UCLA women's basketball title celebration draws huge crowd to Pauley Pavilion
Lauren Betts and her UCLA teammates celebrated the school's first NCAA women's basketball championship at Pauley Pavilion.
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Lauren Betts and her UCLA teammates celebrated the school's first NCAA women's basketball championship at Pauley Pavilion.
Lauren Betts had 16 points and made a huge block late, and UCLA withstood a late charge by Texas on Friday night for a 51-44 win to reach the women's NCAA Tournament national championship game for the first time.
After being down by as many as 19 on Sunday, Braylon Mullins retrieved a loose ball near midcourt in the waning seconds against Duke and hit a three-pointer from 35 feet away to take the lead.
Lauren Betts had 23 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks to help UCLA rally from a rare halftime deficit and beat Duke 70-58, advancing to the women's Final Four for the second straight season.
Kiki Rice scored 21 points and Lauren Betts added 16 to help No. 1 seed UCLA beat fourth-seeded Minnesota 80-56 in the Sweet 16 of the women's NCAA Tournament.
Top-seeded UCLA powered past Oklahoma State and reached the Sweet 16 again with an 87-68 win.
Joyce Edwards had 23 points and 10 rebounds, Madina Okot added her 22nd double-double this season with 15 points and 15 rebounds, and top-seeded South Carolina advanced to its 12th straight Sweet 16 with a 101-61 victory over ninth-seeded Southern California in the women's NCAA Tournament.
Alex Karaban scored a career-high 27 points and had Bill Murray and the rest of the UConn crowd roaring with each splashed 3 as he helped send the second-seeded Huskies back to the Sweet 16 with a 73-57 win over UCLA in the NCAA Tournament on Sunday night.
UCLA stormed past Cal Baptist in the women's NCAA Tournament, turning a close game into a 96-43 blowout.
Freshman Jazzy Davidson scored 31 points in her women's NCAA Tournament debut, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:03 left in overtime to lift ninth-seeded Southern California to a 71-67 victory over No. 8 seed Clemson.
Darryn Peterson made four 3-pointers and scored 28 points, and fourth-seeded Kansas squandered most of a 26-point lead before holding off scrappy NCAA Tournament newcomer Cal Baptist 68-60 on Friday night.
Eric Dailey Jr. scored 20 points, Xaiver Booker had 15 points and eight rebounds to make up for the absence of leading scorer Tyler Biloudeau and seventh-seeded UCLA withstood every serious challenge and beat 10th-seeded UCF 75-71 Friday night in the NCAA Tournament.
Duke is the top overall seed in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, with Arizona, Michigan, and Florida also landing on the No. 1 line.
Oscar Cluff had 17 points and 14 rebounds, and No. 18 Purdue beat short-handed UCLA 73-66 to advance to the Big Ten championship game.
Donovan Dent had 23 points and 12 assists, Trent Perry scored 22 and UCLA held off No. 8 Michigan State 88-84 in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals despite losing star Tyler Bilodeau to a leg injury.
Donovan Dent had 12 points, 12 assists and a career-high 10 rebounds — the first triple-double in the history of the Big Ten Conference Tournament — to help sixth-seeded UCLA beat No. 14 seed Rutgers 72-59 in the third round.
Zoom Diallo had 22 points and 11 assists and scored the go-ahead basket in overtime as Washington defeated USC 83-79 in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament on Wednesday.
Gianna Kneepkens scored 19 points and Kiki Rice added 15 points and eight assists as No. 2 UCLA rolled past No. 9 Iowa 96-45 to win its second straight Big Ten Tournament crown.
Donovan Dent scored 25 points on 11-of-15 shooting and UCLA routed reeling Southern California 89-68 for the second time in 11 days Saturday to end the regular season with its highest-ever point total at Galen Center.
Kiki Rice scored 17 points to lead five UCLA players in double figures and the Bruins won their school-record 24th consecutive game, 72-62 over No. 11 Ohio State in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals.
Big Ten Player of the Year Lauren Betts had 26 points and eight rebounds and Kiki Rice added 18 points and six assists to help No. 2 UCLA overcome a sluggish start and beat Washington 78-60 in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals.
Elle Ladine scored a season-high 25 points, Avery Howell added 18 points and nine rebounds and Washington defeated USC 76-64 in the second round of Big Ten Tournament on Thursday.
Washington rolls past Southern California 91-72 behind big nights from Zoom Diallo and Hannes Steinbach.
UCLA cruised past ninth-ranked Nebraska, leading all the way in a 72–52 win powered by Trent Perry's 20 points.
No. 2 UCLA has completed the first undefeated regular season in Big Ten women's basketball in 11 years.
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With the 2026 FIFA World Cup a couple of months away, the union representing the 2,000 workers at SoFi Stadium is threatening a strike over working conditions and ICE.
Mayor Karen Bass said LAPD will increase patrols and presence along the San Fernando Valley's Ventura Boulevard after a recent string of burglaries.
The iconic Long Beach street race is one of the most technical and beloved circuits in motorsports, where speeds push nearly 200 mph.
A high school student was arrested after officers found a loaded gun at Orange Vista High School, according to the Val Verde Police Department.
Singles in Los Angeles, and beyond, are heading to Dodger Stadium to find love with a new event series called Drafted. "Sick of being a free agent? Get Drafted now," the matchmaker event series wrote on social media.
With the 2026 FIFA World Cup a couple of months away, the union representing the 2,000 workers at SoFi Stadium is threatening a strike over working conditions and ICE.
Mayor Karen Bass said LAPD will increase patrols and presence along the San Fernando Valley's Ventura Boulevard after a recent string of burglaries.
The iconic Long Beach street race is one of the most technical and beloved circuits in motorsports, where speeds push nearly 200 mph.
A high school student was arrested after officers found a loaded gun at Orange Vista High School, according to the Val Verde Police Department.
Singles in Los Angeles, and beyond, are heading to Dodger Stadium to find love with a new event series called Drafted. "Sick of being a free agent? Get Drafted now," the matchmaker event series wrote on social media.
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