During women’s basketball’s first exhibition game last week, the Bruins pummeled Vanguard to a degree not seen in years. When the team plays St. John’s on Friday evening, it should not be as easy. Read more...
Photo: Senior guard Nirra Fields scored a team-high 24 points in UCLA’s preseason exhibition victory over Vanguard last week in Pauley Pavilion. UCLA opens its regular season Friday night. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
Prince Ali never thought he’d make it to UCLA. He started out as just another face in the crowd, playing basketball in a borough loaded with basketball aspirants – the Bronx, New York. Read more...
Photo: Freshman guard Prince Ali never thought he’d become a Division I player before he attended high school. He entered the ninth grade without any experience playing organized basketball. The only basketball experience Ali had came from the playground courts in the Bronx, New York. (UCLA Athletics)
The Huddle is back, now led by radio-trained Sports Editor Matt Cummings! This week, the editors are looking at the prospective freshman athlete recruits. Can UCLA attract the country’s top talent? Read more...
Photo: Angela Cosme|Daily Bruin
The best incoming basketball class in the Pac-12 just got better. Foothills Christian High senior T.J. Leaf, a five-star recruit ranked No. 13 nationally by ESPN, announced that he would be joining UCLA basketball’s 2016 class in a live show on ESPNU Thursday afternoon. Read more...
Believe it or not, there was a time when the historically excellent UCLA men’s water polo program was not as prominent in the world of the sport as it is today. Read more...
Photo: Junior attacker Ryder Roberts scored three goals in the Bruins’ regular season victory over the Trojans in 2014. UCLA and USC will face off for their 2015 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation matchup Sunday afternoon. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Twenty-six. That’s the number of times freshman swimmers Caroline McTaggart and Emma Schanz have placed in the top three at UCLA swimming and diving’s five meets in the 2015-16 season. Read more...
Photo: Freshman swimmers Caroline McTaggart and Emma Schanz have collected double digit first- and second-place finishes in the UCLA swimming and diving team’s opening meets this season. (Courtesy of Richard Quinton)
Many collegiate tennis players on the quarter system lament the multiple tournaments and months of practice they lose due to their schools’ late openings. Not Catherine Harrison. Read more...
Photo: Senior women’s tennis player Catherine Harrison has been working on her serving this fall, adding extra spin to prepare for the toughest players in the country. (Daily Bruin file photo)
