UCLA women’s basketball advanced to the round of 32 on Saturday night, following a historic performance by junior guard Jordin Canada. Canada tied a school record with 16 assists and scored 15 points to go along with five rebounds. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard Jordin Canada led UCLA women’s basketball through the first round of the NCAA Tournament by tying a school record with 16 assists and adding on 15 points. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Cori Close didn’t want to talk about Uconn. As the 4-seed UCLA women’s basketball team (23-8, 13-5 Pac-12) plays 13-seed Boise State (25-7, 12-6 Mountain West) on Saturday, the coach insisted on the group’s need to focus on the opponent in front of them rather than the potential Sweet 16 match-up that may happen in just over a week. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard Jordin Canada was named an all-conference player this season as the Bruins head into the NCAA tournament. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Three years ago: a first-round Pac-12 Tournament exit. Two years ago: a Women’s National Invitation Tournament championship. Last year: a Sweet 16 loss to Texas. This year, if the trend were to continue, one would guess that UCLA women’s basketball would surpass the Sweet 16. Read more...
Photo: UCLA women’s basketball has one of the toughest roads to the NCAA championship, most likely needing to overcome teams such as top-seeded Uconn, Duke or Maryland to just get out of the Bridgeport region. (Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)
UCLA women’s basketball coach Cori Close may not have had her players seated around her during the reveal of the NCAA Tournament bracket due to classes, but that certainly did not take away from her team’s No. Read more...
Photo: The Bruins are going to the NCAA Tournament for the second year in a row, this time as a No. 4 seed. They’ll host the Boise State Broncos in the first round at Pauley Pavilion. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Redshirt senior guard Kari Korver played her last Pac-12 women’s basketball game with UCLA’s loss to Oregon State on Saturday. [Related: Women’s basketball ends Pac-12 tournament with 63-53 loss to Oregon State] After the loss, junior guard Jordin Canada was in tears while talking about her teammate. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior guard Kari Korver (right) leads UCLA with 62 3-pointers this season – in her career, she’s made 241. She has also been voted as a team captain for the past four years. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin)
UCLA women’s basketball was eliminated from the Pac-12 tournament Saturday night following an underwhelming performance on the offensive end, finishing just 4-of-23 from beyond the arc, and 31 percent from the field overall. Read more...
Photo: In UCLA women’s basketball’s loss to top-seeded Oregon State in the Pac-12 tournament, junior guard Jordin Canada notched a team-high 27 points on the night. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The UCLA women’s basketball team landed in Seattle with something to prove to its conference rivals in the Pac-12 tournament and certainly wasted no time in doing so. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard Jordin Canada led UCLA past Arizona State with a team-high 24 points to go along with seven assists and three steals. (Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)
