UCLA Women's Basketball UCLA Combined Team Statistics (As of Mar 03, 2013) All Games
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Morgan Center 325 Westwood Plaza Los Angeles, CA 90095 Women’s Basketball SID: Ryan Finney [email protected] o: (310) 206-4701 c: (424) 832-0676 Date: Mar. 6, 2013 2012-13 SCHEDULE No. 14/13 UCLA Bruins Seeded #3 at Pac-12 Tournament OVERALL: 23-6 PAC-12: 14-4 Friday, Mar. 8, 2013 2:36 p.m. PT HOME: 11-4 AWAY: 10-2 NEUTRAL: 2-0 GAME INFORMATION NOVEMBER Venue: KeyArena Sat. 10 San Diego State W, 66-52 Location: Seattle at Wed. 14 at No. 11 Oklahoma FCS-C W, 86-80 Tip-Off Time: 2:36 p.m. PT Fri. 23 No. 5 Notre Dame P12N L, 64-76 Television: Pac-12 Networks Sun. 25 Princeton W, 65-52 TV Talent: Anne Marie Anderson (play-by-play) 23-6, 14-4 (3rd) Tammy Blackburn (analyst), Krista Blunk (sideline) DECEMBER Radio: uclabruins.com All-Time Pac-12 Tournament Record: 12-10 (.545) Sun. 2 Loyola Marymount W, 86-66 Radio Talent: Dave Marcus (play-by-play) 1 Last Year: #5 UCLA 57, #12 Arizona 61 (3/7/12) Sat. 8 vs. No. 12 Texas LN W, 62-42 Mike Sondheimer (analyst) UCLA All-Time Record As #3 Seed: 3-0 (Won 2006 Title) Sat. 15 vs. Saint Mary’s 2 ESPN3 W, 76-62 2 Sun. 16 at St. John’s ESPN3 W, 53-52 (ot) STORY LINES Thu. 20 Cal State Northridge L, 72-77 Fri. 28 at Pepperdine W, 77-46 • No. 14/13 UCLA (23-6, 14-4 Pac-12) heads to the 2013 Pac-12 Tournament as the No. 3 seed and will await the Mon. 31 Saint Joseph’s W, 73-65 winner of the No. 6 Utah/No. 11 Arizona contest in a quarterfinal game, which will take place on Friday, March 8 at 2:36 p.m. on the Pac-12 Networks. UCLA swept Arizona during the regular season and defeated Utah in Los Angeles JANUARY in the team’s only meeting. Fri. 4 at Oregon* W, 89-80 Sun. 6 at Oregon State* W, 68-64 • While UCLA is 23-6 overall on the year and 14-4 (finished third place in the Pac-12), all four conference losses and Fri. 11 Washington State* P12N W, 78-52 five of the six defeats this season have been to Top 7 teams in the country. UCLA has lost to No. 4 Stanford, No. 5 Notre Dame, @ No. 6 Stanford, No. 6 California and @ No. 7 California. The Bruins have won at No. 11 Oklahoma, vs. No. 12 Sun. 13 Washington* W, 85-68 Texas (neutral) and at home vs. No. 22 Colorado (3-5 vs. ranked teams). It is the most ranked teams UCLA has faced in Fri. 18 at No. 6 Stanford* P12N L, 49-75 one season since 2006-07. That year, the Bruins faced 10 Top 25 teams (1-9 vs. ranked teams). Sun. 20 at No. 7 California* ESPNU L, 65-70 Fri. 25 Arizona* P12LA W, 73-57 • After completing a road sweep of the Arizona schools last week, the UCLA Bruins three spots to No. 14 in the AP Top Sun. 27 Arizona State* W, 54-50 25 Poll and also three spots to No. 13 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. UCLA improved four spots to No. 13 in the NCAA Women’s Basketball RPI (NCAA.com). UCLA has been ranked at least one week in both polls in each of the past four seasons. FEBRUARY • While UCLA is 12-10 all-time in the Pac-12 Tournament, the Bruins are 3-0 all-time as the No. 3 seed. The only time Fri. 1 No. 22 Colorado* P12N W, 62-46 UCLA was seeded third was in 2006, and the Bruins pulled off back-to-back upsets to win the title. UCLA opened with an Sun. 3 Utah* W, 70-42 80-63 win over #3 California in the quarterfinals and then beat #2 Arizona State, 60-59, in the semifinals. UCLA defeated Fri. 8 at Washington* W, 65-61 #1 Stanford, 85-76 in overtime, to win its only Pac-12 Tournament title. Sun. 10 at Washington State* W, 80-65 Fri. 15 No. 6 California* P12N L, 51-79 BRUINS IN STATISTICAL RANKINGS Sun. 17 No. 4 Stanford* ESPNU L, 57-68 UCLA is 3rd in the Pac-12 in scoring (68.4 ppg) and is 4th in the Pac-12 and 25th in the country in rebounding margin Tue. 19 at USC* P12N W, 68-54 (+7.3). The Bruins lead the Pac-12 and rank 13th in the nation in assists (16.8) and also lead the league in steals (10.8). Sun. 24 USC* P12LA W, 63-58 UCLA is also 3rd in the Pac-12 in rebounds per game (43.0), offensive rebounds (15.8), field goal percentage (.427) and three-point field goal percentage (.313). MARCH Fri. 1 at Arizona State* P12N W, 58-50 ALL-PAC-12 HONORS Sun. 3 at Arizona* W, 68-57 Seniors Markel Walker and Alyssia Brewer and