Wednesday, December 17

UCLA women’s basketball looks to climb up the rankings in Bay Area matchups

The Bruins are headed on the road looking to escape the fourth-place stalemate in the conference standings. Despite moving up two spots in the AP poll, the blue and gold remains in a three-way deadlock with Arizona and USC in the Pac-12 standings. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt sophomore forward Emily Bessoir shoots the ball while being defended. Bessoir totaled 20 points in the UCLA’s most recent contest against Oregon. (Shengfeng Chien/Daily Bruin staff)


UCLA women’s basketball takes down Oregon after pulling away in the third quarter

This post was updated Feb. 12 at 11:47 p.m. Coming out of halftime knotted at 28, neither side had led by more than four all game. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt sophomore forward Emily Bessoir sends off a contested 3-pointer. Bessoir totaled 20 points across the contest including two back-to-back 3-pointers in the third quarter to help the Bruins garner the lead over the Ducks. (Jeremy Chen/Assistant Photo editor)


Defensive discipline down the stretch lifts UCLA women’s basketball above Oregon State

This post was updated Feb. 10 at 8:07 p.m. With seven minutes to play, the Bruins trailed the 10th-place Beavers by multiple possessions.  But despite its worst 3-point shooting performance of the season, the blue and gold finally came up clutch late to keep its hopes of a top-four spot in the Pac-12 alive. Read more...

Photo: Freshman forward Lina Sontag sets up to shoot the corner 3-pointer. Sontag accounted for two of the Bruins’ three makes from deep and tallied a career-high five steals Friday. (Joseph Jimenez/Assistant Photo editor)


After challenging stretch, UCLA women’s basketball anticipates lighter road ahead

Three years ago, the Bruins played five ranked conference opponents in a six-game stretch, including three straight on the road. Since then, UCLA hadn’t faced a portion of the regular season anywhere near as difficult for years. Read more...

Photo: Freshman guard Londynn Jones looks for a teammate to pass to. Jones scored 20 points in each of her last two games. (Grace Wilson/Daily Bruin)


Charisma Osborne breaks into top 15 of UCLA’s all-time scorers list

Last weekend, senior guard Charisma Osborne emerged from an offensive slump and fittingly moved up the UCLA all-time scoring ranks. No. 18 UCLA women’s basketball’s leading scorer was stagnant at three or fewer made field goals for five consecutive games before an offensive surge in Pauley Pavilion on Sunday afternoon. Read more...

Photo: Senior guard Charisma Osborne wards off Arizona defender Cate Reese. Osborne scored 23 points in the Bruins’ matchup against Arizona State, contributing to her 1,590 career points. (Amelie Ionescu/Daily Bruin senior staff)


With 3-pointer prowess, UCLA women’s basketball nets win over Arizona State

This post was updated Feb. 5 at 10:37 p.m. Sunday was all about the number three for the Bruins. Coming into the game on a three-game losing streak, UCLA relied on 3-point shooting and three primary scorers to get back in the win column. Read more...

Photo: Freshman guard Londynn Jones eyes the basket as she drives the lane. Jones notched her second-straight 20-point performance on Sunday evening, accounting for nearly half of the Bruins’ 42 bench points. (Grace Wilson/Daily Bruin)


Overtime loss against Arizona extends UCLA women’s basketball’s losing streak to 3

With 10 seconds left in overtime, the Bruins needed a 3-pointer to tie the game. Emily Bessoir had already made four threes in the game, and the ball found her in the corner in the closing moments. Read more...

Photo: Freshman guard Londynn Jones fights for an inside look. Jones paced the Bruins with 20 points Friday evening on 5-of-7 shooting from deep, just two points shy of her career-high. (David Rimer/Daily Bruin senior staff)



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