The Pac-12 tournament is here, and it’s been a season of highs and lows for UCLA women’s basketball. The Bruins (22-7, 13-5 Pac-12) started out the season 17-4, looking like the team that was picked to win the conference. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore guard Kennedy Burke received All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention honors Tuesday. She averages 12.6 points and 4.8 assists per game. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Daily Bruin)
Breakout performances by redshirt senior guard Nicole Kornet and sophomore guard Kennedy Burke propelled UCLA women’s basketball to a weekend road sweep of the Arizona schools. Read more...
Photo: Against Arizona on Friday, redshirt senior guard Nicole Kornet had a career night. Kornet dropped a career-best 21 points and 11 rebounds. (Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)
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)
UCLA’s Nicole Kornet walked back down the court after committing her fourth personal foul. Instead of looking nervous about being just one foul from disqualification, she had a soft smile on her face – her team was up double-digits late in the fourth quarter. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore guard Kennedy Burke finished the nigh with a team-high 17 points as well as notching four blocks, three assists, three rebounds and two steals in 30 minutes of play. (Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)
Jordin Canada has been playing against Kelsey Plum for a long time. Both five-star recruits from southern California, they constantly battled each other growing up. They have also praised each other profusely. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard Jordin Canada did not start a basketball game for the first time this season. However, Canada would only sit due to injury concerns for a little while – and after coming back Canada dominated en route to UCLA women’s basketball’s 90-79 victory over Washington. (Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)
Washington guard Kelsey Plum had a field day last time she went up against UCLA. She scored 39 points on 13-of-26 shooting and led the Huskies to an 82-70 victory. Read more...
Photo: Forward Monique Billings will be key for UCLA against Washington’s Chantel Osahor. Osahor had 19 points, 16 rebounds and five assists last time out against the Bruins. (Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)
An email was sent around the UCLA women’s basketball office marked “classified” and “top secret.” The team was in the middle of a battle – as it is every year – to recruit the best players in the country. Read more...
Photo: UCLA women’s basketball coach Cori Close utilizes a highly engaging and unorthodox recruitment method when it comes to building the future of the Bruins. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
