{"id":442610,"date":"2026-01-28T09:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T09:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/442610\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T09:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T09:21:09","slug":"mens-basketball-to-play-at-oregon-on-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/442610\/","title":{"rendered":"Men’s Basketball to Play at Oregon on Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nEUGENE, Ore. \u2013 The Bruins (14-6, 6-3) return to the road this week, taking on Oregon (8-12, 1-8) on Wednesday evening at the Ducks’ Matthew Knight Arena. Game time in Eugene, Ore., is set for 8 p.m. (PT). UCLA’s game will be nationally televised by Big Ten Network. Fans can also listen to UCLA’s radio broadcast on AM 790 (KABC).

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\nGAME INFORMATION

\nVenue: Matthew Knight Arena

\nCapacity: 12,364

\nTipoff Time: 8:10 p.m. (PT)

\nBroadcast Network: Big Ten Network

\nBroadcast Talent: Guy Haberman (play-by-play), Don MacLean (analyst)

\nRadio (UCLA Audio Network): AM 790 (KABC)

\nRadio Talent: Josh Lewin<\/a> (play-by-play), Tracy Murray<\/a> (analyst)

\nSirius XM Channels: SiriusXM 391 and SiriusXM App<\/a>

\nLive Stats: ucla.statbroadcast.com (link here<\/a>)

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\nUCLA’S TICKET INFORMATION (HOME GAMES)

\nSingle-game tickets for UCLA’s home games are on sale<\/a>. The Bruins have six remaining regular-season games inside Pauley Pavilion this season. Fans can view complete ticket information about UCLA men’s basketball by clicking here<\/a>. Direct links to single-game ticket purchases can be viewed here<\/a>. Fans can call (310) 206-5991 or email tickets@athletics.ucla.edu<\/a> for more information. In addition, be sure to check out all of the game themes and upcoming promotions<\/a> for this season.

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\nMOST RECENTLY

\n\u2022 The Bruins have won nine of their last 13 games and have gone 4-3 in the month of January.

\n\u2022 In two wins last week, Donovan Dent<\/a> averaged 18.0 points and 9.0 assists per game, shoting 53.6 percent overall.

\n\u2022 Tyler Bilodeau<\/a> and Trent Perry<\/a> each scored a team-leading 18 points in a 71-64 win over Northwestern on Saturday.

\n\u2022 Donovan Dent<\/a> totaled 23 points and a season-high 13 assists in UCLA’s 69-67 win over No. 4 Purdue on Jan. 20.

\n\u2022 UCLA logged its first win over a top-five ranked team (AP poll) since defeating No. 3 Arizona, 75-59, on Jan. 25, 2022.

\n\u2022 Five Bruins have averaged at least 10 points per game this season, led by senior Tyler Bilodeau<\/a> (18.2 ppg).

\n\u2022 Tyler Bilodeau<\/a> hit the game-winning 3-pointer with eight seconds to play in the win against Purdue on Jan. 20.

\n\u2022 The Bruins will play their next four games along the West Coast, with three of those four games taking place at home.

\n\u2022 Through Monday, Jan. 25, the Bruins ranked No. 3 in the Big Ten in 3-point percentage (37.6% in 20 games).

\n\u2022 Tyler Bilodeau<\/a> ranks No. 8 in the Big Ten in scoring, having averaged 18.2 points per game.

\n\u2022 Tyler Bilodeau<\/a>, Skyy Clark<\/a> and Trent Perry<\/a> have each scored 30 or more points in a game this season.

\n\u2022 Through UCLA’s last six games, Trent Perry<\/a> has averaged 16.2 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game.

\n\u2022 Donovan Dent<\/a> has averaged 13.8 points and 6.7 assists per game in the Bruins’ last 10 contests.

\n\u2022 The Bruins, at 14-6 overall, have logged the same record through 20 games as they did last season.

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\nBRUINS VERSUS OREGON

\nUCLA has gone 97-42 in the all-time series against Oregon, including a 74-63 victory against the Ducks earlier this season in Pauley Pavilion (Dec. 6, 2025). The Bruins swept the two-game series with Oregon last season and have won seven of their last nine contests against the Ducks. Five Bruins scored in double figures when these two programs met earlier in the season, as Eric Dailey Jr.<\/a> scored a team-leading 18 points (6-of-9 shooting, and 2-for-4 from 3-point distance). UCLA has won two of its last three games at Matthew Knight Arena, including a 73-71 decision last season (Dec. 8, 2024).

