Bruins Wrap Up Washington Trip In Pullman Saturday

DATE: January 11, 2007 • SID CONTACTS: Steve Rourke/Liza David PHONE: 310-206-6831 • E-MAIL: [email protected] or [email protected] Website: uclabruins.com 2007-08 SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAMEDAY CENTRAL California and Washington) and one NIT participant 2007-08 Overall Record: 8-8 GAME 17: Sat. Jan. 12 (San Diego). Pac-10 Record: 3-2 OPPONENT: Washington State (3-12, 0-4) MORRIS OUT WITH KNEE SPRAIN GAME TIME: 2:00 pm NOVEMBER: UCLA freshman Darxia Morris will sit out her sec- GAME SITE: Friel Court (11,566) 1 Team Concept (Exhib.) W 94-82 ond-straight game after spraining her right knee in AUDIO: uclabruins.com 7 Love & Basketball (Exhib.) W 84-67 the second half of the Cal game last Sunday. Morris UCLA RADIO TALENT: Dave Marcus (play-by-play) 14 at Cal State Northridge W 81-69 did not make the trip to Washington, and doctors will Jamila Veasley (color) 18 Rice W 79-71 re-examine her knee early next week after the swell- 20 Cal Poly SLO W 107-83 ing has gone down to more accurately determine the 25 #3 Maryland (TV - FSN) L 75-79 UCLA AT WSU SATURDAY extent of the injury. Morris, a freshman guard from 28 at Pepperdine L 79-91 UCLA (8-8, 3-2 in the Pac-10) wraps up its Washington Pasadena, CA (Muir HS), was coming off a weekend road trip at Washington State (3-12, 0-4) on Saturday, Jan. in which she scored 20 points in an upset win over DECEMBER: 12 at 2 pm. The Bruins are coming off a 59-57 victory No. 2 Stanford and added 14 points, including 12 in 1-2 at Univ. of Nevada Nugget Classic at Washington, while the Cougars lost to USC, 62-58, the second half, against No. 10 Cal. She is averaging 9.9 vs. Idaho State L 64-76 after leading 38-27 at the half. UCLA is looking for points (third on the team), 2.47 steals (second in the vs. Southern W 79-52 its fi rst Pac-10 road sweep since beating the Oregon Pac-10 Conference) and 3.0 assists (tied for eighth in 8 at San Diego L 57-63 schools in 2006. the Pac-10) per game. She had started in the last six 15 at BYU (TV - The Mtn.) L 58-68 games and in 12 games overall this season. 19 #1 Tennessee L 70-82 BRUIN BYTES 21 UC Riverside W 71-60 UCLA has limited its last six opponents to an average ABOUT WASHINGTON STATE 28 at #24 Arizona State L 59-62 of just 59.8 points per game in regulation in those six Washington State has lost six-straight contests since 30 at Arizona W 68-59 contests (UC Riverside - 60, Arizona State - 62, Arizona posting a 78-72 overtime win over San Jose State on - 59, Stanford - 56, California - 65, Washington - 57). The Dec. 16. On Thursday, the Cougars led USC at the half, JANUARY: two losses have come by a total of six points to a pair 38-27, but were outscored by 15 in the second half and 4 #2 Stanford W 69-56 of ranked teams (No. 9 Cal, No. 25 Arizona St.) which lost by a score of 62-58. Four Cougar players were in 6 #10 California (TV - FSN) L 70-73 ot sit atop the Pac-10 standings with the only unbeaten double-fi gures, led by Katie Calderwood's career-best 10 at Washington W 59-57 records in the league after two weeks of play. 13 points. Junior guard Katie Appleton leads WSU in scoring with a 12.7 average, while Heather Molzen 12 at Washington State 2:00 pm In Conference games, the Bruins are holding opponents ranks second with a 7.0 average. 