Saturday, July 11

In the news:

Swim and dive prepares for championship, looks to improve last season’s finish

The Bruins’ season has already reached the championship stretch. No. 19 UCLA swim and dive (2-1, 1-1 Pac-12) begins postseason action Feb. 24-27 in the Pac-12 Championship meet featuring eight teams. Read more...

Photo: Second-year coach Jordan Wolfrum led UCLA swim and dive to its best Pac-12 finish since 2014 in her first year with the program and said she believes the team can improve from last year by carrying momentum from the Bruins’ first win over USC since 2007. (Courtesy of Eric Hurd)


Women’s basketball to face Oregon schools as Close named coach of year finalist

The Bruins are nearing the end of the Pac-12 season with two of their final three games this weekend. No. 8 UCLA women’s basketball (12-3, 10-3 Pac-12) will face No. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt junior guard Chantel Horvat is coming off her second-highest scoring performance of the season, putting up 14 points on 6-of-10 shooting in No. 8 UCLA women’s basketball’s win over Utah. Horvat is averaging a career-high 6.8 points per game this season. (Amy Zhang/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Weekend in Preview: Feb. 18

Men’s water polo Zoe Moskowitz, Daily Bruin contributor The top four teams in the nation are set to compete again this weekend. No. 2 UCLA men’s water polo (5-3, 4-3 MPSF) will travel to Avery Aquatic Center to play its last games of the regular season facing No. Read more...

Photo: Freshman attacker Tanner Pulice ranks tied for seventh in the conference in goals after posting nine through eight games for UCLA men’s water polo. (Elise Tsai/Daily Bruin)


Men’s basketball defeats Arizona after close first half

This post was updated Feb. 18 at 9:14 p.m. After a first half of playing catch-up to the Wildcats, it was the Bruins who sat in the driver’s seat during the second – stepping on the gas and never looking back.  Trailing by as many as eight points in the opening period, UCLA men’s basketball (15-5, 11-3 Pac-12) defeated Arizona (14-8, 8-8) 74-60 to notch its first win of a weekend homestand with less than a month to play in the conference schedule. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore guard/forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored a career-high 25 points on his 20th birthday as UCLA men’s basketball finished off a season sweep of Arizona on Thursday night. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin)




Men’s basketball enters Arizona homestand with chance to tie USC atop Pac-12

The Bruins enter their last two-game homestand of the season with opportunities to rise to the top or free-fall in the standings. UCLA men’s basketball (14-5, 10-3 Pac-12) will face off against Arizona (14-7, 8-7) and Arizona State (7-10, 4-7) on Thursday and Saturday, respectively. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore guard Johnny Juzang took home the Pac-12 Player of the Week award after UCLA men’s basketball split the Washington schools. In the two games, Juzang put up 28.5 points and seven rebounds per game. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin)