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Category Archives: Women’s Basketball
Women’s basketball scores win in Arizona against Wildcats
The UCLA women’s basketball team was audibly excited about their blowout win against Arizona while preparing to watch the Super Bowl at a local restaurant in Tucson, Arizona, Sunday. Coach Cori Close, a huge Peyton Manning fan, was the only one cheering for the Broncos. The rest of her team bonded over their love of […]
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 […]
Women’s basketball to fight for rebounds against Sun Devils
Women’s basketball coach Cori Close hates giving teams second chances. She made that abundantly clear at practice this week, yelling at her players for each rebound they gave up on defense. “We are last in the conference in defensive rebounds. Did you guys know that?” Close said after the Bruins let their scout team get […]
Senior guard propels women’s basketball to late comeback over Utah
Two years ago, when sophomore guard Jordin Canada was still at Windward High School, the UCLA women’s basketball team still functioned. It was largely a different group of players – only three remain on the team today. One of them was a young sophomore guard from Montreal named Nirra Fields. Fast forward two years and […]
Women’s basketball’s defensive dexterity steals wins
When the Stanford women’s basketball team was heading back home, the players were probably thinking about hands. During Sunday’s 56-36 loss to No.15 UCLA, the Cardinal saw a lot of them. Hands were in the passing lanes, hands were in the faces of the shooters, hands were denying entry passes to the post. The entire […]