UCLA women’s basketball swept its weekend matchups over No. 23 Arizona State and unranked Arizona behind the efforts of two of its top upperclassmen. The No. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard Jordin Canada hasn’t played less than 30 minutes in a game since mid-December, including playing at least 37 minutes in seven of the last eight games. Canada leads the team in playing time with 35 minutes per game. (Kristie Hoang/Daily Bruin)
Junior guard Jordin Canada says coach Cori Close constantly tells her players to breathe. During the UCLA women’s basketball team’s first game of the weekend, the No. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard Jordin Canada scored UCLA’s final nine points to solidify a victory against Arizona State. Canada finished the night with 26 points and six assists. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Daily Bruin)
Nicole Kornet is relatively old for a college student. At 23, the redshirt senior guard is the second oldest player on the women’s basketball team. After living in Kentucky, Arizona, Texas and Oklahoma, she landed at UCLA after transferring from the University of Oklahoma last year. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior Nicole Kornet will try to stop the younger Arizona State backcourt this weekend. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
UCLA women’s basketball is two weeks removed from its tough weekend in Washington, where they fell to unranked Washington State. However, since returning home, the No. Read more...
Photo: Junior forward Monique Billings has notched 12 double-doubles this season as well as dropping a career-high 30 points against Oregon. On the year, Billings is averaging 18.2 points and 11 rebounds per game. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The No. 13 UCLA Bruins (15-4, 6-2 Pac-12) had plenty of smiles to go around the past two weeks, and a return to Westwood for Sunday’s second consecutive matchup against crosstown rival USC (10-9, 1-7) ended in a 71-67 win giving the Bruins even more to smile about. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore guard Kennedy Burke tied her career-high mark with 23 points in 34 minutes of play during UCLA’s 71-67 victory over crosstown rival USC. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
While Bruin athletes continue competing in Westwood, here’s a look at some of the biggest news from the rest of the Pac-12. Track and fieldMichael Hull, assistant Sports editor Nike co-founder Phil Knight has donated hundreds of millions of dollars over the years to the University of Oregon athletics department, and the track and field program has reaped the benefits. Read more...
Photo: UCLA downed USC by 15, but it was really a show between two players. UCLA junior forward Monique Billings dropped 28 points and added 11 rebounds while USC senior guard Courtney Jaco notched 27 points. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The women’s basketball team’s first game against USC this season only briefly looked like a competitive rivalry. In what would eventually be a 74-59 win for the Bruins (14-4, 5-2 Pac-12), the Trojans (10-8, 1-6) came out in the first quarter playing tough basketball. Read more...
Photo: Forward Monique Billings recorded a team-high 28 points last night against USC. The junior scored a career-high just four days ago against Oregon. (Jintak Han/Assistant photo editor)
