Women’s basketball coach Nikki Caldwell calls on bench to step up in advance of Cal and Stanford games

At the end of Wednesday’s practice, members of the UCLA women’s basketball team made slow steady steps toward the middle of the floor, where they were joined by coach Nikki Caldwell and the coaching staff.

Women’s basketball will need to bring its trademark stingy defense to the Galen Center to sweep crosstown rival USC

In the waning moments of the previous crosstown matchup, USC coach Michael Cooper could barely finish watching the game without thrusting his head into his palms.