UCLA (7-3) vs. Notre Dame (7-3)
Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center, Notre Dame, Indiana; Saturday, 3 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: UCLA and Notre Dame both look to put winning streaks together . UCLA blew out Denver by 19 on Sunday. Notre Dame is coming off a 110-71 win over Detroit on Tuesday.
SENIOR SCORING: Notre Dame has relied heavily on its seniors this year. John Mooney, T.J. Gibbs, Juwan Durham, Prentiss Hubb and Dane Goodwin have combined to account for 74 percent of the team's scoring this season and 76 percent of all Fighting Irish points over the last five games.MIGHTY MOONEY: Mooney has connected on 31.3 percent of the 32 3-pointers he's attempted and has made 4 of 10 over the last three games. He's also converted 52.6 percent of his foul shots this season.
ACCOUNTING FOR ASSISTS: The Irish have recently used assists to create baskets more often than the Bruins. Notre Dame has 60 assists on 82 field goals (73.2 percent) across its previous three contests while UCLA has assists on 40 of 84 field goals (47.6 percent) during its past three games.
DID YOU KNOW: Notre Dame has committed a turnover on just 14.2 percent of its possessions this season, which is the fifth-best rate among all Division I teams. The Fighting Irish have turned the ball over only 10.1 times per game this season.