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\nUCLA’S TWO-WIN WEEK

\nThe Bruins registered home wins over No. 4 Purdue (69-67) last Tuesday evening and against Northwestern (71-64) on Saturday afternoon, improving to 14-6 overall. The back-and-forth win against Purdue featured seven lead changes and four ties. UCLA trailed Purdue, 67-61, with under 1:55 to play in regulation. Donovan Dent<\/a> nailed a 3-pointer with 1:32 to play and the Bruins took advantage of a steal with 1:09 left, converting a layup by Eric Dailey Jr.<\/a> at the 1:05 mark. After Purdue turned over the ball with under 35 seconds left, Tyler Bilodeau<\/a> drained a 3-pointer to help UCLA secure a 69-67 lead with eight seconds to play. Bilodeau and Trent Perry<\/a> each had 18 points in the win last weekend over Northwestern.

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\nFREE THROWS

\nUCLA shot a perfect 21-for-21 on Wednesday, Jan. 14, as the Bruins won at Penn State, 71-60. That marked the program’s best 100-percent performance at the line in the modern era (dates back to 1970). Previously, the Bruins made 13 of 13 free throws in a 79-68 win against California in Pauley Pavilion on March 1, 1979. That game had been the previous milestone for most made free throws in an 100-percent effort. Last season, UCLA was 10-for-10 in the NCAA Tournament against Utah State (the Bruins won that matchup, 72-47). Over the last 10 games, UCLA has shot 76.8 percent at the line.

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\nWHAT’S ON DECK?

\n\u2022 This Saturday afternoon, UCLA will host Indiana at 2 p.m. (PT), marking the Hoosiers’ first game in Pauley Pavilion.

\n\u2022 After this Wednesday night’s road game, the Bruins will host Indiana, Rutgers and Washington in Los Angeles.

\n\u2022 UCLA has 11 games remaining on the regular-season schedule \u2013 including six at home and five on the road.

\n\u2022 UCLA has just three more regular-season games to play outside of the Pacific time zone.

\n\u2022 The Bruins’ schedule in February includes seven games (four at home and three on the road).<\/p>\n

UCLA VERSUS INDIANA

\nThe Bruins have gone 7-6 in the all-time series against Indiana, with the first-ever meeting between these two programs in Pauley Pavilion will take place on Saturday (2 p.m., PT). Indiana last played the Bruins in Los Angeles on Dec. 29, 1960, with the Bruins earning a 94-72 win. Bruins’ head football coach Bob Chesney will speak to the crowd during a break in the action this Saturday. UCLA is encouraging all its fans to wear white as part of Saturday afternoon’s “White Out” inside Pauley Pavilion. Fans can purchase tickets here<\/a> for Saturday’s game, which will mark the first of three consecutive home contests for UCLA.

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\nMORE ABOUT THE BRUINS

\n\u2022 Tyler Bilodeau<\/a> has scored in double figures in 16 of 18 games played, totaling 20 points or more in seven games.

\n\u2022 Donovan Dent<\/a> (12.9 ppg) leads UCLA with 128 assists, averaging 6.7 assists per game (ranks No. 3 in the Big Ten).

\n\u2022 Skyy Clark<\/a> (89.3%), Tyler Bilodeau<\/a> (86.5%) and Trent Perry<\/a> (81.8%) are shooting over 80 percent at the free throw line.

\n\u2022 Trent Perry<\/a> has scored at least 10 points in seven of UCLA’s last nine games.

\n\u2022 The Bruins have gone 10-2 this season when committing fewer turnovers than their opposition.

\n\u2022 UCLA has posted a 12-1 record when leading at halftime and has gone 13-1 when building a lead of 10 or more points.

\n\u2022 UCLA has shot 37.6% from 3-point distance, which ranks No. 3 in the Big Ten (through Monday, Jan. 26).

\n\u2022 The Bruins have not shot 37.0% or better since the 2020-21 season (UCLA shot 37.2 percent from three that year).

\n\u2022 The Bruins are currently shooting 74.8 percent at the free throw stripe, ranking No. 9 in the Big Ten.

