The Bruins’ bench cheered as the bench players trotted onto the court. Redshirt senior guard Chrissy Baird and freshman forward Shayley Harris brought the bench to its feet after they both recorded a defensive rebound in the final minutes of the fourth quarter in No. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore forward Michaela Onyenwere turned in her 11th double-double of the season to help UCLA women’s basketball defeat Utah at home. Onyenwere logged a career-high tying 29 points to go along with 13 rebounds on Friday night. (Daanish Bhatti/Daily Bruin)

The Bruins will enter their final weekend of the regular season. No. 25 UCLA women’s basketball (17-11, 10-6 Pac-12) will face Utah (20-7, 9-7) on Friday and Colorado (12-15, 2-14) on Sunday for Senior Day. Read more...

Photo: Senior guard Kennedy Burke will play her final two games at Pauley Pavilion this weekend. UCLA women’s basketball will host Utah on Friday night and Colorado on Sunday afternoon for Senior Day. (Lauren Man/Daily Bruin)

Eight games into the season, the Bruins’ record was 3-5. Now, as they they enter the final weekend of the regular season, they have won eight of their last 10 games. Read more...

Photo: Senior guard Kennedy Burke was named UCLA/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week after registering a career-high 29 points to help UCLA women’s basketball defeat then-No. 2 Oregon on the road. (Anirudh Keni/Daily Bruin)

Down by three with the game clock approaching zero, the Bruins gave the ball to their best 3-point shooter. But senior guard Japreece Dean couldn’t sink the shot this time. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt senior forward Lajahna Drummer logged 12 points and 11 rebounds, registering her 10th career double-double on Sunday afternoon. UCLA women’s basketball fell short of the upset over No. 12 Oregon State after taking down No. 2 Oregon on Friday. (Hannah Burnett/Daily Bruin senior staff)

The Bruins defeated a top-two team for the first time in 11 years. UCLA women’s basketball (17-10, 10-5 Pac-12) stunned No. 2 Oregon (24-3, 13-2) with a 74-69 victory on the road after overcoming a 22-point first-half deficit. Read more...

Photo: Senior guard Kennedy Burke registered a career-high 29 points to go along with eight rebounds in UCLA women’s basketball’s upset over No. 2 Oregon. Burke shot 12-of-17 from the field en route to her fifth game logging 20 or more points.(Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Daily Bruin senior staff)

The Bruins haven’t beaten a top-10 team this season, but they have the chance to do so Friday. UCLA women’s basketball (16-10, 9-5 Pac-12) will have the opportunity to avenge losses to No. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt senior forward Lajahna Drummer is averaging nine points and nine rebounds so far this season. UCLA women’s basketball will travel to face Oregon and Oregon State this weekend. (Niveda Tennety/Daily Bruin)

Coach Cori Close said the Bruins are playing their best basketball of the season. “I told them today at shootaround, ‘Y’all, a pretty fun part about this team is that we have come so far,'” Close said. Read more...

Photo: UCLA women’s basketball kicked off its season with a 3-5 start – its worst in five years. But the Bruins have since then gone 13-5, sit in fifth place in the conference and are projected to be a No. 8 seed in the NCAA Tournament. (Anirudh Keni/Daily Bruin)