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The Rundown: Feb. 23

Check out a breakdown of the UCLA sports stories you might have missed this week. Women’s water polo After recording 13 saves against No. 6 UC Irvine on Friday in No. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore Katelyn Ohashi recorded two 9.95s on the balance beam this weekend over the Bruins’ two meets. She was named Pac-12 Specialist of the Week. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Confrontation key to restoring unity for UCLA women’s basketball

The UCLA women’s basketball team’s back-to-back wins came after a week of soul searching. The team lost to both No. 10 Oregon State and unranked Oregon on the road the weekend before, the latter game costing the team a shot at the Pac-12 regular season title, which they were favored to win at the beginning of the season. Read more...

Photo: Following losses to Oregon and Oregon State, junior guard Jordin Canada reassessed her leadership role this season and dropped 22 points during UCLA women’s basketball’s upset win over Washington. (Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)


Men’s basketball set to push tempo against weak transition defense

This post was updated Feb. 23 at 5:40 p.m. If you – like most people – enjoy watching the Bruins’ offense, you may want to save your blinking for the commercial breaks during No. Read more...

Photo: Back in January, senior guard Bryce Alford and the No. 5 UCLA men’s basketball team put up triple digits against Arizona State. The Bruins will be facing them on the road Thursday evening. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)



Women’s water polo to face biggest challenge yet at Irvine tournament

Women’s water polo coach Brandon Brooks said that the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation conference championship is the most competitive tournament of the year. “The depth there is unmatched,” Brooks said. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore attacker Lizette Rozeboom had a hat trick in Friday’s home opener against No. 6 UC Irvine. She and the rest of the No. 3 UCLA women’s water polo team will be traveling to Anteater territory this weekend for the Barbara Kalbus Invitational. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)



UCLA baseball falls to UC Riverside despite dominant outing

Tuesday night, UCLA baseball saw the Justin Hooper that they have been waiting for. The sophomore lefty entered the game in the fourth and struck out 10 of the first 13 batters he faced. Read more...

Photo: Justin Hooper was supposed to start Tuesday’s game, but the rotation got moved around due to rain. Nevertheless, the sophomore lefty came on in relief and pitched 4 1/3 hitless innings with 10 strikeouts. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)