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Bruins Face Utah in Salt Lake City DATE: Jan. 24, 2012 • SID CONTACTS: Steve Rourke and James Ybiernas PHONE: 310-206-8187/206-8123 • E-MAIL: srourke/[email protected] • Web: uclabruins.com GAME #19 (PAC-12 GAME #8) three points against Oregon. She had a career-best 18 DATE: Thursday, January 26, 2012 rebounds against Oregon State and was one assist shy of OPPONENT: Utah Utes a triple-double, adding a personal-high nine assists with 16 ALL-TIME SERIES: Utah Leads 3-2 points for her third double-double of the year (10 career). 2011-12 SCHEDULE/RESULTS SITE: Jon M. Huntsman Center (15,000) During her double-fi gure rebounding streak, Walker had OVERALL: 8-10 PAC-12: 3-4 TIP-OFF: 6 p.m. PT 14 with four points and fi ve assists against USC, 13 with Date Opponent Result/Time AUDIO: uclabruins.com 15 points, fi ve assists and four steals at Arizona State and 11/11 McNeese State (Preseason WNIT) W, 67-59 TALENT: Dave Marcus 12 with 12 points versus Arizona. Of her 115 rebounds, 51 11/13 Tennessee Tech (Preseason WNIT) W, 74-52 have come on the offensive end, as she is fi rst on the team 11/17 @ #1/#1 Baylor (Preseason WNIT) L, 50-83 NEW PAC-12 FOE FOR BRUINS with 10.5 rpg (at least six in every game), fourth with 11.5 11/25 vs. West Virginia (Northridge Tourney) L, 54-63 The Bruins (8-10, 3-4 Pac-12) travel to the fi rst of two new ppg, third with 42 assists and second with 23 steals, adding 11/26 vs. Colgate (Northridge Tourney) W, 68-48 conference destinations, as they face Utah (9-9, 2-5) on a 72.1 free throw percentage. Walker has scored in double 11/30 San Diego State W, 78-71 12/4 @ Loyola Marymount W, 84-43 Thursday at 6 p.m. PT in Salt Lake City. Free video, audio and fi g ures in nine of 11 contests and has a steal in every game 12/13 @ LSU L, 41-58 Gametracker will be available at UCLABruins.com. (2+ on eight occasions), producing season highs in both 12/17 #6/#6 Te n nessee L, 64-85 against California (Dec. 29) with 18 points and four steals. The Bruins went 1-2 on their recent three-game homestand, 12/20 @ Te m ple L, 53-59 She has at least fi ve assists in three of her last four and on beating Oregon State on Thursday, while falling to USC on 12/22 @ Saint Joseph's L, 60-64 four occasions this year. 12/29 California * W, 60-55 Jan. 14 and Oregon on Saturday. UCLA has alternated wins 12/31 #4/#4 Stanford * L, 50-77 and losses in its last fi ve contests. Thea Lemberger is another of a Bruin quartet that is 1/5 @ Arizona * L, 66-74 averaging double fi gures in points, coming in at 12.2 ppg, 1/7 @ Arizona State * (FSN) W, 64-48 PLAYER UPDATES which is third on the club. She is also fi rst on the team 1/14 USC * L, 43-47 Rebekah Gardner led the Bruins in scoring for the ninth with 26 three-pointers and second with 49 assists and 12 1/19 Oregon State * W, 69-60 time this season and posted her third double-double with 22 1/21 Oregon * L, 62-83 double-fi gure scoring games. Lemberger had 18 points and 1/26 @ Utah * 6 p.m. PT points (sixth, 2 0 -point game of the year) and a career-high 15 made a career-best four three-pointers against Oregon after 1/29 @ Colorado * (FSN) 1 p.m. PT rebounds (nine offensive) against Oregon on Saturday. She recording nine points versus Oregon State. T h e sophomore 2/2 Washington * 7 p.m. also had a personal-best six assists to go with three steals. O n is averaging 15.0 ppg during Pac-12 play, producing four 2/4 Washington State * 2 p.m. Thursday versus Oregon State, Gardner notched 19 points double-fi gure games, including two with over 20. She had 22 2/9 @ California * 7 p.m. (8-of-13 shooting), eight rebounds and a season-high four at Arizona State, making 9-of-12 from the fi eld and 3-of-4 2/12 @ Stanford * (FSN) 12 p.m. steals. She leads the Bruins with 15.6 points per game and 2/19 @ USC * (FSN) 12 p.m. from beyond the arc. Lemberger went for a career-high 2/23 Arizona State * 7 p.m. 33 steals (seven in her last two games), is second with 17 26 against California (7-of-11 fg, 3-of-6 3pt, 9-of-10 ft) and 2/25 Arizona * 2 p.m. three-pointers and third with 6.6 rebounds per game. The also added a 17-point effort with fi ve assists at Arizona. 