19 at USC 12:00 pm to a Pac-10 low 33.7% shooting from the fi eld. 24 Oregon 7:00 pm UCLA leads the series, 37-6, and has won the last 14 Two Bruin players are averaging in double-fi gures, led by 26 Oregon State 2:00 pm meetings since a 74-52 loss in Pullman, WA on Jan. senior Lindsey Pluimer (14.1 points and a team-high 7.3 31 at California 7:00 pm 6, 2001. In the last contest in Pullman last Dec. 29, rebounds per game). Freshman Nina Earl also averages in UCLA's Noelle Quinn blocked a three-point attempt FEBRUARY: double digits with an 10.4 mark. Three other members at the buzzer to preserve the 74-71 win. Quinn was of UCLA's freshman class are just shy of double digit 2 at Stanford 2:00 pm one shy of the triple-double with 24 points, averages - Darxia Morris, 9.9; Doreena Campbell, 9.0 8 Washington State 7:00 pm 10 assists and nine rebounds. The Cougars' Colleen ppg; and Regina Rogers, 7.8 ppg. UCLA averages 71.6 10 Washington (TV - ESPN2) 1:30 pm Betteridge scored a team-high 16 points in the game. points per game to rank second in the Pac-10. 17 USC 2:00 pm In the Jan. 28 contest in Pauley Pavilion, the Bruins used 21 at Oregon State 7:00 pm Since Dec. 8, the Bruins have faced seven NCAA 59% second-half shooting to help overcome a double- 23 at Oregon 2:00 pm Tournament teams (BYU, defending NCAA champion digit defi cit and record a 73-70 win. Tierra Henderson 28 Arizona State 7:00 pm Tennessee, UC Riverside, Arizona State, Stanford, helped lead the Bruin comeback, scoring 10 points with

MARCH: 1 Arizona 11:00 am 2007-08 UCLA NUMERICAL ROSTER 7 Pac-10 Tournament - San Jose, CA TBD No. Name Pos Ht Yr Hometown (High School) 8 Pac-10 Tournament - San Jose, CA TBD 1 Nina Earl F 6-1 Fr. Pomona, CA (Diamond Ranch HS) 9 Pac-10 Tournament - San Jose, CA TBD 2 Tierra Henderson G 5-10 Jr. Pasadena, CA (Muir HS) 10 Pac-10 Tournament - San Jose, CA TBD 3 Darxia Morris G 5-8 Fr. Pasadena, CA (Muir HS) 4 Christina Nzekwe F 6-4 Fr. Seattle, WA (Chief Sealth HS) NCAA Tournament: 5 Alexis Olivier G 5-8 So. Seal Beach, CA (Los Alamitos HS) Mar. 22-25 - NCAA 1st/2nd Rounds 10 Allison Taka G 5-8 So. Culver City, CA (Culver City HS) Mar. 29-Apr. 1 - NCAA Regionals 13 Erica Tukiainen G 6-0 So. Los Angeles, CA (Windward HS) Apr. 6-8 - NCAA Final Four 14 Lindsey Pluimer F 6-4 Sr. San Clemente, CA (San Clemente HS) 21 Doreena Campbell G 5-10 Fr. Alexandria, VA (Edison HS) Home games are played in Pauley Pavilion and noted in 23 Chinyere Ibekwe C 6-4 Jr. Los Angeles, CA (Carson HS) boldface 24 Candice Brown F 6-3 Fr. Riverside, CA (Bishop Amat HS) All times listed are local to site & subject to change 31 Moniquee Alexander C 6-6 So. Harbor City, CA (Edison Academic Center) 34 Regina Rogers C 6-3 Fr. Seattle, WA (Chief Sealth HS) Head Coach: Kathy Olivier, 15th season (UNLV '82) Assistant Coaches: Pam Walker, Trisha Stafford-Odom, Maylana M. Douglas

