In their fourth straight game decided by less than five points, the Bruins came out on the wrong side for the first time. No. 5 UCLA women’s basketball (10-3, 8-3 Pac-12) dropped its first game of the calendar year against Washington State (9-6, 7-6) by a score of 63-67. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior guard Natalie Chou put up 12 points on 4-of-8 shooting in No. 5 UCLA women’s basketball’s loss at Washington State. Chou led the Bruins with 37 minutes played. (David Rimer/Daily Bruin staff)
The Bruins have a chance to pick up a pair of season sweeps this weekend. Three weeks after a 2-point overtime victory over Washington State (8-6, 6-6 Pac-12) and an indefinitely postponed game against Washington (4-8, 1-8), No. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt junior guard Lindsey Corsaro has started 10 of the 11 games she has played in so far this year for No. 5 UCLA women’s basketball, averaging just under five points per game. (Ashley Kenney/Assistant Photo editor)
For Charisma Osborne, the end of 2020 was not up to her own standards. “Before break, I had my bad games,” the sophomore guard said. “I really was upset with how I was playing.” After averaging 19.2 points per game on 44% shooting in her first five games of the season for No. Read more...
Photo: After putting up 13 total points in a two-game homestand against the Bay Area schools, sophomore guard Charisma Osborne has averaged 24.6 points per game in her last five games for No. 5 UCLA women’s basketball, marking the best scoring stretch of her career. (David Rimer/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated Jan. 29 at 10:26 p.m. With 8:26 left in the game, the Bruins trailed 42-40. Then, Charisma Osborne responded. The sophomore guard hit three consecutive 3-pointers to give her team a lead it would never lose. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore guard Charisma Osborne scored a game-high 27 points in No. 5 UCLA women’s basketball’s win over Arizona State. The Bruins blew a double-digit lead but rode Osborne’s 13 fourth-quarter points to their eighth Pac-12 victory. (Alex Driscoll/Daily Bruin staff)
While the Bruins will have to wait to seek redemption against Arizona, they still have a chance to win a season-high fifth straight game this week. Read more...
Photo: The reigning Pac-12 Player of the Week sophomore guard Charisma Osborne leads No. 5 UCLA women’s basketball in scoring at 18.6 points per game after her 24 point performance against then-No. 5 Stanford. (Ashley Kenney/Assistant Photo editor)
The Bruins are in the top five for the first time since November 2017, but the journey to the top has been full of obstacles behind the scenes, according to coach Cori Close. Read more...
Photo: Freshman forward Emily Bessoir is one of two players on UCLA women’s basketball to put up double-figure points in both matchups against Stanford. Bessoir also had a career-high nine rebounds in the Bruins’ latest matchup against the Cardinal. (David Rimer/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated Jan. 22 at 11:20 p.m. With 6:15 left in the third quarter, Michaela Onyenwere grabbed her left elbow after a hard fall. Read more...
Photo: Senior forward Michaela Onyenwere’s eight fourth-quarter points helped No. 6 UCLA women’s basketball secure another road victory against a ranked Pac-12 opponent. (Jason Zhu/Daily Bruin staff)
