Thursday, June 26


Women’s basketball loses two games over weekend, sets sights on deep NCAA run

Cori Close said the Bruins experienced two different shooting performances in their two losses this past weekend. “It was totally different,” the coach said. “I didn’t think shots were hard to come by on Friday (against Oregon State) … (but) I didn’t feel like we ever got in an offensive rhythm (against Oregon).” UCLA women’s basketball (9-8, 2-3 Pac-12) was outdone by No. Read more...

Photo: UCLA women’s basketball coach Cori Close said she believes that the Bruins have proven that they are a top-half conference team so far in their first four Pac-12 games. UCLA will face crosstown rival USC this weekend for their second meeting of the season.


Women’s basketball drops third straight game in 72-52 defeat to Oregon

Each of the Bruins’ four prior losses to the Ducks were by single digits. This time, Oregon won a bit more handily. UCLA women’s basketball (9-8, 2-3 Pac-12) dropped its third straight game Sunday, losing 72-52 to No. Read more...

Photo: Senior guard Japreece Dean led UCLA women’s basketball with six of her team’s 10 assists on Sunday in a 20-point loss to No. 5 Oregon. Dean also finished second on the team in scoring with 11 points. (Ariana Saigh/Daily Bruin)


Bruins see defensive weakness in battle with Beavers, lose second straight game

The Bruins had won three consecutive home games against the Beavers. But they weren’t able to come up with the win this time. “This was the first time in a long time that in our building, they did exactly what they wanted to do,” said coach Cori Close. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore forward Michaela Onyenwere logged 24 points and went 8-of-9 from the free throw line, but UCLA women’s basketball could not make defensive stops down the stretch to hold off No. 10 Oregon State. (Daanish Bhatti/Daily Bruin)


Women’s basketball focuses on driving for upcoming Oregon State, Oregon games

The Bruins will face back-to-back top-10 teams this weekend. UCLA women’s basketball (9-6, 2-1 Pac-12) will battle No. 10 Oregon State (12-2, 2-0) on Friday and No. Read more...

Photo: Senior guard Kennedy Burke is averaging 14.5 points and 6.2 rebounds per game for UCLA women’s basketball, which will host No. 10 Oregon State and No. 5 Oregon this weekend.(Alice Naland/Daily Bruin)



Women’s basketball tries to maintain positive outlook after loss to Stanford

This post was updated Jan. 9 at 4:52 p.m. Japreece Dean picked up the stat sheet as she sat down for the press conference – and then she rolled her eyes and released a sigh of frustration. Read more...

Photo: Senior guard Japreece Dean logged 22 points and three assists, but said she was not happy with the three turnovers in UCLA women’s basketball’s loss to No. 6 Stanford last Sunday. (Elise Tsai/Daily Bruin)



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