Unable to keep pace with a sharpshooting Oklahoma team, UCLA women’s basketball lost 85-72 on Monday, and was thus eliminated from the NCAA Tournament. Both teams were locked-in from the tip-off, each hitting their first few shots and trading baskets. But while the Bruins cooled off after the quick start, the Sooners only got hotter, […]
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UCLA women’s basketball rolls past Stetson in first round of NCAA tournament
An early surge proved to be all No. 3 seed UCLA needed in its first-round NCAA tournament game against No. 14 seed Stetson, a 66-49 win. Ten minutes in, UCLA (26-7) had already more than tripled Stetson’s score. The Bruins applied tight on-the-ball pressure, missed few defensive rotations and hammered their physical presence inside. In […]
UCLA Women’s basketball focuses on matchup with Stetson
Junior guard Thea Lemberger nervously fidgeted in her seat as she stared at the screen. The anxiety began to spread around the room as the UCLA women’s basketball team watched the NCAA selection show, awaiting its tournament seeding.
UCLA’s Kenny Donaldson helps teams balance grades, games
The UCLA basketball team is preparing for its toughest test of the season this week, the NCAA Tournament. Because UCLA is on the quarter system, the Big Dance also not so conveniently coincides with finals week on campus. While their classmates are here cramming for exams, the Bruins will hit the road, taking their playbook […]
Stanford clinches Pac-12 title with heartbreak win over UCLA
The red numbers above the backboard read 0.0. The final buzzer had already sounded.
Stanford women’s basketball upsets UCLA in Pac-12 tournament finals
The UCLA women’s basketball team lost 51-49 to Stanford in the Pac-12 Tournament Finals, missing a game-tying shot at the buzzer.
Women’s basketball dominates against Cal to reach Pac-12 Tournament final
Redshirt senior forward Alyssia Brewer looked down, adjusted her feet and then leapt up, batting the ball behind her. Redshirt junior forward Atonye Nyingifa grabbed the loose ball and then fired it ahead to senior forward Markel Walker for a wide-open layup. The Bruins never looked back.