In the past few weeks, the Connecticut and Stanford women’s basketball teams have garnered national attention ““ the Huskies for reeling off a record-breaking 90-game winning streak, the Cardinal for bringing that run to an end.
Category Archives: Women’s Basketball
LSU stops No. 8 UCLA’s win streak with 55-53 upset
As the two teams traded baskets with the game winding down, the atmosphere inside Pauley Pavilion rose to the intensity of the game, one team with a perfect record at stake, the other attempting to stifle one of the hottest teams in the country.
UCLA sweeps Hawai’i, East Carolina at Chevron Rainbow Wahine Shootout to maintain perfect record
The joys of sightseeing may have been limitless in Hawaii, but by late Monday night, the UCLA women’s basketball team got what it was mainly looking for during its brief stay in the Aloha State.
Women’s basketball hopes to continue record start at Rainbow Wahine Shootout
Clear waters, dreamy clouds and near-eternal sunshine.
Women’s basketball overcomes challenges in weekend wins against Montana State, LMU
Jasmine Dixon was out with concussion-like symptoms, and the UCLA women’s basketball team needed to fill a considerable void inside.
UCLA women’s basketball hope to be rid of turnover woes against Loyola Marymount, Montana State this weekend
Every time the UCLA women’s basketball team takes the court for practice, a rack filled with 12 basketballs is there to greet it at half court.
UCLA women’s basketball’s defense leads to 71-61 win over Temple
The UCLA women’s basketball team came into the game Sunday knowing it carried its best record since the 1986-1987 campaign.
The Bruins were also aware of the Temple Owls’ shooting prowess, but only to a certain extent.
It took a switch to a man-to-man defense midway through the second half to stymie the Owls’ offense, and the Bruins raised the intensity in time to pass their second true test of the young season, winning 71-61.
Right off the opening tip, senior Temple guard Qwedia Wallace drained a 3 from the wing, but it was junior forward Kristen McCarthy who knocked down the majority of the Owls’ shots from beyond the arc, hitting five.
“When you’ve got McCarthy who is shooting the way she is, you have got to be able to close out on her, whether you are in man or in zone, and we were missing our defensive assignments,” coach Nikki Caldwell said.
Meanwhile, the No.