In late November 2020, the Bruins traveled to Malibu for their first road matchup of the year. What ensued was confusion and ambiguity until just minutes before tipoff, a positive COVID-19 test within Pepperdine’s program confirmed the second straight postponed game for No. Read more...
Photo: Coach Cori Close gives a thumbs-up gesture to her bench. Wednesday’s home opener will mark the UCLA women’s basketball coach’s 11th season with the program. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Nov. 11 at 3:25 a.m. Two familiar faces will return to the court for the Bruins this season. Redshirt senior guard Kayla Owens and senior guard Kiara Jefferson will make their first appearance for No. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior guard Kayla Owens (left) attempts a layup and senior guard Kiara Jefferson (right) attempts a jumper. The pair will be making their return from a one-season hiatus after opting out of last season. (Daily Bruin file photos)
This post was updated Nov. 4 at 3:39 p.m. The Bruins have already secured their first win of the season. Class of 2022 five-star guard Kiki Rice committed to No. Read more...
Photo: No. 20 UCLA women’s basketball secured the commitment from guard Kiki Rice on Thursday. Rice is the No. 2-ranked player in the class of 2022. (Lauren Man/Daily Bruin senior staff)
For the Bruins, building team chemistry is a science in itself. Two weeks out from its season opener against Pepperdine, No. 20 UCLA women’s basketball held practice in Pauley Pavilion with open media availability. Read more...
Photo: Graduate transfer Iimar’i Thomas is defended by a practice player on the left wing during practice Friday morning. The UCLA women’s basketball forward is set to make her debut as a Bruin on Nov. 10. (Grace Wilson/Daily Bruin)
The Bruins have high expectations despite many new faces, according to coach Cori Close. UCLA women’s basketball was picked to finish third in the Pac-12 preseason coaches poll released Tuesday, the same day Close spoke to the media at Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Media Day in San Francisco. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard Charisma Osborne (middle) and graduate student guard Gina Conti (right) represented UCLA women’s basketball at the 2021 Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Media Day in San Francisco on Tuesday. (Courtesy of Jenny Chaung/Pac-12)
This post was updated Oct. 11 at 1:41 a.m. Deja vu was in the air at the Bruins’ practice Friday morning. After prematurely ending practice a week before because of what she called an unsatisfactory effort from her team, UCLA women’s basketball coach Cori Close expressed a similar sentiment Friday, telling the Bruins during drills that she won’t coach players who don’t show up to practice and deliver. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard Charisma Osborne, who is one of three returning upperclassmen from last year’s roster, earned All-Pac-12 and Pac-12 All-Defensive Team honors in her second year with UCLA women’s basketball. (Esther Ma/Daily Bruin)
The injury bug has once again hit the Bruins. UCLA women’s basketball forward Emily Bessoir sustained a noncontact ACL tear in her left knee during practice earlier this week and will be out for nine months, the sophomore announced Friday in an Instagram post after the team’s morning practice. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Emily Bessoir sustained a torn ACL in her left knee during practice earlier in the week, the forward announced in an Instagram post Friday. Bessoir averaged 7.5 points and 5.2 rebounds per game in her debut season in Westwood a year ago. (Esther Ma/Daily Bruin)
