Author Archives: Chris Kalra

This weekend, UCLA women’s basketball is putting rebounding, defense and ball security on the back burner.

As the Bruins filed off the floor of Haas Pavilion in Berkeley, Calif. on Sunday, the pain of leaving the Bay Area empty-handed began to sink in. “When you put your heart out on the line, it hurts when you don’t accomplish what you set out to do,” said coach Cori Close. It hurt when […]

When forward Atonye Nyingifa walked into the doctor’s office in December of 2011, she prayed lightning wouldn’t strike twice.

As practice died down on Wednesday evening, UCLA’s offense began to light up.

On one court, senior forward Alyssia Brewer caught the ball in the post, spun and gave her defender an up-and-under shoulder fake, throwing the defender off balance and allowing her to lay it in easily.

Trailing against Oregon State on Sunday, UCLA looked like it was heading for a letdown against a mediocre team on the road. But then, the Bruins flipped the switch. They sunk their teeth in on defense and surged on a 14-0 run late in the second half to steal the game, 68-64. “At halftime, coach […]

As senior guard/forward Markel Walker broke down her team’s work in practice this week, one glaring theme kept arising.