UCLA men’s and women’s cross country teams headed to Sacramento for today’s NCAA Preview, a meet that showcases the top teams in the nation. The Bruins said they feel strong and confident after a successful training season and impressive season openers. On Sept. 21, the men’s team defeated Cal State Fullerton and the women’s team swept Loyola Marymount […]
Category Archives: Women’s Basketball
Women’s basketball draws inspiration from visit by Wooden-era player
As hip-hop music boomed throughout Pauley Pavilion, UCLA
women’s basketball’s Atonye Nyingifa took her turn in the latest practice
drill. The forward dribbled into the lane, niftily Euro-stepped by a defender and finished
by coolly finger-rolling the ball in.
UCLA women’s basketball’s Kari Korver out for season
Sophomore guard Kari Korver of UCLA women’s basketball will miss the 2013-2014 season, after an MRI Wednesday revealed she has a torn anterior cruciate ligament and a tear in the meniscus of her right knee.
Bruin gains experience after competing abroad with Team Canada
Just like when she first began lifting and conditioning with the UCLA women’s basketball team last year, the first week of training with the Canadian team left Nirra Fields so sore, she couldn’t roll around in bed. But like last year, Fields was able to push through the pain and contribute on the basketball court.
Senior Standouts: Markel Walker
Senior guard/forward Markel Walker arrived at UCLA as one of the highest-ranked women’s basketball recruits to come to Westwood in recent memory, and left as one of the program’s leaders in wins over the last decade.
No UCLA women were drafted to the WNBA
Despite early predictions, no UCLA women’s basketball players were drafted in the WNBA draft, which was held on Monday in Bristol, Conn. Before the draft, many mock drafts projected senior guard/forward Markel Walker to go somewhere between the late first round and early second round. Walker earned AP All-American honorable mention honors this season, along […]
Hot-handed Sooners shoot down Bruins’ bid to extend promising season
It may have been snowing in Columbus, Ohio, but it was raining threes inside Value City Arena. UCLA was just as much a spectator as the crowd, as there was little it could do but watch as Oklahoma drained a barrage of three-pointers en route to an 85-72 victory, ousting the Bruins from the NCAA […]