This post was updated March 24 at 9:55 p.m. Michaela Onyenwere once again led her team in scoring, but this time it wasn’t enough to keep the Bruins’ season alive. Read more...
Photo: No. 3 seed UCLA women’s basketball was upset by No. 6 seed Texas on Wednesday after the Bruins scored a season-low 14 first-half points. UCLA went on to score 48 in the second half, but it wasn’t enough to extend UCLA’s season. (Courtesy of Ben Solomon/NCAA Photos)
This post was updated March 22 at 10:56 p.m. After higher seeds won all of the 16 NCAA tournament games Sunday, three were upset prior to the final game Monday. The Bruins avoided being the fourth. Read more...
Photo: Senior forward Michaela Onyenwere again led No. 3 seed UCLA women’s basketball in scoring, recording 25 points on 9-of-17 shooting in the Bruins’ first-round victory. Onyenwere scored 15 of her 25 points in the first half. (David Rimer/Daily Bruin staff)
After falling short in their Pac-12 championship game, the Bruins begin their March Madness run against a conference champion. No. 3 seed UCLA women’s basketball (16-5, 12-4 Pac-12) will take on No. Read more...
Photo: Senior forward Michaela Onyenwere has played in two NCAA tournaments, averaging 12.1 points per game in seven career March Madness appearances. (Lauren Man/Assistant Photo editor)
Kelli Hayes knew she wanted to do something different. In late 2017, when Hayes was a senior guard for UCLA women’s basketball, many teams across the nation were kneeling during the national anthem as a form of peaceful protest against racial inequality and other forms of social injustice. Read more...
Photo: (Nathan Koketsu/Daily Bruin)
When the difference between the men’s and women’s NCAA tournament conditions became public, Cori Close was not surprised. “We’re not blown away by this, this is not a surprise – it’s just that it’s way more public to everybody else,” the UCLA women’s basketball coach said. Read more...
Photo: Like the men’s tournament, the entirety of the 2021 women’s NCAA tournament is being held in one place – San Antonio – but the conditions are not the same between the two “controlled environments.” (Courtesy of NCAA)
UCLA women’s basketball (16-5, 12-4 Pac-12) will enter the NCAA tournament as the No. 3 seed in the Hemisfair region, giving the Bruins a first-round matchup against the Mountain West champions, No. Read more...
Photo: No. 3-seeded UCLA women’s basketball has gone to five consecutive NCAA tournaments, advancing to the second weekend in each of the last four, including an elite eight run in 2018. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated March 16 at 1:10 p.m. As No. 9 UCLA women’s basketball prepares for its upcoming NCAA tournament run, it holds two of the Pac-12’s four leading scorers in senior forward Michaela Onyenwere and sophomore guard Charisma Osborne. Read more...
