Preview: NCAA Tournament – (4) UCLA vs. (13) Tulsa

2014 NCAA Tournament
Second Round
Viejas Arena – San Diego, Calif.

TULSA GOLDEN HURRICANE (21-12)

• This is the 15th trip to the NCAA Tournament for Tulsa and the first appearance since 2003.
• Tulsa comes in with an 11-game winning streak, which is the longest in school history.
• TU is 2-3 all-time vs. UCLA, but has won the last two, including a 112-102 victory 20 years ago in the 1994 NCAA Tournament.
• Tulsa’s head coach, Danny Manning, named the Conference USA Coach of the Year, won the NCAA Championship in 1988 with Kansas.  UCLA’s head coach, Steve Alford, won the NCAA Championship the year before in 1987 with Indiana.

UCLA BRUINS (26-8)

• The Bruins are making their 46th appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
• Kyle Anderson averaged closer to a triple-double than any other player in the nation as he enters the NCAA Tournament averaging 14.9 points per game, leading his team in rebounds per game (8.8) and the Pac-12 in assists per game (6.6).  He was also named the Most Outstanding Player in the conference tournament.

2013-2014 Team

Tulsa (C-USA Rank)

UCLA (Pac-12 Rank)

Scoring Offense

73.1 ppg (3)

81.8 ppg (2)

Scoring Defense

67.4 ppg (6)

70.8 ppg (8)

Free Throw Percentage

.675 (7)

.749 (3)

Field Goal Percentage

.442 (7)

.490 (1)

Three Point Percentage

.325 (12)

.391 (3)

Rebounding Margin

+0.6 (11)

+2.2 (4)

Turnover Margin

+2.7 (2)

+4.0 (1)

2013-2014 Individual

Points

James Woodard, 15.7 (7)

Jordan Adams, 17.2 (7)

Rebounds

James Woodard, 5.8 (>20)

Kyle Anderson, 8.8 (3)

Assists

Shaquille Harrison, 3.2 (10)

Kyle Anderson, 6.6 (1)

Steals

Shaquille Harrison, 1.8 (5)

Jordan Adams, 2.7 (1)

Blocks

Brandon Swannegan, 1.6 (6)

Kyle Anderson, 0.8 (>15)

Three-pointers made

James Woodard, 1.9 (10)

Jordan Adams, 1.5 (15)

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