The Bruins are inching up in the rankings. Because then-No. 7 South Carolina (20-5) fell to the top two teams in the nation last week, UCLA women’s basketball (21-4, 12-2 Pac-12) has leapt ahead of South Carolina to the No. Read more...
Photo: Despite UCLA women’s basketball being on a ten-game win streak, coach Cori Close wants see more from her seniors. Early foul trouble has forced them to sit in a handful of recent match-ups. (Liz Ketcham/Daily Bruin)
The winning streak lives on. No. 8 UCLA women’s basketball (21-4, 12-2 Pac-12) pulled away in the fourth quarter against No. 25 Arizona State (17-9, 8-6) on Sunday afternoon to win their 10th game in a row 71-63. Read more...
Photo: Senior guard Jordin Canada and UCLA women’s basketball extended their win streak to 10 games with a 71-63 victory over Arizona State on Sunday afternoon. Canada led the Bruins with 16 points. (Grant Mooney/Daily Bruin)
The Wildcats never recovered from the Bruins’ blistering first quarter. No. 8 UCLA women’s basketball (20-4, 11-2 Pac-12) jumped out to a 19-7 lead and limited Arizona (6-18, 2-11 Pac-12) to just 18.8 percent from the field in the first quarter. Read more...
Photo: Forward Michaela Onyenwere posted 17 points and 12 rebounds in UCLA’s 69-46 victory over Arizona on Friday night. It was the freshman’s third career double-double. (Isra Ameen/Daily Bruin)
Riding an eight-game winning streak, coach Cori Close and the Bruins aren’t getting comfortable just yet. “I couldn’t care less about streaks,” Close said Wednesday. “The reality is that I really care about how we’re getting better.” With the Pac-12 season winding down, No. Read more...
Photo: UCLA women’s basketball will face the Arizona schools at Pauley Pavilion this weekend. The Bruins are in a three-way tie atop the Pac-12 standings and have yet to face either team this season. (Daily Bruin file photo)
There were nearly more UCLA fans than USC fans in Monday’s rematch at the Galen Center. After cutting into a 14-point deficit, the Trojans had trimmed it to a 1-point game midway through the final frame. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt junior forward Lajahna Drummer added 6 points in the Bruins’ home game against USC, but scored nearly twice as many points when the Bruins traveled across town and took on the Trojans at the Galen Center. (Axel Lopez, Daily Bruin)
SoftballDavid Gottlieb, Sports editor UCLA softball was picked to finish second in the Pac-12 Preseason Coaches Poll, which was released Monday. The Bruins were one of just two teams to receive first-place votes. Read more...
Photo: Only UCLA and Oregon received first-place votes in the Pac-12 Preseason Coaches Poll. (Daily Bruin file photo)
First-year undeclared student Chantel Horvat describes her experience moving from Geelong, Australia, to Los Angeles to compete on the UCLA women’s basketball team. Horvat’s profile is the first installment in the Daily Bruin’s new series about international student-athletes. Read more...
