In 2018 – 19 , Hands assumed the lead point guard role with Holiday having left for the NBA . Hands hoped to become a better leader and improve his assist-to-turnover ratio . He and fellow sophomore Kris Wilkes were the team 's top two returning scorers . On November 28 , 2019 , Hands had a career-high 11 assists in an 80 – 61 win over Hawaii . In the following game , he had his first career double-double with 17 points and 10 assists in an 82 – 58 win over Loyola Marymount . He followed up with 12 points and a career-high-tying 11 assists for his second straight double-double in a win against Notre Dame . He became the first Bruins player with 10 or more assists in three consecutive games after achieving it only once in his first 37 career games . On February 9 , 2019 , Hands scored a career-high 27 points against Utah , but the Bruins blew a 22-point lead with 12:10 remaining in the game and lost 93 – 92 on a three-point field goal at the buzzer . Hands conceded that he committed an intentional foul too early with 6.9 seconds left in the game , helping to set up the Utes ' game-winning shot . On February 23 , he scored all of his 27 points in the second half , when he was 7 of 8 on 3-pointers to help UCLA rally from a 19-point deficit in the half and win 90 – 83 versus Oregon . In the following game against USC , he had 21 points and 10 assists with no turnovers in a 93 – 88 overtime win over their crosstown rivals . He had sat out the first 2:19 of overtime as the Bruins opted for a stronger defensive lineup , but he returned to make a three-pointer with 21 seconds remaining to extend the Bruins ' one-point lead and help secure the victory . His performance against the Trojans earned him his first Pac-12 Player of the Week honors . In UCLA 's opening game of the Pac-12 Tournament , Hands had 22 points and a career-high 11 rebounds in a 79 – 72 win over 10th-seeded Stanford . He finished the year as the Pac-12 leader in assists ( 6.1 ) , and was named second-team All-Pac-12 . After the season , he announced that he would declare for the NBA draft and hire an agent
Pac-12 Tournament
2019 Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Jaylen Hands