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Women’s basketball tries to find footing in practice with new-look roster

This post was updated Oct. 11 at 1:41 a.m. Deja vu was in the air at the Bruins’ practice Friday morning. After prematurely ending practice a week before because of what she called an unsatisfactory effort from her team, UCLA women’s basketball coach Cori Close expressed a similar sentiment Friday, telling the Bruins during drills that she won’t coach players who don’t show up to practice and deliver. Read more...

Photo: Junior guard Charisma Osborne, who is one of three returning upperclassmen from last year’s roster, earned All-Pac-12 and Pac-12 All-Defensive Team honors in her second year with UCLA women’s basketball. (Esther Ma/Daily Bruin)


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Women’s basketball forward Emily Bessoir tears ACL, will miss 2021-2022 season

The injury bug has once again hit the Bruins.  UCLA women’s basketball forward Emily Bessoir sustained a noncontact ACL tear in her left knee during practice earlier this week and will be out for nine months, the sophomore announced Friday in an Instagram post after the team’s morning practice. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore Emily Bessoir sustained a torn ACL in her left knee during practice earlier in the week, the forward announced in an Instagram post Friday. Bessoir averaged 7.5 points and 5.2 rebounds per game in her debut season in Westwood a year ago. (Esther Ma/Daily Bruin)

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Women’s basketball off to unconventional start during first week of practice

In one of their first official practices of the year, the Bruins had an abrupt end. With about 20 minutes left at Pauley Pavilion, coach Cori Close called practice early after prematurely stopping a fast break drill. Read more...

Photo: UCLA women’s basketball began their first official practices with a full roster of active players, a contrast from a season ago where the Bruins were held to under 10 players for the majority of the season. (Esther Ma/Daily Bruin)


Battle of the Editors: UCLA’s most exciting game day experience

The start of the 2021-2022 school year has arrived and with it comes a number of Bruins making their inaugural campus visits. For those who have yet to step foot in Westwood, it may be challenging to gauge which sporting events to attend. Read more...

Photo: UCLA softball finished the 2021 season with a 47-7 record, a Pac-12 title and a trip to the Women’s College World Series. The Bruins lost pitcher Rachel Garcia from that team, but return most of the rest of the roster heading into the 2022 season. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)


Sam Settles It: Transfer students are indispensable to UCLA’s athletic success

The grass isn’t always greener on the other side. But it sure seems like it is in Westwood. Across the country, it is estimated that more than one-third of undergraduate students will transfer schools before earning their degrees. Read more...

Photo: UCLA women’s basketball graduate student guard Natalie Chou (left), UCLA football junior running back Zach Charbonnet (middle) and UCLA men’s basketball junior guard Johnny Juzang (right) are just a few examples of the many transfer student-athletes who have helped bring the Bruins athletic success since they transferred to UCLA. (Left to right: Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff, Anika Chakrabarti/Assistant Photo editor, David Rimer/Assistant Photo editor)


Jaquez family cements UCLA basketball dynasty with recent women’s basketball commit

When the Bruins graced the national stage last March, the name “Jaquez” was made known around the country. UCLA men’s basketball had an up-and-down regular season before Jaime Jaquez Jr. Read more...

Photo: Siblings Gabriela Jaquez (left) and Jaime Jaquez Jr. (right) will both potentially be Bruins in 2022. Gabriela is a class of 2022 recruit for UCLA women’s basketball, while Jaime is a junior with at least two years left of eligibility for UCLA men’s basketball. (Left to right: Courtesy of eliteisearned.com, Daily Bruin file photo)


2021-2022 UCLA sports season previews

With the 2021-2022 season for UCLA Athletics beginning this month, the Daily Bruin Sports staff takes a look at the expectations for all 21 varsity teams, discussing the best- and worst-case scenarios for each club along with one key storyline surrounding each roster. Read more...

Photo: (Nathan Koketsu/Daily Bruin)



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