Category Archives: Women’s Basketball

Women’s basketball must improve execution, make more 3s

Women’s basketball coach Cori Close had one demand for her players on Tuesday night – to execute. Close said the No. 7 Bruins (6-1) have struggled to execute plays when a player checks out on offense lacking awareness or concentration, leading to a domino effect consequence. “We’re just late on all those awareness plays and […]

Around the League: Pac-12 teams pack a punch in NCAA, national championships

Men’s basketballDavid Gottlieb, Sports editor Pac-12 teams won’t start facing off against one another for another month, so they are still fighting through nonconference schedules. Three Pac-12 schools have gotten off to undefeated starts, with No. 20 Arizona State, Colorado and Washington State all sporting 6-0 records. All three teams had a player selected as […]

UCLA women’s basketball claims 68-48 victory against UC Riverside

Every Bruin who got minutes Tuesday night was able to contribute. “We need to learn what (we) do well, how to make plays for each other on a more consistent basis,” said coach Cori Close. “Then we’re going to see more fun results.” Despite a sluggish start, No. 7 UCLA women’s basketball (6-1) was able […]

Women’s basketballs seeks to raise averages to season’s beginning

After finishing first place at the South Point Thanksgiving Shootout in Las Vegas, No. 7 UCLA women’s basketball (5-1) will play UC Riverside (1-5) on Tuesday at Pauley Pavilion, where it has some brushing up to do offensively. In their first three games, the Bruins averaged 95.7 points per game, but saw that average dip […]

UCLA women’s basketball leaves Las Vegas with two wins in hand

UCLA women’s basketball bounced back with two victories after going down to the nation’s top team, but the Bruins still have some polishing up to do before they begin conference play. After last Tuesday’s loss to No. 1 Connecticut, coach Cori Close said that her team’s weaknesses were all things that could be changed if […]

Women’s basketball unable to get past Connecticut in 78-60 loss

While UCLA women’s basketball began its season blowing out unranked opponents, Connecticut kicked off its season with three straight matchups against ranked opponents, but still managed to win each by around 20 points. Tonight was no different. No. 5 UCLA (3-1) women’s basketball fell to No. 1 Connecticut (4-0) 78-60 on Tuesday night, in front […]