Senior guard Thea Lemberger raced down the sideline. Back and forth she went, wincing with every other stride, struggling with every other sprint down the court. She was just one of the many UCLA women’s basketball players running up and down the court as part of the various conditioning drills to finish Thursday’s practice. Despite […]
Category Archives: Women’s Basketball
UCLA women’s basketball signs No. 1 recruiting class
When coach Cori Close received five faxes Wednesday afternoon, it became official. History was made. UCLA women’s basketball signed its first No. 1 recruiting class in the program’s history, but the five new recruits have already set their minds on leaving an even larger legacy: the program’s first NCAA national championship. “It feels great, I’ve […]
Women’s basketball breaks even with win over Pepperdine
If a coach needs to find evidence to show players that practicing free throws is important, just dig up the video of the last minute and a half of Monday’s UCLA women’s basketball game. Amid a furious Pepperdine (1-1) rally to cut a double-digit deficit to as little as two, UCLA junior guard Thea Lemberger […]
UCLA women’s basketball looks beyond score as it faces Nebraska
It’s the end of a Friday afternoon practice. Coach Cori Close has finished her speech; everyone in the huddle has their hands up in the air, and one shout ends the day’s events: beyond! “Beyond is our theme for the year. It’s not beyond like beyond where you’ve gone in the NCAA tournament. Beyond is […]
Atonye Nyingifa positively leads UCLA women’s basketball team
Atonye Nyingifa is always smiling. While running wind sprints in practice, the smile races by, sideline to sideline, in a blur. In games, the smile could be misconstrued as softness until she plows her way through two defenders for the offensive rebound and two points. For five years, that smile has been a front for […]
UCLA basketball to bring Bruin Hoops Madness to Pauley
UCLA’s men’s and women’s basketball teams will participate in preseason festivities and interact with fans tonight at the Bruin Hoops Madness event.
Women’s basketball wins exhibition, but still has ‘soul-searching’ to do
On a night that usually sees its fair share of ghouls and ghosts, UCLA women’s basketball coach Cori Close kept with the supernatural theme when she said her team had some soul-searching to do during a halftime interview. UCLA took over the Halloween night exhibition matchup against the Vanguard Lions early in the game, at […]