Candace Parker. Maya Moore. Lisa Leslie. Skylar Diggins-Smith. Now, add Kiki Rice to the list of players to be named the Gatorade National Girls Basketball Player of the Year. Read more...
Photo: Guard Kiki Rice, the No. 2 recruit in the class of 2022, smiles at a laptop screen as she is virtually surprised by four-time WNBA champion and current Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird with the Gatorade National Player of the Year award Wednesday. (Courtesy of Gatorade)
This post was updated March 20 at 5:03 p.m. The Bruins will live to play another day after pulling away by double digits in the first half. Read more...
Photo: Graduate student forward IImar’I Thomas reaches for the ball over three Air Force defenders in UCLA women’s basketball’s win Sunday in the second round of the WNIT. Thomas recorded a game-high 17 points on 8-of-12 shooting while adding six rebounds. (Jason Zhu/Daily Bruin staff)
The Bruins will face an unfamiliar opponent with their season on the line. In the first-ever matchup between the two teams, UCLA women’s basketball (15-12, 8-8 Pac-12) is set to compete against Air Force Academy (19-13, 11-7 Mountain West) in the second round of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament on Sunday afternoon in Pauley Pavilion. Read more...
Photo: Graduate student forward IImar’I Thomas holds the ball in the corner during UCLA women’s basketball’s home win over UC Irvine on Friday. Thomas recorded seven of her 13 points in the final five minutes of the first-round win. (Marc-Anthony Rosas/Daily Bruin)
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)
UCLA women’s basketball (14-12, 8-8 Pac-12) will begin its quest for a second Women’s National Invitation Tournament championship under coach Cori Close and will have the opportunity to host the first few rounds, beginning with a home matchup against UC Irvine (21-11, 14-4 Big West) on Friday. Read more...
Photo: UCLA women’s basketball will commence its quest for a WNIT championship with a home matchup against UC Irvine on Friday. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)
With March upon us, UCLA men’s and women’s basketball are set to enter the postseason coming off of differing regular-season results. The men’s squad earned its highest NCAA Tournament seed since 2017, while the women’s team missed out on the Big Dance and will compete in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament. Read more...
Photo: (Design by Shirley Yao, Benny Zhang and Lauren Ho/Daily Bruin staff. Photos (left to right) by Sakshi Joglekar, Marie Goldfarb, Anika Chakrabarti and Esther Ma/Daily Bruin staff.)
