The Bruins haven’t fought the Fighting Irish since 2009. UCLA men’s basketball (6-2) will host Notre Dame (6-2) on Saturday night in the two former rivals’ first meeting in nearly a decade. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore guard Chris Smith is averaging 10.3 points per game as UCLA men’s basketball’s sixth man this season. Smith has upped his 3-point shooting percentage from 17.9 last year to 39.1 on 2.9 attempts per game in 2018. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Kennedy Burke said the highest priority for the Bruin’s offense on Friday will be patience. “(We can’t) force them and (can’t) go into the spots they’ve trapped,” the senior guard said. Read more...
Photo: Senior guard Japreece Dean logged a team-high 16 points on 7-of-18 from the field in UCLA women’s basketball’s loss to Indiana on Sunday afternoon. The Bruins have now dropped four straight games for the first time since 2014. (Xuxin Zhang/Daily Bruin)
Football Sam Connon, assistant Sports editor UCLA football had two players named to All-Pac-12 teams this week and another five given honorable mentions. The Bruins also had 13 players recognized for their academic success, with only redshirt freshman defensive lineman Odua Isibor and sophomore defensive back Quentin Lake named to the Pac-12 All-Academic second team. Read more...
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The Bruins waved goodbye at their shot at becoming back-to-back champions. UCLA men’s water polo (23-5) bowed out of the NCAA championship in the semifinals Saturday, failing to defend last year’s title. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s water polo will graduate four redshirt seniors who hold a 128-15 record over their five years. The senior class ended UCLA’s 10-year championship drought in 2014, winning a total of three titles in five years. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)
Kennedy Burke hung her head at the sound of the final buzzer as the Bruins dropped their fourth consecutive game. UCLA women’s basketball (3-5) fell to Indiana (7-0) 67-65 in the final seconds at home Sunday afternoon. Read more...
Photo: Senior guard Japreece Dean logged a team-high 16 points on 7-of-18 from the field in UCLA women’s basketball’s loss to Indiana on Sunday afternoon. The Bruins have now dropped four straight games for the first time since 2014. (Xuxin Zhang/Daily Bruin)
The Bruins rode their best defensive effort of the season to a second straight victory. UCLA men’s basketball (6-2) handed Loyola Marymount (8-1) its first loss of the year with an 82-58 win over the Lions at Pauley Pavilion on Sunday night. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore guard Jaylen Hands scored 17 points and dished out 10 assists in UCLA men’s basketball’s win over Loyola Marymount on Sunday night. It was also Hands’ first collegiate double-double. (Michael Zshornack/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The Bruins were tested this weekend. UCLA swim and dive (3-0, 3-0 Pac-12) finished in fifth place with an overall 425.5 points in the Georgia Fall Invitational against various NCAA teams, all but one outside of the Pac-12. Read more...
Photo: Senior diver Traci Shiver finished the weekend in Athens, Georgia, with a second-place finish in platform diving, recording a season-high score of 241.00 for the Bruins and qualifying her for the NCAA Zones. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin)
