Breakout performances by redshirt senior guard Nicole Kornet and sophomore guard Kennedy Burke propelled UCLA women’s basketball to a weekend road sweep of the Arizona schools. On Friday, No. 15 UCLA (22-7, 13-5 Pac-12) took on Arizona (14-15, 5-13) in Tucson, Arizona, where the Bruins would come out on top with a 79-56 victory after […]
Category Archives: Women’s Basketball
Confrontation key to restoring unity for UCLA women’s basketball
The UCLA women’s basketball team’s back-to-back wins came after a week of soul searching. The team lost to both No. 10 Oregon State and unranked Oregon on the road the weekend before, the latter game costing the team a shot at the Pac-12 regular season title, which they were favored to win at the beginning […]
Women’s basketball downs Washington State, extends at-home win streak
UCLA’s Nicole Kornet walked back down the court after committing her fourth personal foul. Instead of looking nervous about being just one foul from disqualification, she had a soft smile on her face – her team was up double-digits late in the fourth quarter. Sunday afternoon’s contest between the then-No. 18 UCLA Bruins (20-7, 11-5 […]
Jordin Canada, despite injury, key to UCLA’s 90-79 win over Washington
Jordin Canada has been playing against Kelsey Plum for a long time. Both five-star recruits from southern California, they constantly battled each other growing up. They have also praised each other profusely. Canada cites Plum as one of her favorite opponents. But in UCLA women’s basketball team’s 90-79 win against No. 9 Washington (24-4, 12-3 […]
Women’s basketball intent on avenging Washington losses
Washington guard Kelsey Plum had a field day last time she went up against UCLA. She scored 39 points on 13-of-26 shooting and led the Huskies to an 82-70 victory. The Bruins struggled to contain Washington forward Chantel Osahor as well. Osahor stuffed the stat sheet, finishing with 19 points, 16 rebounds and five assists. […]
Women’s basketball creates unique, personalized recruitment process
An email was sent around the UCLA women’s basketball office marked “classified” and “top secret.” The team was in the middle of a battle – as it is every year – to recruit the best players in the country. The subject of the email was Natalie Chou, a highly touted player visiting from Texas. She […]
Women’s basketball falls to both schools on Oregon road trip
The No. 15 UCLA women’s basketball team (18-7, 9-5 Pac-12) went winless on its Oregon road trip, but perhaps the biggest loss sustained was guard Jordin Canada. The junior was injured late in the second quarter of the team’s matchup against No. 9 Oregon State (23-3, 12-2) on Sunday following a hard collision with Oregon […]