Wednesday, May 13


UCLA basketball trails CSUN 42-40 at halftime

The Bruins kicked off the season Friday with a school-record 18 3s. Boy, was that short-lived. No. 16 UCLA (1-0) started Sunday night’s game against Cal State Northridge (1-0) slow and sloppy, shooting 39 percent from the field and failing to hit a shot from outside until sophomore guard Aaron Holiday’s 3 with 9:34 left in the first half. Read more...


Women’s, men’s cross country teams qualify for national championship

It’s been quite a season for the UCLA cross country teams. The men’s team has four All-Conference runners, and in the rankings – new ones will come out tomorrow – the men’s team comes at No. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore Julia Rizk and the women’s cross country team finished in sixth place at Friday’s NCAA West Regional, qualifying for the national championship meet this upcoming weekend after missing the big dance last year. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)



Kris Wilkes’ commitment vaults 2017 UCLA basketball class to top spot

Five-star forward Kris Wilkes committed to UCLA basketball Sunday morning, giving the Bruins the top 2017 class in Scout.com’s updated rankings. The 6-foot-8-inch small forward out of North Central High School, Indianapolis, will join fellow five-star point guard Jaylen Hands, four-stars Jalen Hill and Cody Riley and three-star LiAngelo Ball in Pauley next season as UCLA looks to build upon a new, young contingent of players. Read more...


Bruin quarterback Mike Fafaul earns first win, defeats Beavers 38-24

Never mind Mike Fafaul’s unremarkable stat line – 25 of 47 for 281 yards and an interception. That didn’t stop Jim Mora from giving the redshirt senior quarterback just the second game ball the coach has awarded in his five years at UCLA. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt senior quarterback Mike Fafaul received the game ball Saturday night from coach Jim Mora, marking just the second time Mora has handed out a game ball in his time at UCLA. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Women’s volleyball knocks down Stanford in five-set match

STANFORD, Calif. – The hometown Stanford crowd erupted, certain that Inky Ajanaku had come up with the go-ahead kill in the fifth set. But senior libero Taylor Formico got the ball up, and a few contacts later Reily Buechler would hit the ball down to put UCLA women’s volleyball ahead 12-11. Read more...

Photo: Reily Buechler’s team-high .394 hitting percentage carried UCLA to its second win over Stanford this season. The junior pin hitter came up with kills to score three of the Bruins’ final four points. (Sihui Song/Daily Bruin)