Michaela Onyenwere said the Bruins wanted to win for a special reason. “We knew that we were coming back to (redshirt senior guard Chrissy Baird’s) hometown,” the sophomore forward said. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior guard Chrissy Baird (left) – an Illinois native – saw seven minutes of action in a return to her hometown Wednesday night. Baird logged two rebounds in UCLA women’s basketball’s road victory over Illinois-Chicago. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
At the 13:16 mark of the first half, the Bruins boasted an eight-point lead. The Bearcats bounced back – and then some. In its first true road game of the season, UCLA men’s basketball (7-4) lost 93-64 to Cincinnati (10-2) on Wednesday night. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore guard Kris Wilkes scored a team-high 21 points for UCLA men’s basketball in a blowout loss to Cincinnati on Wednesday night. (Liz Ketcham/Assistant Photo editor)
Cori Close said the team’s mentality throughout the past week revolved around two words. “Fun and focus,” the coach said. “(I told them,) ‘Let’s work on having more fun together, working on plays with each other.’ … I really thought they lived that.” UCLA women’s basketball (5-5) shot a season-high 52.5 percent against Oklahoma State (7-2) en route to a 71-59 win Sunday to put itself back at .500. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior forward Lajahna Drummer registered her first double-double of the season, logging 12 points and 10 rebounds in UCLA women’s basketball’s home victory over Oklahoma State. (Emily Ng/Daily Bruin)
Missed free throws and poor late game execution plagued the Bruins. UCLA men’s basketball (7-3) suffered a 74-72 upset loss to Belmont (8-1) at Pauley Pavilion on Saturday afternoon, handing the Bruins their first home loss since Jan. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore guard Jaylen Hands scored 12 points to go along with his eight rebounds and seven assists Saturday night against Belmont. UCLA, however, lost the game after giving up a go-ahead layup with less than three seconds remaining. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Jada Hart does not take breaks. In what was supposed to be time off from competitive tennis, the redshirt junior teamed up with Duke’s Maria Mateas and went 3-0 last week in Grenoble, France, to help the United States claim the Master’U BNP Paribas championship. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt junior Jada Hart paired up with Duke’s Maria Mateas at the Master’U BNP Paribas tournament last weekend. Hart returned to Westwood with an international doubles title representing Team USA. (Courtesy of Etienne Jeanneret)
This post was updated Dec. 12 at 3:43 p.m. While some teams made the postseason, UCLA Athletics only had one of its six fall teams make the Final Four. Read more...
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Despite battling calf cramps throughout the night, Kris Wilkes delivered. The sophomore guard’s game-winning 3-pointer with 0.9 seconds remaining lifted UCLA men’s basketball (7-2) to a 65-62 win over Notre Dame (6-3) on Saturday night at Pauley Pavilion. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore guard Kris Wilkes buried a game-winning 3-pointer with 0.9 seconds left in UCLA men’s basketball’s 65-62 victory over Notre Dame on Saturday night. Wilkes finished the night with 14 points and eight rebounds on 5-of-14 shooting. (MacKenzie Coffman/Assistant Photo editor)
