The day after No. 12 UCLA women’s basketball finished its conference season 14-4 with a strong win over then-No. 9 Arizona State, the Pac-12 announced its All-Pac-12 team, its All-Defensive team and its All-Freshman team. Three Bruins earned awards, while one was given an honorable mention. Sophomore guard Jordin Canada and senior guard Nirra Fields […]
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Oregon State women’s basketball cuts short UCLA’s winning streak
It was going to happen eventually. After winning nine of its last 10, No. 12 UCLA women’s basketball (20-7, 12-4 Pac-12) was on a roll. The Bruins had reached their highest ranking all season and hadn’t yet had a double-digit, convincing loss. However, playing No. 7 Oregon State on the road in Corvallis, Oregon, it […]
Women’s basketball heads to Oregon to take on Pac-12 powerhouse OSU
Oregon State women’s basketball coach Scott Rueck sat at the podium with guard Jamie Weisner. Both looked stunned. It was Jan. 4 and their Beaver team had just suffered a 20 point loss to UCLA, then – and still – by far their largest of the season. Guard Sydney Wiese was not sitting on the […]
Women’s basketball takes down Huskies 63-59 in Washington rematch
In every game that Washington’s Kelsey Plum has played this season, she has forced her opponent to react to her. Sometimes it’s in the fourth quarter, sometimes it’s earlier. Against the Bruins on Sunday morning, it was much earlier, and it almost proved too much for the Bruins to react to. During an eventual 63-59 […]
Women’s basketball anticipate rematch against Kelsey Plum, Huskies
When the women’s basketball team gets a visit from the Washington schools this weekend, Westwood will be a little different. It won’t be different because of Washington State, (12-11, 3-9) a solid if unspectacular team, or because of the University of Washington (16-7, 7-5). It will be different because Washington’s Kelsey Plum will be here. […]
Steadfast women’s basketball falls 65-61 to Arizona State
The Bruins don’t panic. They have played some of the best teams in the country and have been in very uncomfortable situations during games, but they stay focused. They keep things interesting. Just look at their biggest loss – a mere eight points. They don’t get blown out. They don’t panic. In the No. 14 […]
Women’s basketball anticipates high-intensity matchup against Beavers
Less than a day after returning from its weekend trip to Colorado and Utah, about half of the women’s basketball team went to coach Cori Close’s house Monday night to watch more basketball. It was a nationally televised matchup between the team’s next opponent, No. 8 Arizona State (18-4, 9-1 Pac-12) and No. 9 Oregon […]