As hip-hop music boomed throughout Pauley Pavilion, UCLA women’s basketball’s Atonye Nyingifa took her turn in the latest practice drill. The forward dribbled into the lane, niftily Euro-stepped by a defender and finished by coolly finger-rolling the ball in. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior forward Atonye Nyingfa says there is a different aura surrounding this year’s women’s basketball team.
Sophomore guard Kari Korver of UCLA women's basketball will miss the 2013-2014 season, after an MRI Wednesday revealed she has a torn anterior cruciate ligament and a tear in the meniscus of her right knee. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore guard Kari Korver will miss the season with a right knee injury.
Just like when she first began lifting and conditioning with the UCLA women's basketball team last year, the first week of training with the Canadian team left Nirra Fields so sore, she couldn't roll around in bed. But like last year, Fields was able to push through the pain and contribute on the basketball court. Read more...
Photo: After training with the Canadian senior national team, coaches and teammates said rising sophomore guard Nirra Fields became a more well-rounded basketball player.
Senior guard/forward Markel Walker arrived at UCLA as one of the highest-ranked women’s basketball recruits to come to Westwood in recent memory, and left as one of the program’s leaders in wins over the last decade. Read more...
Despite early predictions, no UCLA women’s basketball players were drafted in the WNBA draft, which was held on Monday in Bristol, Conn. Before the draft, many mock drafts projected senior guard/forward Markel Walker to go somewhere between the late first round and early second round. Read more...
It may have been snowing in Columbus, Ohio, but it was raining threes inside Value City Arena. UCLA was just as much a spectator as the crowd, as there was little it could do but watch as Oklahoma drained a barrage of three-pointers en route to an 85-72 victory, ousting the Bruins from the NCAA Tournament in the second round. Read more...
Unable to keep pace with a sharpshooting Oklahoma team, UCLA women’s basketball lost 85-72 on Monday, and was thus eliminated from the NCAA Tournament. Both teams were locked-in from the tip-off, each hitting their first few shots and trading baskets. Read more...
