History often repeats itself. UCLA women’s basketball (5-4, 0-1 Pac-12) played through much of the 2020-2021 season hovering around the NCAA requirement of seven active players, even having to cancel several games because of a combination of injuries and COVID-19 protocols. Read more...
Photo: Gruaduate student forward IImar’I Thomas prepares to shoot the ball. Thomas played in her first Pac-12 game as a Bruin on Sunday, scoring 11 points in a loss to Colorado. (Ariana Fadel/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated Jan. 9 at 2:03 p.m. In their first conference game of the season, the Bruins were unable to hand a Pac-12 foe their first loss of the season. Read more...
Photo: Graduate student guard Natalie Chou shoots a floater. Chou led four double-digit scorers with 15 points in UCLA women’s basketball’s loss to Colorado on Sunday morning. (Ariana Fadel/Daily Bruin staff)
The Bruins are returning to the hardwood after a 29-day hiatus. UCLA women’s basketball (5-3) will travel to Boulder to face Colorado (12-0, 1-0 Pac-12) on Sunday, marking its first matchup since losing to Connecticut on Dec. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard Charisma Osborne scans the floor for an open teammate. Osborne leads the Bruins with 19.6 points per game this season. (Sakshi Joglekar/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Dec. 24 at 12:48 p.m. A pair of pauses will extend for the Bruins’ basketball programs. After UCLA men’s basketball announced a pause of team-related activities Dec. Read more...
Photo: Basketballs sit on a shooting rack in a dormant Pauley Pavilion. The stadium will not see any UCLA men’s or women’s basketball in the coming week, as the pair of programs have announced pauses of team-related activities because of COVID-19 developments. (Jason Zhu/Daily Bruin staff)
For the second day in a row, Bruin basketball has been shut down at Pauley Pavilion. UCLA women’s basketball’s (5-3) home matchup against Texas Southern (0-6) set for Thursday evening will not be played as scheduled because of COVID-19 protocols, the team announced hours before the 7:00 p.m. Read more...
Photo: UCLA women’s basketball coach Cori Close ponders from the sidelines. The Bruins saw the first cancellation of a scheduled matchup this season on Thursday due to COVID-19 protocols. (Sakshi Joglekar/Assistant Photo editor).
After an unsuccessful one-game road trip across the country, the Bruins will be back in Westwood for their final three nonconference games of the regular season. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt freshman guard Dominique Onu holds the ball in UCLA women’s basketball’s win over San Jose State on Dec. 5. (Sakshi Joglekar/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Dec. 11 at 6:15 p.m. Entering this week, Connecticut hadn’t lost back-to-back games since 1993. With a chance to break the streak after the Huskies’ loss Thursday, the Bruins were down by three with a little more than six minutes left in the game. However, as the deficit sat at six, junior guard Charisma Osborne was forced to leave the game with a cramp in her left calf, taking her team’s chances at winning with her. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard Charisma Osborne drives to the basket in UCLA women’s basketball’s loss to No. 3 Connecticut on Saturday morning. Osborne finished the game with 26 points while sinking a career-high seven 3-pointers. (Marie Goldfarb/Daily Bruin)
