This post was updated March 19 at 8:36 p.m. PORTLAND, OREGON — Junior guard/forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. kept the Bruins afloat in the first half. After halftime, though, it was senior guard Jules Bernard and junior guard Johnny Juzang who punched the team’s ticket to the Sweet 16. Read more...
Photo: No. 4 seed UCLA men’s basketball’s junior guard Johnny Juzang drives past No. 5 seed Saint Mary’s guard Tommy Kuhse. Juzang paced the Bruins with 12 second-half points. (Ashley Kenney/Photo editor)
This post was updated March 19 at 7:42 p.m. UCLA couldn’t crack 197 away from Westwood despite a season-high road score. “The home-court advantage is real,” said coach Chris Waller. Read more...
Photo: Senior Norah Flatley performs on beam. Flatley finished second in the all-around in the afternoon session of the Pac-12 championships Saturday. (Jeremy Chen/Daily Bruin staff)
No. 4 seed UCLA men’s basketball (26-7, 15-5 Pac-12) will take on No. 5 seed Saint Mary’s (26-7, 12-3 WCC) on Saturday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Read more...
The Bruins may have avoided an upset, but that doesn’t mean coach Mick Cronin slept easy Thursday night. “Watching Saint Mary’s before I went to sleep was the worst thing I could have done,” Cronin said. Read more...
Photo: Senior guard Jules Bernard eyes the basket during a game against No. 13 seed Akron on Thursday. Bernard and No. 4 seed UCLA men’s basketball will take on No. 5 seed Saint Mary’s on Saturday with a spot in the Sweet 16 on the line. (Ashley Kenney/Photo editor)
This post was updated March 18 at 10:01 p.m. With the Bruins facing a four-point deficit early in the second quarter, Natalie Chou squared up from the right wing. After sinking her second 3-pointer of the game, the graduate student guard came right back on the next possession with another long-range bomb to give the Bruins a 20-18 lead. Read more...
Photo: Graduate student guard Natalie Chou drives in against UC Irvine guard Nikki Tom. Chou jump started a 14-0 UCLA run in the second quarter to give her team the lead for good. (Marc-Anthony Rosas/Daily Bruin)
In 2015, the Bruins won the Women’s National Invitation Tournament. Kicking off its first appearance in the WNIT since then, UCLA women’s basketball (14-12, 8-8 Pac-12) will face UC Irvine (21-11, 14-4 Big West) in the first round Friday at Pauley Pavilion. Read more...
Photo: Coach Cori Close (middle) will begin her second Women’s National Invitation Tournament run with UCLA in a home matchup against UC Irvine on Friday evening. (Sakshi Joglekar/Assistant Photo editor)
The Bruins kicked off their regular season in January with their worst score since 2015. Less than two months later, the blue and gold closed out its campaign with its best back-to-back performances in three years. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Chae Campbell has posted two perfect 10s on floor in her last three meets. Campbell will have the chance to repeat as the conference champion on floor Saturday as No. 18 UCLA gymnastics takes on the Pac-12 Championships. (Anika Chakrabarti/Assistant Photo editor)
