UCLA Women's Basketball UCLA Combined Team Statistics (As of Jan 04, 2013) All Games
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UUCLACLA WWOMEN’SOMEN’S BBASKETBALLASKETBALL UCLA Sports Information J.D. 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: Jan. 5, 2013 2012-13 SCHEDULE No. 16/17 UCLA Bruins at Oregon State Beavers OVERALL: 10-2 PAC-12: 1-0 Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013 HOME: 4-2 AWAY: 4-0 NEUTRAL: 2-0 2:00 p.m. PT NOVEMBER GAME INFORMATION Sat. 10 San Diego State W, 66-52 Venue: Gill Coliseum at Wed. 14 at No. 11 Oklahoma FCS-C W, 86-80 Location: Corvallis, Ore. Fri. 23 No. 5 Notre Dame P12N L, 64-76 Tip-Off Time: 2:00 p.m. PT Sun. 25 Princeton W, 65-52 Television: None 10-2, 1-0 6-7, 0-1 DECEMBER Streaming: Pac-12.com Sun. 2 Loyola Marymount W, 86-66 All-Time Series: UCLA leads, 42-18 Radio: uclabruins.com Sat. 8 vs. No. 12 Texas 1 LN W, 62-42 Last Meeting: W, 69-60 at UCLA (1/19/12) Sat. 15 vs. Saint Mary’s 2 ESPN3 W, 76-62 Radio Talent: Dave Marcus (play-by-play) UCLA Series Record: Home: 23-6; Away: 15-11; Neutral: 4-1 Sun. 16 Consolation/Championship 2 ESPN3 W, 53-52 (ot) Thu. 20 Cal State Northridge L, 72-77 Fri. 28 at Pepperdine W, 77-46 STORY LINES Mon. 31 Saint Joseph’s W, 73-65 • No. 16/17 UCLA (10-2, 1-0 Pac-12) puts its undefeated road streak (4-0) on the line when the Bruins JANUARY face the Oregon State Beavers (6-7, 0-1 Pac-12) in Corvallis, Ore., on Sunday, Jan. 6 at 2:00 p.m. in Gill Coliseum. The Bruins have won the last seven meetings between the two teams and the last two in Corvallis. Fri. 4 at Oregon* W, 89-80 Sun. 6 at Oregon State* 2 p.m. • With its win at No. 11 Oklahoma on Nov. 14, the Bruins vaulted into the national rankings in both polls Fri. 11 Washington State* P12N 7 p.m. immediately following and have been ranked every week since, coming in at No. 19 in the AP Top 25 Poll Sun. 13 Washington* 2 p.m. and at No. 22 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. The Bruins climbed to No. 17 in the AP Top 25 and No. 19 Fri. 18 at No. 1 Stanford* P12N 8 p.m. in the USA Today Coaches Poll the following week. With its win over No. 12/16 Texas in Houston on Dec. Sun. 20 at No. 11 California* ESPNU 12:30 p.m. 8, UCLA moved to No. 14 in the AP Poll and No. 17 in the Coaches Poll. UCLA then moved up two spots to No. 12 in the AP Top 25 and moved up a spot to No. 16 in the Coaches Poll after going 2-0 on its east Fri. 25 Arizona* P12LA 6 p.m. coast trip. The Bruins slid to No. 17 in the AP poll and No. 18 in the Coaches Poll after its 77-72 setback Sun. 27 Arizona State* 2 p.m. to Cal State Northridge on Dec. 20. But the Bruins moved up a spot in both polls after its 77-46 win at FEBRUARY Pepperdine (Dec. 28) to No. 16 in the AP Poll and No. 17 in the Coaches Poll. The Bruins have now been Fri. 1 Colorado* P12N 8 p.m. ranked at least one week in both polls in each of the past four seasons. Sun. 3 Utah* 2 p.m. • This is the 61st meeting between UCLA and Oregon State with the Bruins leading the series 42-18. UCLA Fri. 8 at Washington* 7 p.m. has won the last seven meetings and the last two in Corvallis, Ore. Last year, the Bruins posted a 69-60 Sun. 10 at Washington State* 12 p.m. victory on Jan. 19, 2012 in the John Wooden Center, the only meeting between the two teams. Markel Fri. 15 No. 11 California* P12N 6 p.m. Walker had a career-high 18 rebounds and nine assists to go with 16 points, while Rebekah Gardner Sun. 17 No. 1 Stanford* ESPNU 12:30 p.m. added 19 points, eight boards and four steals for the Bruins. Gardner made eight of 13 from the field, as Tue. 19 at USC* P12N 8 p.m. the Bruins shot 46.8% (29-62) for the game. The Bruin then-sophomore class also factored in the victory, Sun. 24 USC* P12LA 2 p.m. as Rhema Gardner added nine points and three steals, Thea