pg. 1 of 7 a career-high seven assists, and Lindsey Pluimer led all fi rst lead of the game after trailing by seven, 37-30, at players with 18 points and 13 rebounds. the half. Freshman guard Darxia Morris keyed the rally National Rankings with six points in that 10-0 run. However, she went Associated Press (Jan. 7) USA Today/ESPN (Jan. 8) UCLA ESCAPES SEATTLE WITH 59-57 WIN down with a knee injury at the 5:39 mark, and the Bruins 1.Connecticut 1. Connecticut UCLA withstood a late rally by the host Huskies and could manage just one fi eld goal over the last 5:31 of 2.Tennessee 2. Tennessee came away with a 59-57 road win on Thursday night. After the contest. Cal was able to knot the score at 65-all 3.North Carolina 3. North Carolina leading at intermission, 29-24, the Bruins jumped out to on a pair of free throws with 1:45 to play in regulation. 4.Maryland 4. Maryland a 13-point lead (45-32) in the second half but then went Neither team scored down the stretch, and the game 5.Rutgers 5. Rutgers cold, going scoreless for over fi ve and a half minutes. went into overtime. Lindsey Pluimer's three-point shot 6.Oklahoma 6. Oklahoma 7.Stanford 7. Stanford Freshman Christina Nzekwe broke the drought with a with 3:54 to go in the extra period gave UCLA a 68-66 8.Baylor 8. Baylor at the 7:04 mark, stopping a 6-0 UW run that lead. A Cal basket tied the score, before Nina Earl put 9.California 9. California cut the lead to four. With the Bruins up by one with nine the Bruins ahead, 70-68, with a fi eld goal at the 2:44 10.Georgia 10. Georgia seconds to play, Washington took the ball up the court for mark. Cal tied it up at 70 on a basket with 2:18 to play. 11.LSU 11. LSU the fi nal possession, and Andrea Plouffe's three-pointer The Golden Bears took a one-point lead on a free throw 12.Duke 12. Texas A&M missed just before the buzzer sounded. Lindsey Pluimer with 42 seconds remaining and upped it to 73-70 on 13.Texas A&M 13. Duke led a balanced Bruin attack with 16 points. two more free throws with 22 seconds on the clock. 14.Notre Dame 14. Notre Dame Tierra Henderson misfi red on a potential game-tying 15.Texas 15. Texas shot in the fi nal seconds of the game. 16.West Virginia 16. West Virginia SEATTLE'S BEST 17.George Washington 17. George Washington Bruin freshmen and Seattle natives Regina Rogers and BRUINS SHOOT DOWN #2 CARDINAL 18.Old Dominion 18. Arkansas Christina Nzekwe played their fi rst collegiate games in 19.Ohio State 19. Ohio State their hometown on Thursday. Both were key fi gures in UCLA snapped second-ranked Stanford's nine-game win- 20.Arkansas 20. Auburn the Bruins' 59-57 win over Washington. Nzekwe scored ning streak on Friday night with a 69-56 win. It marked 21.Wyoming 21. De Paul a season-high tying eight points, including six in a pivotal the fi rst time the UCLA women's basketball program 22.Auburn 22. Old Dominion stretch in the second half, and added seven rebounds has ever defeated a team ranked higher than fourth in 23.Colorado 23. Wyoming the Associated Press poll. 24.De Paul 24. Oklahoma State and a career-high four steals. Rogers added six points 25.Oklahoma State 25. Arizona State with three rebounds. The Cardinal connected on just four of its fi rst 13 shots Receiving Votes: UCLA Receiving Votes: UCLA Rogers and Nzekwe were teammates at Chief Sealth from the fi eld and fell behind 17-6 with 11:57 to play in Teams in boldface indicate 2007-08 UCLA opponents HS in Seattle and won two State championships. Both the fi rst half. The 11-point margin, reached three times, have played in every game for the Bruins this season, was UCLA's largest in the half and they settled for a with Rogers making eight starts in 16 games. Rogers 38-34 advantage at the break. 