Category Archives: Women’s Basketball

Women’s basketball opens strong with win against St. John’s

Coach Cori Close was not happy with the opening three minutes of the women’s basketball game against St. John’s. The Bruins missed five shots, two turnovers and two fouls. However, sophomore guard Jordin Canada’s first jumper of the game for the Bruins (1-0), at 7:05, set the tone for the game that would end in […]

Quiet freshman guard brings loud game to women’s basketball team

A custom-designed horse trail in Chatsworth, California leads up to Sierra Canyon School, a private institution graced by hundreds of trees and, more notably, the children of celebrities like Britney Spears, Alec Baldwin and Will Smith. In one of the classrooms, Kennedy Burke attended class with Kylie Jenner. Despite the school’s history of celebrated alumni, […]

Bruins to face first true test of season in Red Storm

During women’s basketball’s first exhibition game last week, the Bruins pummeled Vanguard to a degree not seen in years. When the team plays St. John’s on Friday evening, it should not be as easy. The two teams will be looking to assert themselves as contenders, as both received votes for a top-25 ranking in the […]

UCLA women’s basketball looks to bolster teamwork efforts

The women’s basketball team makes great individual plays, but that’s not enough for coach Cori Close. In Sunday’s 113-42 win over Vanguard, sophomore guard Jordin Canada had six steals and freshman forward Ashley Hearn had eight rebounds, but those individual efforts aren’t the only things Close is looking for. “We had a lot of great […]

UCLA women’s basketball pummels Vanguard in season opener

The student section was largely barren during women’s basketball’s season-opening exhibition game against Vanguard Sunday afternoon at Pauley Pavilion. Students may have been studying for midterms, nursing Halloween hangovers or merely expecting a blowout, which, in retrospect, was a correct assumption as the UCLA women’s basketball team cruised to a 113-42 victory. The Bruins pulled […]

Women’s basketball veterans return from successful summer to begin season

Over the course of the past year, the UCLA women’s basketball team has seen a stream of victories come its way. First, the Bruins won the Women’s National Invitation Tournament title, then, over the summer, a pair of players won gold medals at the international level. Now the team must come back to focus on […]