On a night that usually sees its fair share of ghouls and ghosts, UCLA women’s basketball coach Cori Close kept with the supernatural theme when she said her team had some soul-searching to do during a halftime interview. Read more...
Photo: Sixth-year senior forward Antonye Nyingifa said UCLA can use this game to learn and prepare for the regular season.
UCLA men’s and women’s cross country teams headed to Sacramento for today’s NCAA Preview, a meet that showcases the top teams in the nation. The Bruins said they feel strong and confident after a successful training season and impressive season openers. Read more...
As hip-hop music boomed throughout Pauley Pavilion, UCLA women’s basketball’s Atonye Nyingifa took her turn in the latest practice drill. The forward dribbled into the lane, niftily Euro-stepped by a defender and finished by coolly finger-rolling the ball in. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior forward Atonye Nyingfa says there is a different aura surrounding this year’s women’s basketball team.
Sophomore guard Kari Korver of UCLA women's basketball will miss the 2013-2014 season, after an MRI Wednesday revealed she has a torn anterior cruciate ligament and a tear in the meniscus of her right knee. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore guard Kari Korver will miss the season with a right knee injury.
Just like when she first began lifting and conditioning with the UCLA women's basketball team last year, the first week of training with the Canadian team left Nirra Fields so sore, she couldn't roll around in bed. But like last year, Fields was able to push through the pain and contribute on the basketball court. Read more...
Photo: After training with the Canadian senior national team, coaches and teammates said rising sophomore guard Nirra Fields became a more well-rounded basketball player.
Senior guard/forward Markel Walker arrived at UCLA as one of the highest-ranked women’s basketball recruits to come to Westwood in recent memory, and left as one of the program’s leaders in wins over the last decade. Read more...
Despite early predictions, no UCLA women’s basketball players were drafted in the WNBA draft, which was held on Monday in Bristol, Conn. Before the draft, many mock drafts projected senior guard/forward Markel Walker to go somewhere between the late first round and early second round. Read more...