2007-08 Pac-10 Standings now averages 7.8 points and 5.0 rebounds per game, Stanford misfi red on its fi rst seven shots of the second (thru Jan. 10) while Nzkewe averages 3.1 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.1 half as the Bruins ran off 12 unanswered points to take steals. Both average over 13 minutes per game (Rogers a 50-34 lead with 15:40 to play. UCLA led 57-42 at the Conf. Overall - 17.0, Nzekwe - 13.5). 10:44 mark when the Cardinal went on an 8-0 run to California 5-0 14-2 narrow the margin to 57-50 with 8:20 on the clock. A Arizona State 4-0 10-5 They are the ninth and 10th UCLA players hailing from Stanford 3-2 13-3 the state of Washington. seven-point margin (three times) was as close as the USC 3-2 10-6 Cardinal would get down the stretch. Washington Bruins UCLA 3-2 8-8 Darxia Morris led UCLA with 20 points, one shy of her Oregon 2-2 8-7 Oregon State 1-3 8-7 Yr. @ UCLA Name Hometown/HS career high, and handed out fi ve assists. Lindsey Pluimer 2008-pres. Christina Nzekwe Seattle/Chief Sealth Washington 1-3 6-10 added 13 points and a team-best eight rebounds. The Arizona 0-4 6-9 2008-pres. Regina Rogers Seattle/Chief Sealth Cardinal, which entered the contest averaging a Pac-10 Washington State 0-4 3-12 2000-03 Natalie Jarrett Wenatchee/Eastmont best 76.9 points per game, was held 20 points below that 1997-2000 Takiyah Jackson Seattle/Franklin mark, while shooting just 29.6% from the fi eld. UCLA What's Next: 1995 Chrystal Pakootas Inchelium/Mead Sat., Jan. 12 - Oregon St. at Cal; Oregon at 1992 Marcy Tarabochia Skamakawa/Wahkiakum has now captured wins in three of its last fi ve meetings with Stanford. Stanford; UCLA at WSU; ASU at Arizona 1992-93 Amy Jo Silva Ephrata/Ephrata Sun., Jan. 13 - USC at UW 1984-87 Shari Biggs Richland/Richland FRESH FACES Thu., Jan. 17 - UW at Oregon St.; WSU at 1978-81 Janet Hopkins Richland/Marquette Oregon; Cal at ASU; Stanford at Arizona 1979 Lisa Arreola St. John The Bruin freshmen, ranked as the No. 4 recruiting class Sat., Jan. 19 - UCLA at USC; UW at Oregon; by HoopGurlz.com, have been as good as advertised, play- WSU at Oregon St.; Cal at Arizona BRUINS COME UP SHORT IN OT VS. CAL ing pivotal roles on the team. Three of the six freshmen Tenth-ranked California needed overtime to best the have played in all 16 games, while two have played in 15 Bruins, 73-70, in Pauley Pavilion on Jan. 6. UCLA used a and the other 11. Doreena Campbell has made 15 starts, 10-0 run midway through the second half to secure its Darxia Morris 12, Regina Rogers eight, and Nina Earl six. Campbell leads the Bruins in assists (53) and minutes LAST GAME'S STARTERS No. Pos. Name Ht. Yr. GP/GS PPG RPG Other Avg. Note 1 F Nina Earl 6-1 Fr. 16 GP/6 GS 10.4 ppg 3.4 rpg 1.1 spg Double-double vs. AZ with 23 pts/10 reb. 14 F Lindsey Pluimer 6-4 Sr. 16 GP/16 GS 14.1 ppg 7.3 rpg 0.9 bpg Has started in 108 consecutive games 31 C Moniquee Alexander 6-6 So. 16 GP/9 GS 4.6 ppg 3.8 rpg 1.6 off. reb. Averaging 5.8 reb. in last 6 games 13 G Erica Tukiainen 6-0 So. 16 GP/8 GS 3.8 ppg 2.4 rpg 1.2 apg Tied career-high with 4 assists at Arizona 21 G Doreena Campbell 5-10 Fr. 15 GP/15 GS 9.0 ppg 4.5 rpg 3.5 apg Averaging 6.0 reb. in last 4 games IN RESERVE No. Pos. Name