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UCLA hosts Oregon after Evans’ 23-point game
Oregon Ducks (4-4, 0-1 Big Ten) at UCLA Bruins (6-2, 1-0 Big Ten)
Los Angeles; Saturday, 6 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Oregon visits UCLA after Kwame Evans Jr. scored 23 points in Oregon’s 82-77 loss to the USC Trojans.
The Bruins have gone 5-0 in home games. UCLA ranks eighth in the Big Ten with 16.9 assists per game led by Donovan Dent averaging 6.9.
The Ducks play their first true road game after going 4-4 to begin the season. Oregon allows 75.6 points to opponents and has been outscored by 1.5 points per game.
UCLA makes 48.6% of its shots from the field this season, which is 3.5 percentage points higher than Oregon has allowed to its opponents (45.1%). Oregon has shot at a 41.1% rate from the field this season, 0.6 percentage points below the 41.7% shooting opponents of UCLA have averaged.
The Bruins and Ducks meet Saturday for the first time in conference play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Tyler Bilodeau is scoring 15.8 points per game and averaging 4.0 rebounds for the Bruins. Skyy Clark is averaging 2.0 made 3-pointers.
Nathan Bittle is averaging 16.3 points, 7.8 rebounds and 2.3 blocks for the Ducks. Jackson Shelstad is averaging 15.3 points and 5.1 assists.
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