\n\u2022 The school single-season record for best free throw percentage is 75.6 percent, back in the 1978-79 season.

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\nASSISTS PER GAME

\nThrough 19 games played, senior Donovan Dent<\/a> has averaged 12.9 points and 6.7 assists per game. Dent, a 6-foot-2 guard from Riverside, Calif., could be on track to join a rare group of UCLA guards who averaged at least 10 points and six assists per game over the course of a full season. Most recently, then-sophomore Jaylen Hands averaged 14.2 points and 6.1 assists during UCLA’s 2018-19 season. Pooh Richardson in the late 1980s accomplished this per-game average all four seasons, including a pair of back-to-back seasons where he averaged at least 7.0 assists per game.

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\nSTRONG SCORING

\nSenior forward Tyler Bilodeau<\/a> ranked No. 8 in scoring among all Big Ten players (18.2 ppg) and No. 7 in shooting percentage (52.7%), through Sunday, Jan. 25. The 6-foot-9 product from Kennewick, Wash., scored 16 consecutive points for UCLA early in the second half of a road win at Washington on Dec. 3. From the 18:05 mark of the second half through the 14-minute mark Bilodeau registered 16 points on six made shots and three free throws (all from and-one opportunities). Over UCLA’s last 10 contests, Bilodeau has averaged 19.5 points and 5.8 rebounds per game while shooting 53.0 percent overall. He currently ranks No. 8 in the Big Ten in free throw percentage (86.5%, 77-for-89).

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\nSOPHOMORE JUMP

\nSophomore Trent Perry<\/a> scored a career-best 30 points in UCLA’s 71-60 win at Penn State on Jan. 14. Perry was perfect at the free throw line, going 12-for-12, while knocking down 4 of 8 shots from beyond the 3-point arc. He has averaged 11.6 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game during his sophomore season, after having registered 3.7 points and 1.7 rebounds per game in 32 contests as a freshman. Perry has scored at least 10 points in 11 games for UCLA this season, logging 51 assists and 26 turnovers for an assist-turnover ratio of 1.96-to-1. Over the Bruins’ last six contests, Perry has averaged 16.2 points and 3.7 rebounds, shooting 44.4 percent overall and 40.7 percent from beyond the 3-point arc.

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\nRUNNING THE POINT

\nSenior Donovan Dent<\/a> has averaged 12.9 points, 6.7 assists and 2.4 rebounds through 19 games this season. Dent, a 6-foot-2 guard from nearby Riverside, Calif., transferred from New Mexico to UCLA in the offseason. He has recorded three point-assist double-doubles this season (totaling 10 in his career). Most recently, Dent had 23 points and a season-high 13 assists in UCLA’s 69-67 win against Purdue on Tuesday night, last week (Jan. 20). Through Monday, Jan. 26, he ranked third among all Big Ten players in assists per game (6.7) and was No. 11, nationally. Over UCLA’s last 10 contests, Dent has logged 67 assists and 19 turnovers while averaging 13.8 points and 6.7 assists per game.

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\nTOP DEFENDERS

\nThe Bruins’ program has produced some of the nation’s most talented defensive players over the past several seasons. Last year, then-senior Kobe Johnson<\/a> was honored as one of five players on the Big Ten All-Defensive Team, closing the year at No. 6 in the conference in steals per game (1.6 spg, 55 steals in 34 games). Two seasons ago (2023-24), then-sophomore Adem Bona was honored as the Pac-12 Conference’s Defensive Player of the Year. Bona led UCLA’s team that season in blocks (58 blocks, 1.8 bpg) and was second in steals (37 steals, 1.1 spg). Three seasons ago (2022-23), then-junior Jaylen Clark was honored as the Naismith Men’s Defensive Player of the Year and the NABC Defensive Player of the Year.

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\nADDITIONAL UCLA BASKETBALL NOTES

\n\u2013 The Bruins have returned four of their primary contributors from last season’s squad. In addition, UCLA has welcomed back two redshirt players and has brought in five transfers. Three of UCLA’s top four scorers from last year’s squad have returned in seniors Tyler Bilodeau<\/a> (13.5 ppg last season) and Skyy Clark<\/a> (8.5 ppg) and junior Eric Dailey Jr.<\/a> (11.4 ppg).

