A freshman guard has left UCLA women’s basketball. Jaden Owens – a former five-star recruit and McDonald’s All-American – will transfer to Baylor, the school announced Monday. Read more...
Photo: Freshman guard Jaden Owens came to Westwood as a five-star recruit but played just one season with UCLA women’s basketball before announcing her transfer. She averaged less than 10 minutes per game in her debut season. (Niveda Tennety/Assistant Photo editor)
Former UCLA guard Japreece Dean will begin her professional career in the Windy City. The Chicago Sky selected Dean with the 30th overall pick in the third round of Friday’s 2020 WNBA draft, which was held remotely due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Read more...
Photo: After a five-year college career, including three seasons with UCLA women’s basketball, guard Japreece Dean was selected in the third round of the 2020 WNBA Draft by the Chicago Sky. (David Rimer/Daily Bruin)
When redshirt senior guard Japreece Dean took the court in No. 10 UCLA women’s basketball’s 67-51 Pac-12 tournament loss against No. 7 Stanford, she didn’t know that contest would be her last as a Bruin. Read more...
Photo: After having her final season with UCLA women’s basketball cut short because of the coronavirus pandemic, redshirt senior guard Japreece Dean looks to the 2020 WNBA Draft. (Lauren Man/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated April 8 at 10:05 a.m. People typically celebrate birthdays surrounded by the people who mean the most to them. This year was no different for Shannon Perry-LeBeauf, UCLA women’s basketball associate head coach. Read more...
Photo: Sean LeBeauf proposed to Shannon Perry-LeBeauf in front of the UCLA staff and team in Pauley Pavilion on Feb. 11, 2019. He said he knew she would want to be surrounded by her Bruin family during a moment like that. (Alex Driscoll/Daily Bruin)
Just like that, it was over. It didn’t matter that No. 10 UCLA women’s basketball (26-5, 14-4 Pac-12) began its season with its best start in program history, was the last remaining undefeated team in the nation or was projected by some to secure its highest NCAA tournament seed in program history. Read more...
Photo: No. 10 UCLA women’s basketball opened its 2019-2020 season with a 16-game winning streak – good for the Bruins’ best start in program history and to make them the last undefeated Division I team in the nation. (Photo by Lauren Man/Daily Bruin, illustration by Sophie Marencik/Assistant Design director)
This post was updated March 11 at 7:39 p.m. This year’s March Madness is going to be quieter than usual. All men’s and women’s basketball NCAA tournament games will be held with essential staff and limited family members only because of the outbreak of COVID-19, meaning no fans will be in attendance to watch UCLA men’s and women’s basketball’s postseason runs this season. Read more...
Photo: Fans will not be permitted into men’s and women’s basketball national tournament games following an NCAA statement in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. (Photo illustration by Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated March 9 at 12:41 a.m. LAS VEGAS — The size deficit was ultimately too much for the Bruins to overcome. With Stanford having five players in its rotation as tall as or taller than UCLA’s tallest active player, the Bruins allowed 15 offensive rebounds that led to nine Cardinal points, and gave up 32 points in the paint. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior guard Japreece Dean was one of three players to put up a team-high 14 points in No. 2 seed UCLA women’s basketball’s loss to No. 3 seed Stanford on Saturday night. Dean shot 6-of-15 from the field but went just 1-of-5 from distance. (Lauren Man/Daily Bruin)
