For 36 years, Ann Meyers Drysdale held the UCLA women’s basketball record for career blocks at 101 as a guard standing at just 5 feet 9 inches. And then along came Corinne Costa, who plays forward/center and towers over most players on the court at a height of 6 feet 4 inches. The redshirt junior, […]
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Bruins shoot to rebound from recent losses
Coach Cori Close asked each player to raise her hand if she felt that she had committed absolutely 100 percent to the last drill. No one raised their hand, so Close had the drill repeated. Immediately, a new sense of urgency drifted onto the court. That urgency was what Close was looking for. With just […]
Nirra Fields finds home on basketball court
Racing up and down the basketball court, Nirra Fields is at home – it’s her place of solace. It’s been there to give her a place to escape the struggles of living in a family with a single mother who could not always provide for her seven children in the suburbs of Montreal, Quebec. It […]
UCLA women’s basketball loses to rival USC, 68-54
Walking off the court, surrounded by a sea of cheering fans in red, was not how UCLA seniors, Thea Lemberger and Atonye Nyingifa, imagined the outcome of the game. UCLA women’s basketball fell to USC 68-54 in the second and final scheduled rivalry game of the season – a game that the Trojans controlled right […]
Women’s basketball finds success with new formula
The game clock was ticking down and UCLA was only up by three over Washington State. But after the ball found its way into senior guard Thea Lemberger’s hands and she drew the foul, a wave of relief washed over the Pauley Pavilion crowd. About a minute later, the Bruins closed out the game by […]
Corinne Costa stands tall for UCLA women’s basketball
From now on, any center playing against UCLA will find herself looking up when she walks out to the jump ball. She’ll be lined up against Corinne Costa, all six feet and four inches of her. After sitting out the first nine games of the season with a knee injury and coming off the bench […]
Earning her shot: UCLA walk-on Madeline Brooks works way toward scholarship
A year ago, Madeline Brooks would have been in warmups on the bench cheering on her teammates. But this season against then-No. 10 Oklahoma, the junior guard found herself walking the almost 80 feet from the defensive baseline to the free throw line with UCLA up two points and 15 seconds left on the game […]