Walking off the court, surrounded by a sea of cheering fans in red, was not how UCLA seniors, Thea Lemberger and Atonye Nyingifa, imagined the outcome of the game. UCLA women’s basketball fell to USC 68-54 in the second and final scheduled rivalry game of the season – a game that the Trojans controlled right […]
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UCLA women’s basketball ready for Pac-12 round-two play
The timekeeper’s bell is ringing and the card in the air clearly displays “Round 2.” It’s time for the UCLA women’s basketball team to lace up the boxing gloves again as it takes on Pac-12 opponents for the second time this season. And it all starts Saturday against crosstown rival USC. “I’m excited to get another […]
Women’s basketball finds success with new formula
The game clock was ticking down and UCLA was only up by three over Washington State. But after the ball found its way into senior guard Thea Lemberger’s hands and she drew the foul, a wave of relief washed over the Pauley Pavilion crowd. About a minute later, the Bruins closed out the game by […]
UCLA women’s basketball ends weekend with a win
The only sounds audible in Pauley Pavilion were the Bruin player’s footsteps as she stepped up to the line. The ball missed the mark, and the silence was cut by a collective groan coming out of the stands. It happened 14 times in total on Friday. For every time the UCLA women’s basketball team failed […]
Corinne Costa stands tall for UCLA women’s basketball
From now on, any center playing against UCLA will find herself looking up when she walks out to the jump ball. She’ll be lined up against Corinne Costa, all six feet and four inches of her. After sitting out the first nine games of the season with a knee injury and coming off the bench […]
UCLA women’s basketball struggles down the stretch
In both of UCLA women’s basketball’s games in Northern California, there were clear points where everything just went south. The Bruins began the weekend by facing the Stanford Cardinal on Friday, and the Bruins fought against the label of underdogs by finishing the first half only down a point. But No. 4 Stanford (19-1, 7-0 […]
Women’s basketball hones in on Cardinal offense
UCLA’s women’s basketball team won’t need to look too far into its archives to find a formula to beat Stanford. Those answers are buried in its most recent game against Stanford – last year’s Pac-12 championship game that UCLA lost 51-49. It was a game that went down to the wire, and only at the sound […]