DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS W. Basketball Contacts: Steve Rourke/Liza David For Immediate Release SID Phone: (310) 206-6831 Nov. 23, 2005 Web Page: www.uclabruins.com UCLA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MEETS NO. 11 GEORGIA IN LMU TOURNAMENT Bruins at LMU/Ayres Hotel Thanksgiving Tournament — The Bruins (0-2) will 2005-2006 Schedule square off on Friday at 5 p.m. with 11th-ranked (AP) Georgia (2-1) in the first round of the LMU/Ayres Hotel Thanksgiving Tournament to be played at Gersten Pavilion Date Opponent Time/Result on the Loyola Marymount campus. Charlotte (1-1) and LMU (1-1) play in the other 11/6 Love & Basketball (ex.) W,86-75 11/13 Play Mode (ex.) W,103-62 first round contest. The Friday winners will meet at 5 p.m. on Saturday, following 11/18 @ Baylor (FSN) L,85-93 the 3 p.m. consolation game. The Bruins could open up the regular season facing 11/22 Brigham Young L,67-71 four straight teams which advanced to post-season play a year ago (Baylor and LMU/Ayres Hotel Thanksgiving Tour. Georgia were in the NCAA tournament; BYU and Charlotte played in the WNIT). 11/25 UCLA v. Georgia 5:00 On Air — All of UCLA's games in 2005-06 will be audio broadcast live on UCLA 11/26 UCLA v. LMU/Charlotte 3/5:00 All-Access via UCLABruins.com. Play-by-play announcer Dave Marcus will begin 11/30 UC Irvine 7:00 coverage with The Bruins Countdown Show starting five minutes before the hour. 12/3 @ Clemson 7:00 12/5 @ Oklahoma 7:00 UCLA Returning Starters (# ’05-06 starts/career starts) — 12/8 Pepperdine 7:00 No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. PPG RPG 12/17 @ UC Santa Barbara 2:00 32 Nikki Blue (2/87) G 5-8 Sr. 15.5 5.0 12/20 Oregon* 7:00 40 Lisa Willis (2/60) G 5-11 Jr. 17.5 6.0 12/22 Oregon State* 7:00 45 Noelle Quinn (2/44) G 6-0 So. 18.0 7.5 12/30 @ California* 7:00 14 Lindsey Pluimer (2/30) F 6-4 So. 12.0 3.5 1/1 @ Stanford (FSN) 1:00 31 Amanda Livingston (2/31) F 6-1 Jr. 6.0 1.5 1/6 Arizona* 7:00 1/8 Arizona State* 2:00 Others (# '05-6 games/career starts) 1/12 @ Washington* 7:00 00 Ortal Oren (2/2) G 5-9 Sr. 0.0 0.0 1/14 @ Washington State* 2:00 1 Ashlee Trebilcock (2/0) G 5-9 Fr. 4.0 2.0 1/21 @ USC* (FSN) 1:00 2 Tierra Henderson (2/0) G 5-10 Fr. 1.5 0.5 1/27 Stanford* (ESPNU) 7:00 3 Shaina Zaidi (0/0) G 5-8 So. 0.0 0.0 1/29 California* 2:00 11 Julia Pitts (0/17) F 6-2 Jr. 0.0 0.0 2/2 @ Arizona State* 6:30 20 Lauren Pedersen (2/11) G 5-10 So. 0.0 0.5 2/4 @ Arizona* 4:00 21 Brittany Ringel (0/0) F 6-1 Jr.R 0.0 0.0 2/9 Washington State* 7:00 22 Consuelo Lezcano (0/0) F/C 6-4 So. 0.0 0.0 2/11 Washington* (FSN) 1:00 23 Chinyere Ibekwe (2/0) F/C 6-4 Fr. 1.5 0.5 2/18 USC* 1:00 44 Emma Tautolo (0/0) F 6-2 Jr. 0.0 0.0 2/23 @ Oregon State* 7:00 2/25 @ Oregon* 3:00 About Georgia — Georgia finished the 2004-05 season with a 24-10 record and 3/3-6 at Pac-10 Tourn.(San Jose)TBD lost in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 round to Duke. The Lady Bulldogs enter the tournament with a 2-1 record, losing to Baylor (72-84) and posting wins over All games radio broadcast on internet Santa Clara at home (92-91) and at TCU (80-51). All five UGA starters are (www.uclabruins.com). Home games in bold. Times are local to site. averaging in double digits this season, headed by 6-3 sophomore forward Tasha Humphrey at 22.0 ppg. Humphrey also leads Georgia in rebounding with a 9.3 Pac-10 Standings (11/22) average. Senior guards Sherill Baker (16.0) and Alexis Kendrick (12.0) and junior Team Pac-10 Overall guard Cori Chambers (13.3) give the Bulldogs one of the nation's highest-scoring Arizona State 3-0 backcourts. Six-three forward Megan Darrah averages 11.0 points per game and Arizona 2-0 led Georgia in its win on Monday (Nov. 21) against TCU with 17 points. Oregon State 2-0 About Charlotte — Charlotte is under the direction of first-year head coach USC 2-0 Amanda Butler, a former 49'er assistant, who will lead her squad into the Atlantic Washington 2-0 10 Conference for the first time this season (Charlotte was previously in Washington State 2-0 Conference-USA). The 