LOS ANGELES – No. 4-ranked UCLA (25-4, 16-2 Pac-12) will close the regular season with a pair of home games this week against Arizona State on Thursday and Arizona on Saturday. The Bruins’ home game against Arizona State this Thursday will begin at 6 p.m. (PT) and will be nationally televised on ESPN. UCLA has won five of its last six contests against Arizona State, including a 74-62 victory at Desert Financial Arena in Tempe, Ariz., earlier this season (Thursday, Jan. 19).
GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom
Capacity: 13,800
Tipoff Time: 6:05 p.m. (PT)
Television: ESPN
TV Talent: Roxy Bernstein (play-by-play), Corey Williams (analyst)
Radio Broadcast (UCLA Sports Network): AM 1150
Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Tracy Murray (analyst)
SIRIUS XM, SIRIUS XM App Channels: Channels TBD
ABOUT THE BRUINS
– The Bruins have won the Pac-12 regular-season title for the first time since 2013 (UCLA’s 32nd conference title).
– UCLA has won at least 20 games for the third consecutive season and for the eighth time in the last 12 seasons.
– The Bruins have entered the week with a 16-2 mark in Pac-12 play (and a three-game lead in the league standings).
– UCLA’s 16-2 start through 18 Pac-12 games marks the program’s best conference record since the 2007-08 season.
– Jaime Jaquez Jr. has averaged 22.2 points and 8.4 rebounds and shot 50.6 percent in UCLA’s last five games.
– The Bruins have averaged 71.8 points and limited the opposition to 59.4 points in the team’s last five contests.
– Sporting a 25-4 record, UCLA has recorded its best start through 29 games since the 2016-17 season (was 26-3).
– The Bruins finished February with an undefeated record (8-0) for the first time since the 2016-17 season.
– UCLA has won 23 consecutive home games, marking the nation’s longest active home winning streak.
– UCLA has limited the opposition to fewer than 70 points in 25 of 29 total contests this season.
– UCLA ranks No. 7, nationally, and No. 1 in the Pac-12 in fewest points allowed per game (59.7).
– The Bruins have committed fewer turnovers than their opponent in 28 of 29 games this season.
– UCLA has posted a 14-1 record this season when committing fewer than 10 turnovers in a game.
– UCLA has gone 15-0 in home contests this…
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