Alford had to play four guards with Anigbogu “We probably haven’t done that for five minutes,” Alford said, “but that’s what happens when you lose a big.”
The Bruins only hope they’ve merely misplaced him.
TJ Leaf hurts ankle early in UCLA's rout of Washington
MArch 02, 2017 | Ap-THE usa today | ARTICLE LINK
LOS ANGELES (AP) — UCLA coach Steve Alford kidded TJ Leaf that his two points, one rebound, one assist, one block and one steal in five minutes was pretty impressive.
That's all the time Leaf got because the freshman sprained his left ankle. His absence didn't bother the second-ranked Bruins who went on to rout Washington, 98-66, on Wednesday night for their eighth straight win.
"I really don't want to add any additional pressure, but that UCLA team could win a national championship," said Huskies coach Lorenzo Romar, a former UCLA assistant.
Bryce Alford scored 29 points and Lonzo Ball added 19 points, seven rebounds and eight assists for the Bruins (27-3, 14-3 Pac-12), who improved to 15-1 at home. They completed a season sweep of Washington after winning by 41 points on the road last month.
Leaf will wear a boot and use crutches in between getting treatment to see if he can return in time for Saturday's regular-season finale.
"He's such a positive, uplifting dude, it's hard to tell what happened," Bryce Alford said.
The Bruins led by 21 points at halftime and extended the lead to 42 in the second half.
"We were engaged right from the beginning," the elder Alford said. "Our guys really concentrated well in a lopsided game. We were really good in a lot of areas."
Noah Dickerson tied his career high with 23 points for the Huskies (9-20, 2-15). They have lost 11 in a row and 13 of 14. Their 20 turnovers led to 34 points by the Bruins.
"We want to finish the season strong," Dickerson said. "At the Pac-12 Tournament, we want to have a strong showing."
Alford hit three consecutive three-pointers in the game's final 5:15. He finished with eight, one off his career high, and the Bruins had 14.
Early in the second half, Ball put on a show. The freshman phenom took a bounce pass from Thomas Welsh and scored on a fastbreak layup. He and Alford passed the ball back and forth before Alford stepped back in the left corner and hit a 3. On the Bruins' next play, Ball swiped David Crisp, picked up the ball bouncing low on the court and dunked. He later made back-to-back three-pointers.
"It was fun," Ball said. "The second half we picked up the pace and had a lot of up and down."
The Bruins opened the game by hitting their first four shots, including three three-pointers, for an 11-point lead. They were ahead by seven when Leaf got hurt.
He stepped on the foot of a Huskies player as they came down from rebounding. Leaf landed on the court and stayed down until he was helped up by two staff members. He limped off with his arms draped over the staffers and went into the locker room.
The Bruins rolled on.
The Bruins rolled on.
They went on a 16-2 run that extended their lead to 37-16. Six players scored in the spurt, including three points by G.G. Goloman and a three-point play by Ike Anigbogu, who both entered the game after Leaf left. Aaron Holiday's alley-oop pass set up Ball's dunk.
"That's the time for other guys to step up and they did," Ball said.
Big picture
Washington: The Huskies continue to be in a major funk, just one spot out of the bottom of the Pac-12 standings. Romar is the longest tenured coach in the league with 15 years at the helm and the program faces a long slog back to respectability. Next week's league tourney in Las Vegas is the end of the Huskies' season.
UCLA: The Bruins were the only Pac-12 school to go undefeated in February at 7-0, the first time the school was unbeaten in that month since the 1994-95 team went 9-0 on its way to winning a record 11th national championship. All three of their defeats have been in conference; the third-place Bruins need a weekend sweep and losses by first-place Arizona and second-place Oregon to grab a share of the league regular season title.
Tidbits
Washington: The Huskies were without G Markelle Fultz, who scored 25 points in their earlier loss to UCLA. He's missed four of the last six games with a sore right knee. Romar said he probably won't play Saturday at USC. ... Their last win was Jan. 18 against Colorado in OT at home.
UCLA: Alford needs three three-pointers to overtake Jason Kapono as UCLA's career leader. Kapono made 317 from 2000-03. ... Alford is sixth on the school's career scoring list with 1,861 points. ... The Bruins have made a school-record 307 3-pointers this season; Oregon owns the Pac-12 season record with 350 set in 2006-07.
Lakers night out
Lakers coach Luke Walton, guard D'Angelo Russell and rookie Brandon Ingram, who played one season at Duke, attended the game. Former Laker and Clipper Lamar Odom chatted with Walton.
Up next
Washington: Visits USC on Saturday in the regular season finale.
UCLA: Hosts Washington State on Saturday in the regular season finale and last home game for seniors Alford, Isaac Hamilton and Jerrold Smith, who has played a total of 20 minutes this season.
