Moments before UCLA basketball took the floor Thursday night, the biggest jeers facing the Bruins came neither from Oregon’s basketball players nor the Duck faithful scattered throughout Pauley Pavilion. No, it was UCLA’s pregame DJ that pointed out the elephant in the room and practically pulled on its trunk, playing Rob Base and DJ EZ […]
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UCLA women’s basketball’s Thea Lemberger plays through injury
Any player cutting into Thea Lemberger’s lane better expect some contact. “I’m excited to hit ‘em,” she said. The women’s basketball senior guard has already taken the most charges on her team, but she’ll gladly take some more. She’ll dive for loose balls. She’ll welcome the blows that try to stop her from scoring. She’s […]
UCLA men’s basketball falls to Stanford 83-74
STANFORD, Calif. — Coming out of halftime trailing Stanford by eight points, UCLA men’s basketball was looking to do what it has done so many times this season: outperform its opponent en route to a win. Instead the Bruins were met with something they have never seen before. With 16:06 left in the game, Stanford […]
UCLA men’s basketball blows out Cal 86-66 in Berkeley
UCLA played what coach Steve Alford described as its “best game” of the season in its 86-66 road win over Cal Wednesday. The Bruins held all of the Golden Bears’ starters to single digits and shot about 57 percent from the field in the game. Sophomore guard Jordan Adams led the way with 28 points, […]
Former Olympians, Current Bruins
With the Winter Olympics in full swing, the Daily Bruin takes a look at the experiences of four former Summer Olympians and current members of the UCLA gymnastics team. Here are all the portraits taken for the four day series of feature stories. Find the stories here: Samantha Peszek: http://165.227.25.233/features/gymnastics-the-competitive-demands-samantha-peszek/ Jennifer Pinches: http://165.227.25.233/features/gymnastics-the-competitive-demands-jennifer-pinches/ Jordyn Wieber: http://165.227.25.233/features/jordyn-wieber-brings-strength-to-ucla-gymnastics-team/ Danusia Francis: […]
Men’s basketball gets redemption with 80-66 win over Utah
UCLA men’s basketball continued its recent trend of strong second halves, as it turned a two-point halftime lead to an eventual 80-66 win over Utah at Pauley Pavilion Saturday afternoon. After the Utes upset the Bruins in Salt Lake City a month ago, the Bruins had a stronger offensive performance this time around, led by sophomore guard […]
UCLA Men’s Basketball Sweep Past Colorado 92-74
UCLA men’s basketball got off to a hot start against Colorado Thursday night, but quickly cooled off, trailing 40-36 at halftime. But the Bruins shot out of the gate in the second half behind four three pointers by freshman guard Bryce Alford to take the lead and eventually win 92-74.