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\n\u2013 UCLA’s five incoming transfer students include Xavier Booker<\/a> (from Michigan State), Jamar Brown<\/a> (from UMKC), Donovan Dent<\/a> (from New Mexico), Steven Jamerson II<\/a> (from San Diego) and Anthony Peoples Jr.<\/a> (from North Carolina Central). Last season, Dent secured honorable mention All-America acclaim at New Mexico (averaged 20.4 ppg, 6.4 apg).

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\n\u2013 Donovan Dent<\/a> (point guard), Eric Dailey Jr.<\/a> (small forward) and Tyler Bilodeau<\/a> (power forward) were named to 20-person positional watch lists at the start of the season. Dent is on the Bob Cousy Award watch list, while Dailey Jr. has been tabbed to the Julius Erving Award watch list, and Tyler Bilodeau<\/a> to the Karl Malone Award watch list.

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\n\u2013 Through games played from 2010-11 through 2024-25, Coach Cronin was tied for the fifth-most victories of any NCAA Division I coach (373 wins in a 15-year span). He’s tied on that list with Michigan State’s Tom Izzo (373 wins) and trails Mark Few of Gonzaga (451), Bill Self of Kansas (426), John Calipari of Arkansas (397) and Randy Bennett of Saint Mary’s (379).

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\nNOTES ON PAULEY PAVILION

\nThis marks UCLA’s 60th season playing basketball at Pauley Pavilion and the 14th season since the arena underwent a major renovation. Last year, the Bruins went 15-2 in Pauley Pavilion. The first game in Pauley took place on Dec. 3, 1965, as No. 1 UCLA defeated Ohio State, 92-66. UCLA spent 47 seasons in Pauley Pavilion before the venue was closed for an 18-month renovation (closed in March of 2011). UCLA hosted 18 home games in 2011-12 at the Los Angeles Sports Arena (14 games) near downtown L.A. and at the Honda Center in Anaheim (four games) before returning home in Nov. of 2012.

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\nIn 2023-24, CSUN snapped UCLA’s 29-home-game winning streak with a 76-72 win over the Bruins (Dec. 19, 2023). Prior to that game, UCLA had not lost at home since an overtime setback (84-81) to Oregon on Jan. 13, 2022. Since taking over as UCLA’s head coach prior to 2019-20, Mick Cronin<\/a> has guided UCLA to an 91-15 home record (85.8 win percentage). With a 12-0 home record this season, UCLA has won each of its last 14 consecutive home contests.

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\nMISCELLANEOUS NOTES ON UCLA

\n\u2013 UCLA has gone 5-0 when shooting at least 50 percent from the field this season. The Bruins’ season-high 62.7 shooting percentage in a win at home against Presbyterian was the program’s best single-game mark since Dec. 10, 2016 (UCLA shot 62.7% in an 102-84 win at home against Michigan, shooting 39-for-58 overall).

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\n\u2013 Senior guard Donovan Dent<\/a> has averaged 6.7 assists per game in 19 contests this season. Since assists were routinely recorded at UCLA, starting in 1973-74, only three student-athletes have logged at least 7.0 assists per game in one season (Pooh Richardson, twice, as well as Lonzo Ball in 2016-17 and Larry Drew II in 2012-13).

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\n\u2013 The Bruins’ 15-man roster this season includes eight student-athletes who are from the Southern California region. All 15 student-athletes are from the United States. Looking at the eight local players, five are from Los Angeles County and three are from Riverside County (Donovan Dent<\/a>, Eric Freeny<\/a> and Anthony Peoples Jr.<\/a> all went to Corona Centennial HS).

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\n\u2013 Through 20 games, the Bruins have logged an assist-turnover ratio of 1.56-to-1 (ranks No. 40, nationally). Last season, UCLA’s assist-turnover ratio (1.55-to-1) ranked No. 20 in the nation and was second in the Big Ten. The Bruins concluded the 2024-25 season with an assist-turnover ratio of 1.55, but posted a ratio of 1.81 in their final 15 games.

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\n\u2013 Since the start of the 2020-21 season, the Bruins have gone 75-33 in conference play (logging a 69.4 win percentage). UCLA went 13-7 in Big Ten play last season, tied for fourth place in the 18-team league standings.

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