No. 3/2 UCLA Hosts Washington State on Saturday
mar 2, 2017 | UCLA MEN'S BASKETBALL
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GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Pauley Pavilion (13,800)
Tipoff Time: 7:20 p.m. PT
Television: ESPN
TV Talent: Steve Quis (play-by-play), Sean Farnham (analyst), Jill Montgomery (sideline)
Radio: AM 1150
Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Tracy Murray (analyst)
SIRIUS/XM Radio Channels: Ch. 137/Ch. 197
SIRIUS App. Channel: Ch. 959
ABOUT THE BRUINS
- UCLA closes its regular season on Saturday at home versus Washington State. The Bruins have won their last eight games – after a two-game skid with losses to Arizona (Jan. 21) and at USC (Jan. 25). Most recently, the Bruins cruised past Washington with a 98-66 victory to sweep the regular-season series versus the Huskies.
- Senior Bryce Alford moved into the No. 5 slot on UCLA's all-time scoring list on Wednesday (1,861 points). He has also set UCLA's single-season three-pointers record (102). UCLA's three seniors – Alford, Isaac Hamilton and Jerrold Smith – will be honored prior to Saturday night's final home game with a special pregame "Senior Night" ceremony.
- The Bruins went 7-0 through the month of February and were the Pac-12's only program to have logged a perfect record that month. No UCLA team had gone undefeated in February since the 1994-95 squad went 9-0. During the Bruins' eight-game win streak, UCLA has averaged 90.8 points per game while surrendering 70.9 points per game.
- UCLA's overall field goal percentage (52.9%) is the highest mark in the nation. No team in NCAA Division I has shot that well from the field in one season since Duke finished with a 53.6 percentage as the 1992 NCAA Champions. The Bruins have shot a league-leading 51.3 percent in Pac-12 action this season (through 17 Pac-12 games).
- The Bruins have averaged a nation-leading 21.7 assists per game, the highest per-game average of any NCAA Division I team since 1996, when Kentucky captured the NCAA Championship while tallying 21.8 assists per game. UCLA has logged at least 20 assists in 19 of 30 games, including a season-high 30 against Arizona State (Jan. 19).
- Through games played Wednesday, March 1, UCLA ranked third in the Pac-12 (conference games only) in field goal percentage defense (42.8%) and fifth in three-point percentage defense (36.3%). During UCLA's eight-game win streak, opponents have shot 41.5% from the field against UCLA and 34.3% from beyond the three-point arc.
BRUINS DOWN WASHINGTON
With Wednesday night's 98-66 win over Washington, the Bruins continue to lead the nation in points per game (91.8), assists per game (21.7), total assists (652), assist-turnover ratio (1.88) and field goal percentage (52.9%). Bryce Alford scored a team-leading 29 points, connecting on 8 of 14 shots from three-point range, in the 32-point victory over Washington. Lonzo Ball had 19 points and eight assists and Isaac Hamilton tallied 15 points. The Bruins led 11-0 to open the game and pushed their advantage to 49-28 by halftime, shooting 52.1 percent in the win.
FALLING RECORDS
Bryce Alford's eight three-pointers on Wednesday evening pushed his career total to 315. Alford is three shy of breaking Jason Kapono's all-time three-pointers record at UCLA (317). Lonzo Ball has totaled 227 assists this season, the fourth-highest single-season mark at UCLA and the second-best total for any Pac-12 freshman (Gary Payton had 229 assists as a freshman at Oregon State in 1986-87).
ROAD SUCCESS
UCLA has picked up Pac-12 road sweeps at Colorado and Utah (Jan. 12-14), at Washington State and Washington (Feb. 1-4) and at Arizona State and Arizona (Feb. 23-25). In six seasons that the Pac-12 has included Colorado and Utah, the Rocky Mountain road sweep has been accomplished just four times – by UCLA in 2013 and 2017 and by Arizona in 2014 and 2015. UCLA has gone 7-2 in Pac-12 road games, the Bruins' best such record since going 8-1 in 2007-08. In all, the Bruins have posted a 12-2 record in road and neutral-site contests this season.
30-POINT THREATS
Bryce Alford, Isaac Hamilton and TJ Leaf have each scored at least 32 points this season, with all three performances taking place in Pac-12 play. Alford had a career-high 37 points at Colorado (Jan. 12), Hamilton recorded a season-high 33 points versus Arizona State (Jan. 19) and Leaf had 32 points at Washington State (Feb. 1). In all, six Bruins – including Lonzo Ball, Thomas Welsh and Aaron Holiday – have scored at least 20 points in a game this season.
HE'S BALLIN'
Lonzo Ball (15.0 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 7.6 apg) has emerged as a legitimate National Player of the Year and Freshman Player of the Year candidate. He has twice secured Pac-12 Player of the Week honors and will enter this Saturday's final home game as the nation's only player to have averaged at least 10 points, four rebounds and seven assists per game. He continues to lead the nation in both assists per game (7.6) and total assists (227), having recorded UCLA's highest single-season freshman assist total. He has surpassed Pooh Richardson's mark of 179 assists in 1985-86.