49'ers have made a school record three-straight post- California 3-1 season appearances (NCAA-2003/NWIT-2004 & 2005) and posted a 22-9 record Oregon 3-1 in 2004-05. Charlotte enters the tournament with a 1-1 record after an 87-80 loss Stanford 1-1 at Western Kentucky on Tuesday. The 49'ers opened the season with an 84-58 UCLA 0-2 win over Appalachian State. Senior guard Sakellie Daniels led the team in scoring (15.1), rebounding (7.5), assists and steals last season. She had 21 points in the loss to Western Kentucky. Senior forward Pam Brown averaged 12.8 points per game last season and had 22 double figure scoring outings. pg. 1 of 5 About LMU — Loyola Media Tabs Bruins for Second in the Pac-10 — The Bruins Series Records vs. LMU Tour- Marymount posted a 16- were selected to finish second in the media poll announced at nament Teams 13 record last season and the annual conference media day. Stanford, with 10 first place • Georgia leads UCLA 3-1 finished second in the votes, was picked to finish first with 127 total points. UCLA had Last meeting: Dec. 6, 2002 - Geor- West Coast Conference. two first place votes and 109 points. USC had one first place gia 91, UCLA 83 at Athens, GA The Lions enter the tour- vote and 103 points. Arizona State had 101 points followed by nament with a 1-1 mark Oregon (66), Arizona (59), Cal (43), Washington State (25) and Last UCLA win: Nov. 27, 1982 - this season. LMU lost, 74- Oregon State (17). UCLA 75, Georgia 57 in Chicago, IL 66, at Arizona last week • UCLA leads LMU 5-0 Coaches Pick Bruins To Finish Fourth In Pac-10 — The Pac- and defeated UC Irvine, 10 women’s basketball coaches picked UCLA to finish fourth Last meeting: Dec. 5, 1996 - UCLA 93-73, on Monday. Junior in the conference in the annual pre-season poll. Stanford, with 60, LMU 39 at Gersten Pavilion guard Amanda Patton nine first-place votes, was the solid choice to finish first. The • UCLA has not met Charlotte leads three Lions in Cardinal (81 points) were followed by USC (one first-place vote, double figure scoring with 70), Arizona State (62), UCLA (60), Oregon (43), Arizona (42), a 16.5 ppg mark. Six-one Washington (36), California (30), Washington State (16) and junior forward Ashlee Dunlap is the leading rebounder at 10.5 Oregon State (10). per contest and is scoring at a 12.5 points per game clip. UCLA leads the series with the Lions, 5-0. The teams last met 2005-06 Outlook — Coach Kathy Olivier is set to return one of on Dec. 6, 1996, with UCLA winning, 60-39, at Gersten Pavilion. the nation's finest backcourts with its "Triple Threat" of Blue, Quinn and Willis. The threesome combined to average 50.2 Looking Ahead — UCLA's next home contest is on Wednes- points, 19.0 rebounds, 10.5 steals and 11.9 assists a game in day, Nov. 30 against UC Irvine at 7:00 p.m. 2004-05. Overall, 11 letterwinners (all five starters) are back BYU Bests Bruins in Home Opener — Nikki Blue led four Bruins from last season's 16-12 team which finished sixth (10-8) in the in double figures with 19 points, but it was not enough to best Pac-10 conference. Three talented newcomers have joined the BYU, which handed UCLA a 71-67 setback in the home opener. mix to step up the competition level at several positions. Neither team led by more than nine points in the contest in Blue and Willis ranked fourth and fifth in the Pac-10 in scoring which there were 11 lead changes and five ties. The Cougars last season. Quinn was on track to join them until she was controlled the boards, 52-27, to help offset 26 turnovers. UCLA sidelined by a knee injury in mid-January. The pair ranked first misfired on four three-point attempts in the final 40 seconds and second in the conference in steals. Willis ranked sixth in which would have tied the game at 70 and fell to 0-2 on the year. the nation in steals and Blue checked in at 11th. Willis ranked Bruins Fall to Defending National Champs in Season Opener No.1 in the Pac-10 in three-point field goals made and tied for — Baylor defeated the Bruins, 93-85, in Waco, TX despite 22 25th in the nation.