junior Atonye Nyingifa were all named All-Pac-12 by both the Pac-12 coaches and media. Additionally, freshmen Kari Korver and Nirra Fields were both chosen as honorable mention selections Fri. 8 #6 Utah/#11 Arizona 3 P12N 2:36 p.m. 3 to the All-Freshmen Team by the league’s head coaches. Markel Walker was also named to the five-member Pac-12 Sat. 9 Semifinals P12N 6:00 p.m. All-Defensive Team by both the media and the coaches. Sun. 10 Finals 3 ESPN2 5:00 p.m. 1 at Reliant Stadium (Houston, Texas) DOUBLE-DOUBLE TROUBLE 2 St. John’s Chartwells Holiday Classic (Carnesecca Arena, Queens, N.Y.) Alyssia Brewer has seven double-doubles in her first 28 games, which ranks seventh in the Pac-12. Markel Walker has 3 Pac-12 Tournament (KeyArena at Seattle Center, Seattle) five double-doubles this season, which ranks 10th in the Pac-12. Additionally, the two Bruins have had double-doubles in * Pac-12 Conference game the same game three times this season. Walker had 17 points and 10 rebounds in the 86-66 win over Loyola Marymount Rankings are from AP Poll at date of contest (if played) or current (Dec. 2) while Brewer had 14 points and 11 rebounds against the Lions. Walker later had 15 points and 12 rebounds in the 76-62 win over Saint Mary’s (Dec. 15) as Brewer chipped in 12 points and 10 boards against the Gaels. In the loss IN THE RANKINGS to Cal State Northridge (Dec. 20), Brewer had 14 points and 12 rebounds with Walker adding 12 points and 12 boards. AP Coaches MISSING IN ACTION Utah/Arizona NR NR Only three of the 13 Bruins have played in all 29 games this season and nobody has started in more than 24 contests, UCLA 14 13 forcing Head Coach Cori Close to go with 11 different starting lineups. Rhema Gardner had knee surgery before the season began and will redshirt the season. Thea Lemberger missed the Notre Dame (Nov. 23) and Princeton (Nov. FOLLOW THE BRUINS ON TWITTER 25) games due to a knee sprain and the Arizona game (Mar. 3) with a sprained left elbow and is listed as day-to-day. Women’s Basketball Twitter: twitter.com/UCLAWBB Lauren Holiday (25 games) and Corinne Costa (23 games) have both missed contests with head injuries and have UCLA Athletics Twitter: twitter.com/UCLAAthletics been shut down for the season and will seek medical hardships. Kacy Swain missed both of the games in New York Cori Close Twitter: twitter.com/CoachCloseUCLA with a back injury. Nirra Fields missed the upset win at Oklahoma (Nov. 14) due to personal reasons. Jasmine Dixon missed two games (Princeton on Nov. 25 and Loyola Marymount on Dec. 2) with a left knee sprain. She has played #GoBruins in all other contests, but is only playing 19.7 minutes per game as she is still suffering from pain in her knee and has occasional swelling. Alyssia Brewer missed most (only played three minutes) of the Pepperdine game (Dec. 28) and FOLLOW THE BRUINS ONLINE missed the entire Saint Joseph’s game (Dec. 31) with a right ankle sprain. Most recently, Markel Walker missed the Arizona game (Jan. 25) with back spasms, but returned on Sunday for the Arizona State game (Jan. 27). The Bruins Facebook: facebook.com/UCLAWomensBasketball have already used 193 different combinations of players on the court this season. In a total of 1,165 minutes of game Web Site: www.UCLABruins.com action, the leading combination on the floor in terms of minutes played together is Thea Lemberger, Mariah Williams, Atonye Nyingifa, Markel Walker and Alyssia Brewer for a total of 70:05. 2012-13 UCLA Women’s Basketball (page 1 of 38) MEDIA INFORMATION WELCOME TO WESTWOOD UCLA Sports Information UCLA’s program welcomed four newcomers for the 2012-13 season – three freshmen and one redshirt J.D. Morgan Center, Suite 128 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 senior forward, Alyssia Brewer, who sat out the 2011-12 season after transferring from Tennessee. ESPN. com has ranked UCLA’s incoming class as the nation’s No. 12 recruiting class (featuring true freshmen Kari Women’s Basketball SID Ryan Finney Korver, Lauren Holiday and Nirra Fields). Office Phone (310) 206-4701 Cell Phone (424) 832-0676 Fax (310) 825-8664 RETURNING HOME E-mail [email protected] UCLA played 13 home games on campus in 2011-12, all in the John R.