Women’s basketball focuses on driving for upcoming Oregon State, Oregon games

The Bruins will face back-to-back top-10 teams this weekend. UCLA women’s basketball (9-6, 2-1 Pac-12) will battle No. 10 Oregon State (12-2, 2-0) on Friday and No. 5 Oregon (13-1, 2-0) on Sunday at Pauley Pavilion. These games will be the third and fourth consecutive times the Bruins will play a ranked team. The Beavers […]

Women’s basketball brings home 72-65 victory against USC to start conference play

Cori Close said the third quarter was the turning point for the Bruins. “We played with much more toughness,” the coach said. “If you want a different outcome, then you need to choose a different response. That’s really what the bottom line of the second half was.” UCLA (8-5, 1-0 Pac-12) women’s basketball overcame a […]

Women’s basketball extinguishes Illinois-Chicago Flames in 78-47 win

Michaela Onyenwere said the Bruins wanted to win for a special reason. “We knew that we were coming back to (redshirt senior guard Chrissy Baird’s) hometown,” the sophomore forward said. “We wanted to make her homecoming really nice for her.” UCLA women’s basketball (6-5) captured a 78-47 road victory over Illinois-Chicago (2-7) on Wednesday night […]

Women’s basketball looks to continue undefeated streak against Fresno State

Kennedy Burke said the highest priority for the Bruin’s offense on Friday will be patience. “(We can’t) force them and (can’t) go into the spots they’ve trapped,” the senior guard said. “We have to be available on the open court, but not going far away from the ball.” After falling to Indiana in the final […]

Women’s basketball acclimates to having mostly underclassmen on lineup

Almost two-thirds of the Bruins’ roster this season are underclassmen. “This year, a lot of new people are stepping into (new) roles,” said redshirt freshman guard Lindsey Corsaro. “You don’t have any bad things from last year carrying over, you just have people coming in who are just ready to go after it, ready to […]

Women’s basketball manage to pillage Seton Hall Pirates 78-62

Cori Close repeated two words for her team after the game: “growth” and “toughness.” “It was a lack of focus,” Close said. “We gave them opportunities and we started playing in a way to get through the game instead of using every possession as an opportunity to get better.” Coming off an upset victory over […]

Women’s basketball focuses on growth, gears up for game against Georgia

The Bruins will challenge a ranked team for the first time this season. “We don’t lock in on the rankings at all,” said sophomore forward Lauryn Miller. “We just focus on that opponent just for what they do, and then we lock in on what we can do best to go and get the win.” […]