For most of the year, the most interesting storylines surrounding UCLA and USC men’s basketball have been off the court, with the Bruins’ season defined by the early-season incident in China and the Trojans’ by the stain of connections to the FBI’s investigation of bribery in college basketball. Read more...
Photo: In three games against USC last season, then-junior center Thomas Welsh scored 40 total points on 19-of-27 field goal shooting. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Assistant Photo editor)
For the first time in a while, UCLA men’s basketball returned to having fun. There was a Kris Wilkes fast-break windmill dunk – routine by his standards – and a between-the-legs alley-oop pass from Jaylen Hands to Wilkes in the same game, minutes apart from each other. Read more...
Photo: Freshman guard Jaylen Hands has recently re-entered the starting rotation and injected some life back into UCLA men’s basketball. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA men’s volleyball continued its winning streak against Princeton, beating the Tigers in their annual matchup for the fourth straight year. The No. 2 Bruins (9-1) hosted the Tigers (1-6) in their first game since UCLA’s doubleheader in Hawaii, where it dropped the first game and took the second against No. Read more...
Photo: Senior opposite Christian Hessenauer and No. 2 UCLA swept unranked Princeton on Thursday. The Bruins tied a school single-game record with its 15 service aces on the night. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
Seven in a row. That’s what the Bruins have the chance to accomplish this weekend. All they have to do is sweep the Trojans for the second straight season. Read more...
Photo: In the previous three seasons combined, the Bruins own a record of 5-1 against the Trojans, including a season sweep last year. Junior forward Kennedy Burke played a huge role in the rivalry last season when she posted a 23-point performance in the meeting at Pauley Pavilion. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Over the course of this season, the Bruins have constantly been switching surfaces from outdoors to indoors. The No. 13 UCLA women’s tennis team (3-0) will take on Saint Mary’s (0-2) on Friday afternoon at the Los Angeles Tennis Center before heading off to Madison, Wisconsin, for the ITA Division I National Women’s Team Indoor Championship. Read more...
Photo: Junior Gabby Andrews and the No. 13 UCLA women’s tennis team have been switching back and forth between outdoor and indoor courts. The Bruins will first play outdoors Friday against Saint Mary’s before competing in the ITA indoor championships at Madison, Wisconsin. (Jenna Nicole Smith/Daily Bruin)
16-0 run after Welsh’s injury in Cal game David Gottlieb, Sports editor “Things looked bad.” Those were the first three words in our story about the California game, and they were apt. Read more...
Photo: Junior center Thomas Welsh left UCLA men’s basketball’s game against California with his team trailing 27-16 and 9:07 to go in the first half, but his fellow Bruins found a way to rally without him. (Hannah Burnett/Assistant Sports editor)
To get some inside information on the USC men’s basketball team, Daily Bruin Sports reached out to the Daily Trojan – USC’s student news publication – and asked its men’s basketball beat writer Keith Demolder a few questions about the Trojans before their upcoming game against the Bruins on Saturday. Read more...
Photo: UCLA and USC faced off three times last season, with the Bruins claiming a victory in two of the games. The Trojans came out on top in the first regular season game between the crosstown rivals, but UCLA went on to win the second regular season matchup and a game in the Pac-12 tournament. (Michael Zshornack/Photo editor)
