Harry Potter Night cast a spell on Pauley Pavilion this weekend. There was magic, but it was brewing in the visitors’ locker room. On Friday, UCLA (8-11, 4-4 Pac-12) was outgunned 79-70 against No. 11 Stanford (15-5, 7-1), and Cal (15-5, 6-2) handed the Bruins a 72-57 defeat on Sunday. “(Stanford and Cal) couldn’t be […]
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Bruin rebounds from injuries to win two Pac-12 honors
A shuddering fall, a sore back, muscle spasms, a broken nose, a concussion and two Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors. It seems like an athletic paradox, a nonsensical descriptive list for an individual player. Yet freshman Jordin Canada accepted the cards she was dealt from a stacked deck, and played a poor hand better […]
Women’s basketball improves Pac-12 record after dual conference wins
It can be difficult to ignite a fire, especially when conditions are unfavorable. UCLA women’s basketball (7-9) had an adverse start to its season with 10 newcomers, including five freshmen and two redshirt freshmen. They started with a four-game losing streak, and recently had to bench key players due to injuries. The hype that preceded […]
Women’s basketball to face tough Pac-12 competition
At the start of the season, UCLA tackled the toughest nonconference schedule in the nation. The Bruins ended nonconference play with seven losses — four of those losses were served from top 10 teams. UCLA is now three games into Pac-12 conference play, winning its first game against USC and dropping the past two games […]
UCLA women’s basketball loses to Oregon State 65-47
The No. 13 Oregon State University Beavers started their season with 11 straight wins until falling to No. 8 Tennessee. The Bruins tacked a 12th win onto the Beaver’s record after being outgunned in a 65-47 loss Saturday. Junior guard Nirra Fields scored the 1,000th point of her career in the contest, becoming the 31st […]
Despite strong defense, women’s basketball loses to Notre Dame 82-67
Last season, UCLA women’s basketball was able to upset a top-10 team when it defeated University of Oklahoma. This season, the unranked Bruins (4-7) have been winless in nonconference play against five ranked teams. No. 4 University of Notre Dame put the final nail in UCLA’s nonconference coffin this afternoon with an 82-67 victory. Yet, despite […]
Women’s basketball defeats Sacramento State 92-83 to continue win steak
The coaching staff of the UCLA women’s basketball team walked into Pauley Pavilion barefoot, sat on the sidelines barefoot and even huddled in timeouts barefoot. While the pace of Friday’s game vs. Sacramento State was undeniably fast, it wasn’t the rapidity of the game, the 92-83 victory or the numerous career highs that that knocked […]