UCLA’s basketball team will have another familiar face next season after point guard Jaylen Hands announced Wednesday that he would return for his sophomore season.
The Bruins are still waiting to learn the status of freshman forward Cody Riley, who also declared for the draft while not hiring an agent in order to preserve his college eligibility. Riley has until the end of Wednesday to announce his intentions.
The return of Wilkes and Hands should make UCLA among the favorites to win the Pac-12 Conference next season after massive personnel losses at Arizona, USC and Oregon.
Wilkes was the team’s second-leading scorer (13.