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DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS W. Basketball Contacts: Steve Rourke/Liza David For Immediate Release SID Phone: (310) 206-6831 Dec. 12, 2006 Web Page: www.uclabruins.com UCLA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RETURNS HOME TO PLAY NINTH-RANKED BAYLOR SUNDAY UCLA Hosts Baylor — Defending Pac-10 Tournament Champions UCLA (6-5) return home 2006-2007 UCLA Schedule for the fi rst time in almost a month and will host No. 9 Baylor (9-1, game at home vs. Ar- Date Opponent Pacifi c Time kansas-Pine Bluff on Dec. 13 ) on Sunday, Dec. 17 at 12:30 p.m. in a game to be televised 11/12 UC Santa Barbara W, 87-62 nationally by FSN. This will be just UCLA's third home contest of the season and the fi rst 11/16 @ #4/5 Tennessee L, 60-83 since a Nov. 21 date against No.3-ranked Oklahoma. 11/18 @ UC Riverside W, 70-60 The Bruins dropped a hard-fought 72-63 decision at now-No. 22 New Mexico on Saturday 11/21 #3 Oklahoma L, 68-77 (Dec. 9) in the championship game of the Southwest Airlines Lobo Classic. UCLA bested Hawaiian Air Rainbow Wahine Classic (Honolulu, HI) 11/24 UCLA vs. Gonzaga L, 57-62 Delaware State (64-54) in the fi rst round of the Classic. Lindsey Pluimer (22 points v. New 11/25 UCLA vs. Sacramento State W, 87-64 Mexico / 16 v. Delaware St.) and Noelle Quinn (15 pts., 8 ast. v. New Mexico / 17 pts., 6 11/26 UCLA vs. Texas Tech L, 60-75 ast. v. Delaware St.) were named to the All-Tournament team. 11/30 @ Cal State Fullerton W, 84-74 Live Coverage — Sunday's game will be televised live on Fox Sports Net. In Los Angeles, 12/4 @ UC Irvine W, 66-62 Fox Sports Prime Ticket will carry the game. Jim Watson and Mary Murphy will call the game. Southwest Air Lobo Classic (Albuquerque, NM) UCLABruins.com will also offer a free internet audio broadcast of the game with Dave Marcus 12/8 UCLA vs Delaware State W, 64-54 12/9 @ #23 New Mexico L, 63-72 and Michael Sondheimer mikeside, beginning at 12:25 p.m. with the Bruin Countdown pre- 12/17 #9 Baylor (FSN television) 12:30 p.m. game show. Gametracker live stats will also be provided at UCLABruins.com. 12/20 California* 7 p.m. Looking Ahead — UCLA begins Pac-10 Conference play with home dates versus No. 15- 12/22 Stanford* 2 p.m. ranked Cal on Wednesday, Dec. 20 at 7 pm and No. 14-ranked Stanford on Friday, Dec. 12/29 @ Washington State* 2 p.m. 22 at 2 pm. 12/31 @ Washington* 7 p.m. 1/5 Oregon State* 7 p.m. UCLA Projected Starters — 1/7 Oregon* 2 p.m. No. Name (06-07 starts/career starts) Pos. Ht. Cl. PPG RPG 1/13 USC* 2 p.m. 45 Noelle Quinn (11/85) G 6-0 Sr. 15.7 6.0 1/18 @ Arizona State* 10 a.m. 1/20 @ Arizona* (FSN television) 11 a.m. 2 Tierra Henderson (11/11) G 5-10 So. 4.1 3.5 1/26 Washington* 7 p.m. 23 Chinyere Ibekwe (11/11) C 6-4 So. 8.6 6.5 1/28 Washington State* 2 p.m. 31 Amanda Livingston (11/69) F 6-1 Sr. 8.9 5.9 2/1 @ Oregon* 7 p.m. 14 Lindsey Pluimer (11/71) F 6-4 Jr. 16.8 6.9 2/3 @ Oregon State* 7 p.m. Off the Bench 2/10 @ USC* (FSN television) 11 a.m. No. Name (career starts/career games) Pos. Ht. Cl. PPG RPG 2/15 Arizona* 7 p.m. 3 Shaina Zaidi (0/44) G 5-8 Sr. 4.7 1.6 2/18 Arizona State* (FSN television) 1 p.m. 2/22 @ Stanford* 7 p.m. 5 Alexis Olivier (0/2) G 5-8 Fr. 0.0 0.0 2/24 @ California* 2 p.m. 10 Allison Taka (0/6) G 5-8 Fr. 0.3 0.2 3/2-5 Pac-10 Tourn. @ San Jose 11 Julia Pitts (17/41) F 6-2 Sr.R 1.5 1.0 3/17-20 NCAA 1st/2nd Rds. (Austin,TX; East 13 Erica Latimer (0/11) F/G 6-0 Fr. 1.3 1.2 Lansing,MI; Hartford,CT; Minneapolis,MN; 21 Amy Horton (0/11) G/F 5-10 Fr. 3.0 1.9 Pittsburgh,PA; Raleigh,NC; LA,CA; Stanford,CA) 22 Consuelo Lezcano (3/60) F/C 6-4 Sr. 0.8 1.0 3/24-27 NCAA Regionals (Dallas,TX; Dayton,OH; 32 Jerica Williams (0/11) G 5-8 Fr. 1.6 1.1 Greensboro,NC; Fresno,CA) 34 Moniquee Alexander (0/11) C 6-6 Fr. 4.0 2.8 4/1-3 NCAA Final Four (Cleveland,OH) More on Baylor — This will be UCLA's seventh meeting with Baylor in a series which dates '06-07 