Category Archives: Women’s Basketball

This weekend, UCLA women’s basketball is putting rebounding, defense and ball security on the back burner.

Heading into last weekend, UCLA women’s basketball was riding a wave of momentum, having won six straight games, including its first four Pac-12 games. But after a pair of devastating losses to Stanford and Cal, that wave ended in a wipeout.

UCLA (13-4, 4-2 Pac-12) looked outmatched against Stanford in a 75-49 defeat on Friday before falling short of a comeback against Cal on Sunday, losing 70-65.

As the Bruins filed off the floor of Haas Pavilion in Berkeley, Calif. on Sunday, the pain of leaving the Bay Area empty-handed began to sink in. “When you put your heart out on the line, it hurts when you don’t accomplish what you set out to do,” said coach Cori Close. It hurt when […]

As Wednesday’s women’s basketball practice dwindled down, UCLA redshirt senior forward Jasmine Dixon and senior forward Alyssia Brewer took turns working on their post moves.

When forward Atonye Nyingifa walked into the doctor’s office in December of 2011, she prayed lightning wouldn’t strike twice.

Early in the first half of UCLA’s game against Washington State on Friday, senior guard Mariah Williams was trapped in the corner as the shot clock ticked down.

As practice died down on Wednesday evening, UCLA’s offense began to light up.

On one court, senior forward Alyssia Brewer caught the ball in the post, spun and gave her defender an up-and-under shoulder fake, throwing the defender off balance and allowing her to lay it in easily.