The UCLA women's basketball team likes to run. All season long, the Bruins have thrived on the transition aspect of their game. Read more...

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Markel Walker scored 12 points in UCLA’s 60-42 victory over Washington.

Now that the UCLA women's basketball team has secured the second seed in the upcoming Pac-10 Tournament, one would think it would be time for the Bruins to kick up their shoes, relax and wait for the bright lights of the Staples Center. Read more...

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Senior guard Darxia Morris and the Bruins will take on the Huskies today.

For the first 20-minute period, it seemed as if the Bruins were going to conclude the road portion of their regular season with a whimper. The UCLA women's basketball team did turn it around in the second half of its 61-45 win over Arizona State, but the Bruins had 12 turnovers, six from sophomore forward Markel Walker alone, and countless missed opportunities on the offensive end in the first half as the Bruins held just a 24-21 advantage. At halftime, coach Nikki Caldwell asked her team why it was not finishing point-blank layups. Read more...

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Atonye Nyingifa recorded 15 points and seven rebounds against Arizona State.

Once the dust settled in the desert Thursday night, there was an eerie sense of deja vu. Read more...

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Doreena Campbell scored 16 points in UCLA’s win over Arizona on Thursday.

A month ago, Stanford humbled the UCLA women's basketball team in a 26-point drubbing. Read more...

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Jasmine Dixon is averaging 12.2 points per game for the No. 11 UCLA women’s basketball team. The Bruins take on Arizona today to start off their last Pac-10 road trip of the season. UCLA is currently second in the Pac-10 and can lock up a top-two finish if it wins or if Arizona State loses today.

It was 2008 and the Tennessee women's basketball team was one win away from claiming another national championship. Read more...

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Hailing from rural Millerton, N.Y., assistant coach Tony Perotti has infused a hard-nosed flair to the women’s basketball team, working mostly with the Bruins’ post players.

The full-court press is now known as a Nikki Caldwell trademark.
At the center of the press patrols an athletic forward, flying from sideline to sideline in the backcourt, arms outstretched, legs punishing the glossed wooden panels below her. Read more...

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Redshirt sophomore forward Atonye Nyingifa is fully healthy this season after having sat out all of 2009-2010 with a knee injury. A starter on the team, Nyingifa has played both ends of the floor effectively, averaging 8.5 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game so far this season.