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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. 19, 2013 2012-13 SCHEDULE No. 3 UCLA Bruins Face No. 14 Stetson Hatters OVERALL: 25-7 PAC-12: 14-4 Saturday, Mar. 23, 2013 10:30 a.m. PT/1:30 p.m. ET HOME: 11-4 AWAY: 10-2 NEUTRAL: 4-1 GAME INFORMATION NOVEMBER Venue: St. John Arena Sat. 10 San Diego State W, 66-52 Location: Columbus, Ohio vs. Wed. 14 at No. 11 Oklahoma FCS-C W, 86-80 Tip-Off Time: 10:30 a.m. PT/1:30 p.m. ET Fri. 23 No. 5 Notre Dame P12N L, 64-76 Television: ESPN2 Sun. 25 Princeton W, 65-52 TV Talent: Clay Matvick (play-by-play) 25-7, 14-4 24-8, 14-4 Swin Cash (analyst) DECEMBER Radio: uclabruins.com All-Time NCAA Tournament Record: 10-11 (.476) Sun. 2 Loyola Marymount W, 86-66 Radio Talent: Dave Marcus (play-by-play) Series Record: First Meeting Sat. 8 vs. No. 12 Texas 1 LN W, 62-42 Mike Sondheimer (analyst) UCLA All-Time Record As #3 Seed: 4-2 (1999 and 2011) Sat. 15 vs. Saint Mary’s 2 ESPN3 W, 76-62 Sun. 16 at St. John’s 2 ESPN3 W, 53-52 (ot) STORY LINES Thu. 20 Cal State Northridge L, 72-77 Fri. 28 at Pepperdine W, 77-46 • No. 11/12 UCLA (25-7, 14-4 Pac-12) earned a No. 3 seed and heads to Columbus, Ohio to face 14th-seeded Stetson (24-8, Mon. 31 Saint Joseph’s W, 73-65 14-4 Atlantic Sun) in the first round of the 2013 NCAA Tournament. The game will take place on Saturday, March 23 at 10:30 a.m. PT/1:30 p.m. ET in St. John Arena and will be televised live on ESPN2. JANUARY • While UCLA is 25-7 overall and went 14-4 (third place) in the Pac-12, all four conference losses and six of the seven defeats Fri. 4 at Oregon* W, 89-80 this season were to Top 7 teams (Top 2 seeds) in the country. UCLA lost to 4th-ranked Stanford (#1 seed) on the road and on Sun. 6 at Oregon State* W, 68-64 a neutral court (Pac-12 Tournament title game), at home to 5th-ranked Notre Dame (#1), at 6th-ranked Stanford (#1), at home Fri. 11 Washington State* P12N W, 78-52 to 6th-ranked California (#2) and at 7th-ranked California (#2). The Bruins defeated 5th-ranked California (#2) in the Pac-12 Sun. 13 Washington* W, 85-68 Tournament semifinals and posted victories at 11th-ranked Oklahoma (#6), vs. 12th-ranked Texas (neutral) and at home over Fri. 18 at No. 6 Stanford* P12N L, 49-75 22nd-ranked Colorado (#5). The Bruins were 4-6 vs. ranked teams this season. It is the most ranked teams UCLA has faced Sun. 20 at No. 7 California* ESPNU L, 65-70 in one season since 2006-07. That year, the Bruins faced 10 Top 25 teams (1-9 vs. ranked teams). Addtionally, UCLA is 6-6 against the 2013 NCAA Tournament field. The Bruins also posted wins at home over No. 9 seed Saint Joseph’s and No. 9 seed Fri. 25 Arizona* P12LA W, 73-57 Princeton and at No. 10 St. John’s in overtime. UCLA also went 6-0 vs. the 2013 WNIT field. Sun. 27 Arizona State* W, 54-50 • After a second-place finish at the Pac-12 Tournament with a 51-49 loss to No. 4 Stanford in the championship game, a 70-58 FEBRUARY win over No. 5 California in the semis and a 54-43 quarterfinal win over Utah last week, the UCLA Bruins moved up three spots to Fri. 1 No. 22 Colorado* P12N W, 62-46 No. 11 in the AP Top 25 Poll and one spot to No. 12 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. UCLA improved two spots to No. 11 in the Sun. 3 Utah* W, 70-42 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. Fri. 8 at Washington* W, 65-61 BRUINS IN STATISTICAL RANKINGS Sun. 10 at Washington State* W, 80-65 UCLA is 3rd in the Pac-12 in scoring (67.4 ppg) and is 4th in the Pac-12 and 23rd in the country in rebounding margin (+7.1). Fri. 15 No. 6 California* P12N L, 51-79 The Bruins lead the Pac-12 and rank 17th in the nation in assists (16.3) and also lead the league in steals (10.4). UCLA is also Sun. 17 No. 4 Stanford* ESPNU L, 57-68 2nd in the Pac-12 in field goal percentage (.423) and 3rd in offensive rebounds (15.6) and three-point field goal percentage (.313). Tue. 19 at USC* P12N W, 68-54 Sun. 24 USC* P12LA W, 