A freshman guard has left UCLA women’s basketball. Jaden Owens – a former five-star recruit and McDonald’s All-American – will transfer to Baylor, the school announced Monday. Read more...
Photo: Freshman guard Jaden Owens came to Westwood as a five-star recruit but played just one season with UCLA women’s basketball before announcing her transfer. She averaged less than 10 minutes per game in her debut season. (Niveda Tennety/Assistant Photo editor)
Former UCLA guard Japreece Dean will begin her professional career in the Windy City. The Chicago Sky selected Dean with the 30th overall pick in the third round of Friday’s 2020 WNBA draft, which was held remotely due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Read more...
Photo: After a five-year college career, including three seasons with UCLA women’s basketball, guard Japreece Dean was selected in the third round of the 2020 WNBA Draft by the Chicago Sky. (David Rimer/Daily Bruin)
Chris Smith would be lucky to get selected in this year’s NBA Draft. That’s not a slight on his game – the UCLA men’s basketball junior won Pac-12 Most Improved Player of the Year and earned a spot on the First Team All-Pac-12 this season. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard Chris Smith averaged career highs in points and rebounds per game with UCLA men’s basketball last season. (Daanish Bhatti/Daily Bruin)
When redshirt senior guard Japreece Dean took the court in No. 10 UCLA women’s basketball’s 67-51 Pac-12 tournament loss against No. 7 Stanford, she didn’t know that contest would be her last as a Bruin. Read more...
Photo: After having her final season with UCLA women’s basketball cut short because of the coronavirus pandemic, redshirt senior guard Japreece Dean looks to the 2020 WNBA Draft. (Lauren Man/Daily Bruin)
Mick Cronin’s first recruiting cycle ended in the same place it started – with Johnny Juzang. The newly hired coach met with the then-high school junior guard in April 2019 before he reclassified and committed to Kentucky. Read more...
Photo: Coach Mick Cronin led UCLA men’s basketball to a 19-12 record in his first season with the Bruins, breaking his nine-year streak of 20-plus wins. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A month on from the unexpected early end to the Bruins’ season, coach Kelly Inouye-Perez said she will never forget the uncertainty she felt when the team found out the year was over. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt junior outfielder Aaliyah Jordan hit for a team-high .435 batting average in No. 1 UCLA softball’s abridged 2020 season. The Bruins had been playing for a chance to repeat as NCAA champions before the cancellation of winter and spring sports. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Kyla Ross finished her record-breaking collegiate career with a Honda Sport Award. UCLA gymnastics senior Kyla Ross was presented with the 2020 Honda Sport Award for gymnastics Wednesday afternoon. Read more...
Photo: UCLA gymnastics senior Kyla Ross finished off her career as a Bruin by winning the Honda Sport Award for gymnastics, presented to the top female collegiate athlete of the season. (Mackenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin senior staff)