AGAINST THE COUGARS
UCLA looks to sweep the regular-season series against Washington State this Saturday night. The Bruins took down the Cougars, 95-79, in Pullman, Wash., on Wednesday, Feb. 1. UCLA leads the all-time series against Washington State, 105-17. In the previous meeting this season, TJ Leaf had 32 points and 14 rebounds, connecting on 14 of 18 shots. The Bruins led 44-34 at halftime before Washington State reduced UCLA's margin to 58-55 with 12:28 to play. UCLA used an 8-2 scoring run over the next two minutes to secure a 66-57 cushion.
POSITIONAL WATCH LISTS
Four UCLA players have been named to positional watch lists, as announced by the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame (each list is comprised of 10 players). Freshman Lonzo Ball is among 10 candidates for this season's Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award. Senior Bryce Alford has been named to the midseason watch list for the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award. Freshman TJ Leaf is among 10 players selected to the Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award. Senior Thomas Welsh has been named to the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award Center of the Year watch list.
UCLA'S ROTATION, AT A GLANCE
- Bryce Alford ranks No. 5 on UCLA's all-time scoring list (1,861 career points). He scored a career-high 37 points, connecting on nine three-pointers, in UCLA's win at Colorado (Jan. 12). The senior guard has scored in double figures in 25 of 30 games and is currently shooting 50.8 percent from three-point range in Pac-12 games (66/130).
- Isaac Hamilton scored a season-high 33 points, connecting on 9 of 14 three-pointers, in UCLA's 102-80 win over Arizona State (Jan. 19). Hamilton had 25 points in the first half in that victory. He has averaged 13.7 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game. Hamilton is one of three Bruins to have made at least 60 three-pointers this year.
- Lonzo Ball, a national player of the year candidate, leads the nation in assists per game (7.6) and total assists (227). Averaging 15.0 ppg and 6.3 rpg, Ball's 227 assists are the most in one season by a UCLA freshman. He ranks fourth on UCLA's single-season assists list (Larry Drew II set the school record with 256 assists in 2012-13).
- TJ Leaf has scored at least 20 points in nine games. He ranks seventh in the Pac-12 in scoring (16.3 ppg) and rebounding (8.4 rpg), through March 1. Leaf scored a season-high 32 points and had 14 rebounds in the win at Washington State (Feb. 1), making 14 of 18 field goal attempts. He has totaled a team-leading 11 double-doubles.
- Thomas Welsh (10.5 ppg, 8.7 rpg, 1.4 bpg) has made 30 of 32 free throw attempts. Welsh made 7 of 10 shots, totaling 14 points and eight rebounds, in UCLA's 77-72 win at No. 4 Arizona on Saturday, Feb. 25. He has scored in double figures in 16 of 26 games played, logging a career-high-tying 16 rebounds against USC on Saturday, Feb. 18.
- Aaron Holiday has averaged 12.9 points, 4.3 assists and 3.0 rebounds per game, appearing in all 30 games off the bench. He ranks third in the Pac-12 in three-point percentage (43.0%, 49/114) and sixth in assists per game (4.3) through Feb. 26. Holiday's 42.5 career three-point percentage (177/479) ranks fifth on UCLA's all-time list.
- Ike Anigbogu, (pronounced EE-kay ahn-ee-BOH-goo) a 6-foot-10 forward/center from Corona, Calif., has averaged 4.9 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.3 blocks in 12.9 minutes per game off the bench. He scored a career-high 12 points in the win at Arizona State (Feb. 23) and has twice recorded a career-high four blocks.
- G.G. Goloman has averaged 3.5 points and 2.4 rebounds per game, averaging 10.9 minutes off the bench for the Bruins. A 6-foot-10 forward from Körmend, Hungary, Goloman has totaled 21 blocks in 28 games (0.75 bpg). Goloman, who has shot 56.8 percent from the field, scored a career-high 12 points in a win over CSUN (Nov. 13).
THREE-POINT THREAT
Bryce Alford ranks first (and second) in school history in single-season three-pointers and is second in career three-pointers. This season, he has made a school-record 102 treys, breaking the single-season record of 93 that he set as a sophomore in 2014-15. Alford has made 315 career three-pointers, second-most at UCLA behind Jason Kapono (317, played from 2000-03). He has tallied at least 70 three-pointers in three consecutive seasons, becoming just the second player in school history (along with Jason Kapono), to have accomplished that feat.
HOME SWEET HOME
UCLA has gone 15-1 in Pauley Pavilion this season. The Bruins opened their home schedule this season with 11 consecutive wins before losing to Arizona on Saturday, Jan. 21. That had been the Bruins' longest home win streak since winning 15 straight in 2013-14. UCLA last had an undefeated home record in 2006-07, going 16-0 in Pauley Pavilion. The Bruins have gone 73-13 in Pauley since the arena reopened Nov. 9, 2012, after an 18-month renovation.
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