She’s been here for six years, battled through two separate ACL injuries and is now earning a graduate degree at UCLA. Through it all, Atonye Nyingifa has played 135 games, the most in UCLA women’s basketball history, and now can finally see the end of a long, but rewarding, journey. Read more...
Photo: After six years at UCLA, senior forward Atonye Nyingifa will play in her final regular season games for the Bruins this weekend. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin)
For 36 years, Ann Meyers Drysdale held the UCLA women’s basketball record for career blocks at 101 as a guard standing at just 5 feet 9 inches. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt junior Corinne Costa became UCLA women’s basketball’s career blocks leader in the Bruins’ game against the Washington State Cougars after recording the 102nd block of her career. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin)
Any player cutting into Thea Lemberger’s lane better expect some contact. “I’m excited to hit ‘em,” she said. The women’s basketball senior guard has already taken the most charges on her team, but she’ll gladly take some more.She’ll dive for loose balls. Read more...
Photo: Senior guard Thea Lemberger has been playing with a stress fracture in her right leg this season, but is still averaging 37.7 minutes and 15.2 points per game. (Tim Bradbury/Daily Bruin senior staff)
At the end of 40 minutes, the Stanford Cardinal emerged victorious. The primarily blue crowd in Pauley Pavilion was on its feet, applauding. But the cheers were not for the No. Read more...
Photo: As seniors Thea Lemberger and Atonye Nyingifa played their final home game Sunday, coach Cori Close will look to sophomore Nirra Fields to be a future leader for the team. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin)
This weekend may be the last time this season that a UCLA women’s basketball game opens with a recording of a John Wooden quote. It’ll be the same lights, the same hoops and the same fans in Pauley Pavilion one last time, as UCLA takes on No. Read more...
Photo: Senior guard Thea Lemberger will be playing in the final regular-season home game of her college career this weekend. UCLA will play California on Friday in its “Play 4Kay” game – the Bruins’ 8th annual breast cancer awareness game, and honor its senior basketball players Sunday during its game against Stanford. (Photo credit: Joseph Chan)
For one afternoon, it looked like the roles were reversed. The UCLA women’s basketball team spent the President’s Day holiday in the Matthew Knight Arena facing off against the nation’s No. Read more...
Photo: Nirra Fields was one of three UCLA players to score more than 20 points in the Bruins’ 103-83 win over the Oregon Ducks. The sophomore guard finished with 26 points on 8-17 shooting. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin)
Coach Cori Close asked each player to raise her hand if she felt that she had committed absolutely 100 percent to the last drill. No one raised their hand, so Close had the drill repeated. Read more...
Photo: Senior guard Thea Lemberger and the rest of the Bruins are looking to bring a new sense of urgency to the court as the team enters the home stretch of its season. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin)
