Saturday, August 15

In the news:

Gymnastics to face No. 7 Michigan, No. 6 Utah Friday

Inconsistencies in health and sporadic levels of performance have plagued the UCLA gymnastics team for the majority of the season. These were defining characteristics in the team’s loss to Utah in January. Read more...

Photo: Senior Olivia Courtney was named Pac-12 gymnast of the week after claiming the all-around title against Arizona last weekend. (Tim Bradbury/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Bruins tap into talent, defeat Huskies 91-82

SEATTLE — UCLA led by nine with just over seven minutes to play, and Jordan Adams was all smiles. The sophomore guard did so in the most unexpected of places: While getting cramps worked out of his calves and tightness wringed out of his hamstrings and quadriceps by a team trainer. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore guard Jordan Adams scored a career-high 31 points against the Washington Huskies. (Tim Bradbury/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Washington leads UCLA 45-41 at halftime

SEATTLE—Last March, UCLA defeated Washington at Alaska Airlines Arena to clinch the Pac-12 regular season title and the No. 1 seed in the Pac-12 tournament. With a Stanford loss Wednesday night, UCLA is locked in to the No. 2 seed regardless of what happens in its final three halves of the regular season. Read more...


UCLA basketball heads to Washington looking to solidify spot in Pac-12

Loud and purple. Those are the two adjectives sophomore guard Jordan Adams used to describe Washington’s Alaska Airlines Arena, the building where UCLA men’s basketball will kick off a two-game road trip on Thursday to close out the regular season. Read more...

Photo: Freshman guard Zach LaVine bounced back from a multigame lull in his performance, reaching double figures in two of his last three games. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA women’s basketball to take on Colorado in first round of Pac-12s

Fast break transition layups, seven seconds or less – that isn’t something that should be expected this Thursday when the UCLA women’s basketball team takes on Colorado for the Pac-12 tournament. Read more...

Photo: Senior guard Thea Lemberger, averaging 15 points this season compared to 8.6 last season, credits her success to adding moves like floaters. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin)



UCLA sand volleyball to start off season against CSU Northridge

On the first official day of UCLA sand volleyball practice, then-sophomore Zoë Nightingale felt out of place, her feet buried in sand, the number of teammates by her side reduced from five to one. Read more...

Photo: Junior Zoë Nightingale said this year, the second season of the sand volleyball program, has been a much smoother transition to the sand for the indoor players as compared to last year. (Courtesy of Don Liebig/ASUCLA)