Lemberger posted nine points and Corinne Costa totaled eight points and six rebounds. MARCH Fri. 1 at Arizona State* P12N 5 p.m. (MT) CLOSE CALLS ... BRUINS IN OVERTIME Sun. 3 at Arizona* 12 p.m. (MT) The UCLA Bruins improved to 3-0 under Head Coach Cori Close in overtime games in her two seasons with last Thu. 7 First Round 3 TBD TBD week’s 53-52 win in overtime at St. John’s (Dec. 16). Last season, the Bruins posted back-to-back overtime wins Fri. 8 Quarterfinals 3 TBD TBD at Colorado (62-54 on Jan. 29, 2012) and at home versus Washington (79-73 on Feb. 2, 2012). Sat. 9 Semifinals 3 TBD TBD Sun. 10 Finals 3 TBD TBD DOUBLE-DOUBLE TROUBLE Alyssia Brewer has six double-doubles in her first 11 games, which ranks tied for 2nd in the Pac-12 and 1 at Reliant Stadium (Houston, Texas) 2 St. John’s Chartwells Holiday Classic (Carnesecca Arena, Queens, N.Y.) tied for 22nd in the country. She has had double-doubles in five of her last seven games. Markel Walker 3 Pac-12 Tournament (KeyArena at Seattle Center, Seattle) has four double-doubles this season, which ranks sixth in the Pac-12. Additionally, the two Bruins have * Pac-12 Conference game had double-doubles in the same game three times this season. Walker had 17 points and 10 rebounds Rankings are from AP Poll at date of contest (if played) or current in the 86-66 win over Loyola Marymount (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 IN THE RANKINGS Brewer chipped in 12 points and 10 boards against the Gaels. In the loss to Cal State Northridge (Dec. AP Coaches 20), Brewer had 14 points and 12 rebounds with Walker adding 12 points and 12 boards. Oregon State NR NR UCLA 16 17 MISSING IN ACTION Only four of the 13 Bruins have played in all 12 games of the 2012-13 season and nobody has started FOLLOW THE BRUINS ON TWITTER in all of those contests, forcing Head Coach Cori Close to go with seven different starting lineups in the first 12 games. Thea Lemberger has started all nine games she has played, but missed the Notre Dame Women’s Basketball Twitter: twitter.com/UCLAWBB (Nov. 23) and Princeton (Nov. 25) games due to a knee sprain. Lauren Holiday (nine games) and Corinne UCLA Athletics Twitter: twitter.com/UCLAAthletics Costa (six games) have both missed contests with head injuries. Kacy Swain missed both of the games Cori Close Twitter: twitter.com/CoachCloseUCLA in New York with a back injury. Nirra Fields missed the upset win at Oklahoma (Nov. 14) due to personal #GoBruins reasons. Jasmine Dixon missed two games (Princeton on Nov. 25 and Loyola Marymount on Dec. 2) with a left knee sprain and Alyssia Brewer missed the Saint Joseph’s game (Dec. 31) with a right ankle sprain. FOLLOW THE BRUINS ONLINE The Bruins have already used 172 different combinations of players on the court at the same time this season. In a total of 485 minutes of game action, the leading combination on the floor in terms of minutes Facebook: facebook.com/UCLAWomensBasketball played together is Thea Lemberger, Mariah Williams, Atonye Nyingifa, Markel Walker and Alyssia Brewer, Web Site: www.UCLABruins.com but they have only been on the court at the same time for a total of 32:55. 2012-13 UCLA Women’s Basketball (page 1 of 17) MEDIA INFORMATION WELCOME TO WESTWOOD UCLA Sports Information UCLA’s program has 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. Wooden Center, going 9-4 at its home- Website www.uclabruins.com away-from-home. The Bruins also defeated Westmont College this year, 73-43, in its only exhibition tune-up (Nov. 3). The Bruins return home to New Pauley Pavilion for the 2012-13 season, where they will host 15 games this year. WEEKLY AVAILABILITY The best time for interviews with UCLA Head Women’s Basketball Coach, Cori Close, or members of the Bruins’ squad, NEW PAULEY PAVILION is after practices.