Ht. Yr. GP/GS PPG RPG Other Avg. Note 2 G Tierra Henderson 5-10 Jr. 16 GP/6 GS 6.8 ppg 3.8 rpg 1.9 spg Played in 80 consecutive games 3 G Darxia Morris 5-8 Fr. 15 GP/12 GS 9.9 ppg 2.7 rpg 3.0 apg Had 20 points, fi ve assists vs. Stanford 4 F Christina Nzekwe 6-4 Fr. 16 GP/0 GS 3.1 ppg 3.7 rpg 1.1 spg 8 pts/7 reb/4 stl at Washington 5 G Alexis Olivier 5-8 So. 2 GP/0 GS 0.0 ppg 0.0 rpg 1.5 apg Had a career-best 3 assists vs. Southern 10 G Allison Taka 5-8 So. 3 GP/0 GS 0.3 ppg 0.0 rpg 0.3 apg 1 pt./1 ast. in 10 min. vs. Southern 23 C Chinyere Ibekwe 6-4 Jr. 13 GP/0 GS 2.5 ppg 2.6 rpg 0.5 spg Tied career-high with 3 steals vs. Southern 24 F Candice Brown 6-4 Fr. 11 GP/0 GS 2.0 ppg 1.8 rpg 0.2 spg Shooting 62.5% from fi eld (10-16) 34 F Regina Rogers 6-3 Fr. 16 GP/8 GS 7.8 ppg 5.0 rpg 0.7 bpg 28 boards, 5 blocks in last fi ve games

pg. 2 of 7 GAME-BY-GAME STARTING LINEUPS Bruins Sign Two Local Standouts Date Opponent UCLA Starters Result For 2008-09 11-14 at Cal State Northridge Pluimer, Alexander, Morris, Tukiainen, Campbell (Lineup #1) W UCLA has signed two highly-regarded local standouts to 11-18 Rice Pluimer, Rogers, Morris, Tukiainen, Campbell (Lineup #2) W national letters-of-intent - 5-11 guard Atonye Nyingifa of 11-20 Cal Poly Earl, Pluimer, Rogers, Tukiainen, Campbell (Lineup #3) W Torrance, CA (Redondo Union HS) and 5-10 guard Rebekah 11-25 Maryland Earl, Pluimer, Rogers, Tukiainen, Campbell L Gardner of Fontana, CA (Ayala HS). Nyingifa and Gardner 11-28 Pepperdine Pluimer, Rogers, Morris, Tukiainen, Campbell L will enter UCLA in the fall of 2008 and become members 12-1 vs. Idaho State Pluimer, Rogers, Morris, Tukiainen, Campbell L of the 2008-09 Bruin team. 12-2 vs. Southern Pluimer, Rogers, Henderson, Morris, Campbell (Lineup #4) W HoopGurlz.com rates the Bruins' class No. 12 overall in its 12-8 at San Diego Pluimer, Rogers, Henderson, Morris, Campbell L class rankings. Both Nyingifa and Gardner were selected as 12-15 at BYU Pluimer, Rogers, Alexander, Henderson, Campbell (Lineup #5) L Sporting News HS All-Americans and are ranked as Top 75 12-19 Tennessee Pluimer, Alexander, Henderson, Morris, Campbell (Lineup #6) L prospects by HoopGurlz.com, with Nyingifa ranked No. 12-21 UC Riverside Pluimer, Alexander, Henderson, Morris, Campbell W 19 overall and Gardner No. 66. One California prep rating 12-28 at Arizona State Pluimer, Alexander, Henderson, Morris, Campbell L service rates them both as Top 5 prospects in the State, 12-30 at Arizona Earl, Pluimer, Alexander, Morris, Tukiainen (Lineup #7) W with Nyingifa No. 2 and Gardner No. 5. 1-4 Stanford Earl, Pluimer, Alexander, Morris, Campbell (Lineup #8) W Nyingifa, who is rated the No. 6 guard in the nation by 1-6 California Earl, Pluimer, Alexander, Morris, Campbell L HoopGurlz, averaged 16.8 points, 11.0 rebounds, 2.5 steals, 1-10 at Washington Earl, Pluimer, Alexander, Tukiainen, Campbell (Lineup #9) W 2.1 assists and 1.3 blocks as a junior while being named a Records: Lineup #1: 1-0; Lineup #2: 1-2; Lineup #3: 1-1; Lineup #4: 1-1; Lineup #5: 0-1; Lineup #6: fi rst-team All-State selection by CalHiSports and the Daily 1-2; Lineup #7: 1-0; Lineup #8: 1-1; Lineup #9: 1-0 Breeze Player of the Year for the second time in her career. As a freshman in 2005, she was the youngest player ever