3/1 @ Washington State * 7 p.m. Bruins' lone senior and only player to start all 18 contests Lemberger had a career-best six assists against Te n nessee 3/3 @ Washington * 2 p.m. has double fi gures in points in six straight. She had 20 against and has at least four helpers in seven contests. Beyond 3/7-10 Pacifi c Life Pac-12 To u rney @ Galen/Staples USC (Jan. 14), 16 points and eight rebounds at Arizona State the arc, she has at least one trey in 14 of her 18 contests, Home Games Played at John Wooden Center (Jan. 7), 12 points and eight boards at Arizona (Jan. 5) and 17 including three at Te m ple (Dec. 20). 2011-12 Pac-12 Standings (Through Jan. 22) points with six rebounds versus Stanford (Dec. 31). Gardner has produced at least eight points in all 18 games, at least Corinne Costa has played 20-plus minutes in nine straight Te a m Pac-12 Overall games and is averaging 7.6 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 1.8 blocks per game Stanford 8-0 17-1 one steal in 16 of 18 contests (2+ on 11 occasions) and is and a 52.8 fi eld goal percentage over her last fi ve contests. California 6-2 15-5 fi r st on the squad with 14 double-fi gure scoring games (35 Costa set a career high with 10 points (5-of-9 fg) against USC 5-2 10-7 career). She netted a career-high 24 against Te n nessee (Dec. Oregon to go with four rebounds and four blocks. The Arizona State 4-3 13-5 17) on 9-of-18 shooting and 5-of-9 from beyond the arc. UCLA 3-4 8-10 sophomore has at least six points and four boards in her She also had 20 points versus San Diego State (Nov. 30) and Washington State 3-4 9-10 last fi ve contests, putting up eight points (4-of-6) and six a pair of double-doubles with 21 points and 10 rebounds Colorado 3-4 14-4 rebounds versus Oregon State, six points (3-7) and fi ve Oregon State 3-5 12-7 against both Te n nessee Tech (Nov. 13) and Colgate (Nov. 26). rebounds against USC, six points (3-4) and four boards in Oregon 3-5 11-9 Gardner tallied three steals versus Tennessee Tech, Colgate a career-high 31 minutes at Arizona State and eight points Arizona 2-5 13-6 and San Diego State and has two thefts in six more contests. (4-10) and a season-best seven rebounds (four offensive) at Washington 2-5 10-7 She also has at least fi ve boards in 12 games, including seven Utah 2-5 9-9 Arizona. The team leader in blocks with 30 is averaging 3.7 of the last eight (7.5 rpg). ppg and 3.9 rpg on the year. Costa set a UCLA single-game This Week in the Pac-12 (All Times Pacifi c) Markel Walker has produced double fi gures in rebounds record with seven blocks against California, which broke Thursday, Jan. 26 in fi ve straight contests after grabbing 12 boards with Natalie Williams' record of six set on March 6, 1992 against UCLA at Utah 6 p.m. USC at Colorado 6 p.m. Arizona at Washington 7 p.m. 2011-12 ROSTER Arizona State at Washington State 7 p.m. No. Name Pos Ht Yr Exp Hometown (High School/Last School) 0 Moriah Faulk G 5-10 Fr. HS Phoenix, AZ (Santa Monica HS) Saturday, Jan. 28 Arizona at Washington State 1 p.m. 1 Thea Lemberger G 5-7 So. 1V Santa Monica, CA (Santa Monica HS) Arizona State at Washington 2 p.m. 2 Jackie Shepard G 5-10 Jr. 2V Atherton, CA (Menlo School) California at Stanford 2 p.m. 5 Mariah Williams G 5-4 Jr. 2V Colorado Springs, CO (Regis Jesuit HS) USC at Utah 2 p.m. Oregon at Oregon State 4 p.m. 10 Kacy Swain F 6-3 Fr. HS Los Angeles, CA (St. Bernard's HS) 11 Atonye Nyingifa F 5-11 R-Jr. 2V Torrance, CA (Redondo Union HS) Sunday, Jan. 29 20 Rhema Gardner G/F 6-1 So. 1V Upland, CA (Ayala HS) UCLA at Colorado 1 p.m. 22/3 Madeline Brooks G 5-8 Fr. HS Temecula, CA (Temecula Valley HS) Last Week in the Pac-12 (Home Te a m in Italics) 23 Markel Walker G/F 6-1 Jr.