63-58 ALL-PAC-12 HONORS Seniors Markel Walker and Alyssia Brewer and junior Atonye Nyingifa were all named All-Pac-12 by both the Pac-12 coaches MARCH and media. Additionally, freshmen Kari Korver and Nirra Fields were both chosen as honorable mention selections to the All- Fri. 1 at Arizona State* P12N W, 58-50 Freshmen Team by the league’s head coaches. Markel Walker was also named to the five-member Pac-12 All-Defensive Team Sun. 3 at Arizona* W, 68-57 by both the media and the coaches. Fri. 8 Utah 3 P12N W, 54-43 3 SUCCESSFUL SENIORS Sat. 9 No. 5 California P12N W, 70-58 The senior class of Markel Walker, Jasmine Dixon and Mariah Williams as well as redshirt junior Atonye Nyingifa (who should 3 Sun. 10 No. 4 Stanford ESPN2 L, 49-51 be a senior this year), has won the second-most games in a four-year period in UCLA history. Bolstered by Tennessee transfer, Sat. 23 No. 14 Stetson 4 ESPN2 10:30 a.m. senior Alyssia Brewer, the class is currently 92-37 (.662), which is second behind the 1981 senior class that went 98-32 Mon. 25 No. 6 OU/No. 11 CMU 4 ESPN2 4:00 p.m. (.754). This year’s group might have already surpassed the Bruin class that played from 1977-78 to 1980-81, had it not been 1 at Reliant Stadium (Houston, Texas) for last year’s 14-16 mark. In that season, Walker missed the first seven games with a thumb injury, Nyingifa missed the last 2 St. John’s Chartwells Holiday Classic (Carnesecca Arena, Queens, N.Y.) 21 games with a knee injury, Brewer was on the bench due to NCAA transfer rules and Dixon missed the entire season with a 3 Pac-12 Tournament (KeyArena at Seattle Center, Seattle) ruptured Achilles tendon. The 1980-81 senior group started in 1977-78 as Ann Meyers (Drysdale) led the Bruins to a national 4 NCAA Tournament (St. John Arena, Columbus, Ohio) championship (AIAW) with a 27-3 record. The Bruins, led by Anita Ortega, were 24-10 in 1978-79 and 18-12 in 1979-80. * Pac-12 Conference game Then with senior Denise Curry and a couple of freshmen phenoms in Necie Thompson and Jackie Joyner, UCLA won a school Rankings are from AP Poll at date of contest (if played) or current All times listed are Pacific record 29 games with seven defeats in 1980-81. UCLA is 25-7 this season after last year’s 14-16 mark. UCLA also went 28-5 in 2010-11 and 25-9 in 2009-10, to win 25 or more games in three of the last four years, a feat unmatched in Bruin history. FOLLOW THE BRUINS ON TWITTER MISSING IN ACTION Only three of the 13 Bruins have played in all 32 games this season and nobody has started in more than 27 contests, forcing Women’s Basketball Twitter: twitter.com/UCLAWBB Head Coach Cori Close to go with 11 different starting lineups. Rhema Gardner had knee surgery before the season began and UCLA Athletics Twitter: twitter.com/UCLAAthletics will redshirt the season. Thea Lemberger missed the Notre Dame (Nov. 23) and Princeton (Nov. 25) games due to a knee sprain Cori Close Twitter: twitter.com/CoachCloseUCLA and the Arizona game (Mar. 3) and the Pac-12 Tournament (Mar. 8-10) with a sprained left elbow. She returned to practice #GoBruins this week and is listed as day-to-day. Lauren Holiday (28 games) and Corinne Costa (26 games) have both missed contests with head injuries and have been shut down for the season and will seek medical hardships. Kacy Swain missed both of the games in New York (Dec. 15-16) with a back injury. Nirra Fields missed the upset win at Oklahoma (Nov. 14) due to personal reasons. FOLLOW THE BRUINS ONLINE Jasmine Dixon missed two games (Princeton on Nov. 25 and Loyola Marymount on Dec. 2) with a left knee sprain. She has played in all other contests, but is only playing 20.6 minutes per game as she is still suffering from pain in her knee and has occasional Facebook: facebook.com/UCLAWomensBasketball swelling. Alyssia Brewer missed most (only played three minutes) of the Pepperdine game (Dec. 28) and missed the entire Athletic Web Site: www.UCLABruins.com Saint Joseph’s game (Dec.