Pac-10 Standings (as of 12/10) back to a 83-79 Bruin win in Pauley on Dec. 4, 1976. Baylor leads the series by a 4-2 count Team Pac-10 Overall Arizona State 8-1 and has captured the last three meetings, including an 93-85 win last season in Waco, TX. California 7-1 UCLA's last series victory came in a Dec. 7, 1996 contest played in Pauley Pavilion, with Oregon 5-1 the Bruins winning by a score of 58-55. UCLA owns a 2-1 record against Baylor in Pauley. Oregon State 4-1 Stanford 4-3 Baylor is led by 6-1 senior forward Bernice Mosby, who is averaging 19.1 points and 9.6 Washington 5-4 rebounds per game. The Lady Bears' lone loss was at home to Purdue (55-69) in the Pre- UCLA 6-5 Arizona 5-5 season WNIT. Six-foot-three freshman Danielle Wilson has 33 blocked shots. USC 4-4 Washington State 3-6 Quinn Earns Pre-Season Acclaim — The pre-season honors are piling up for senior guard Noelle Quinn. She was named to the pre-season Wade Watch List and is a pre-season This Week in the Pac-10: Dec. 12-Long Beach St. at Arizona; candidate for both the Naismith Trophy and the Wooden Award for the third consecutive year. Dec. 14-Arizona State at UC Irvine, Oregon at Drake, USC vs. Prairie View A&M; Dec. 15-Oregon State at Creighton, She was also named to Street & Smith's "Terrifi c 10" list as one of the Top 10 players in the Gonzaga at Washington; Dec. 16-Oregon at Missouri State, nation and is listed by ESPN.com as one of the Top 5 players in the nation at the wing posi- USC vs. Houston, Utah at Stanford; Dec. 17-Oregon State tion. Additionally, Quinn was named to the pre-season All-Pac-10 team for the third-straight at Drake, Florida State at Washington, Northwestern St. at Washington State. year. She entered the week ranked fi rst in the Pac-10 in assists (6.36) and eighth in scoring (15.7). Quinn was named to the all-tournament team at the Lobo Classic. pg. 1 of 6 Pluimer Powers Bruins — Junior forward was followed by Arizona State (one fi rst-place Bruins moved the lead out to over 20 points Lindsey Pluimer has had an impressive start to vote, 70), USC (63), California and Washington by midway through the second half and came the season, leading the team in scoring (16.8 (53), UCLA (46), Arizona (32), Oregon (22), away with an 87-64 win over Sacramento ppg) and rebounding (6.9 rpg). At the Lobo Washington State (16) and Oregon State (14). State. Lindsey Pluimer scored a career-best 27 Classic in New Mexico, she was named to the In the media poll, Stanford was ranked No. 1, points. Noelle Quinn handed out a career-best All-Tournament team after scoring a game-high receiving all 11 fi rst-place votes. Arizona State 11 assists to go along with 12 points. 22 points vs. the host Lobos, her third 20-plus was second, followed by USC, California, UCLA Goes Down to Gonzaga in Classic point game of the year. She was also selected to Washington, UCLA, Arizona, Oregon, Oregon Opener — Gonzaga handed the Bruins a 62-57 the All-Tournament team in the Rainbow Wahine State and Washington State. defeat in the fi rst round of the Rainbow Wahine Classic after scoring 14 against Gonzaga, a What's Returning ? — UCLA returns 57% of Classic. UCLA fell behind early and trailed 29-17 career-high 27 against Sacramento State and the total fi eld goals made from last season; at intermission after shooting 25% and totaling 15 versus Texas Tech.Pluimer posted a double- 60% of the games started; 56% of the minutes 14 turnovers. A 12-0 Bruin run cut the Gonzaga double in the season opener against UC Santa played; 63% of the rebounds pulled down; 22% lead to 37-36 with 12:48 to play. The Zags then Barbara, totalling 23 points and a game-high 11 of the three-point fi eld goals made; 38% of the went on a run of their own which UCLA answered rebounds. She entered the week ranked sixth assists handed out; 37% of the steals made; to cut the margin to one point again at 51-50 in the conference in scoring average (16.8), 65% of the blocked shots made.