Wednesday, February 18

Streak snapped: UCLA women’s basketball drops 1st game of season in USC loss

This post was updated Feb. 14 at 1:29 a.m. Rosters shift, playbooks evolve, calendars shuffle, conferences realign and leaders rotate through every offseason.  But some scripts don’t get rewritten.  Thursday night trapped the Bruins in their own rerun – a nightmarish one – allowing their fiercest rival to undo their once-perfect season.   For the second consecutive season, the Trojans stopped the Bruins in their tracks. Read more...

Photo: USC guard JuJu Watkins attempts to block a layup by UCLA junior center Lauren Betts. Junior guard Kiki Rice and Betts put up a combined 33 points, but their effort wasn’t enough to outshine Watkins’ 38 points. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)





Lauren Betts, JuJu Watkins to star in women’s basketball crosstown rivalry game

Women’s college basketball will look to Los Angeles this week for one of its highest profile matchups of the regular season. No. 1 UCLA women’s basketball (23-0, 11-0 Big Ten) will take on No. Read more...

Photo: Coach Cori Close looks onto the court at the UCLA women’s basketball team. Close has led her team to a 23-game undefeated streak to start the 2024-2025 season. (Michael Gallagher/Assistant Photo editor)