to per game (31.0) and ranks second in the Pac-10 in as- also one of just 13 Bruins to have scored at least 1,000 receive that award and was also named the CIF Division- sist/turnover ratio (1.77). Morris owns the team lead in points and pulled down at least 600 rebounds. IIA Co-Player of the Year. As a sophomore, Nyingifa earned All-CIF second-team honors and honorable mention Street steals with 37 and ranks second in the conference with Pluimer currently ranks 14th on UCLA's career scoring a 2.47 steals average. Rogers ranks second on the team & Smith's All-America acclaim. Playing for club team Cal list with 1,344 points and is 13th in rebounds with 654 Swish Black, Nyingifa won MVP honors at the 2007 End of in rebounding (5.0 average), and Candice Brown leads and seventh in blocked shots with 75. She needs just 20 the Trail Tournament and was an all-tournament selection the team with a .625 (10-16) fi eld goal percentage. Five more points to move into a tie for 13th with Anne Dean there in 2006. freshmen have been on the court at the same time for on the career scoring chart. the Bruins in several games this season. Gardner rates as a Top 25 guard nationally and earned 2007 CIF Division II-A Player of the Year and EA Sports HER NAME IS EARL FIRST STARTS 2nd-Team All-America honors. She led her Ayala HS team Freshman forward Nina Earl has been making a name for to a 31-4 record and the CIF Division II-A title in 2007, Four of the fi ve players to earn the starting nod from coach herself in her freshman season, ranking second on the averaging 22.9 points, 9.1 rebounds, 4.2 steals, 2.1 assists Kathy Olivier in the opener at Cal State Northridge made Bruin squad in scoring with a 10.4 points per game aver- and 1.4 blocks per game. She has earned CIF All-State and their fi rst collegiate starts.Sophomores Erica Tukiainen honorable mention Street & Smith's All-America honors age. Earl has scored in double fi gures eight times on the two consecutive years. As a sophomore, she averaged 28.7 and Moniquee Alexander made their fi rst career starts year and set career-highs in both scoring and rebounding at Northridge. Tukiainen appeared in all 32 games last points, 10.6 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game. Gardner when she recorded her fi rst career double-double at plays for club team FBC. season off the bench. Alexander saw action in 31 games Arizona (23 points, 10 rebounds). Earl has connected last season, but did not start a contest. "Both Atonye and Rebekah come from very successful high on 46.5% of her shots from the fi eld and is currently school programs and know how to win," noted Olivier. "They True freshmen Darxia Morris and Doreena Campbell third on the team in three-point fi eld goal percentage played at the highest club level this summer, and we expect each merited a starting assignment in their fi rst games. at 41.7% (5-12). the transition to college to be an easy one for them." It was the fi rst time a Bruin team has started as many as two true freshmen in the fi rst game of a season since the CAMPBELL NATIONALLY RANKED Career Records 2002-03 season when Julia Pitts and were in the Guard Doreena Campbell has played more like a veteran starting lineup at Hawaii. The last time the Bruins put out than a freshman, averaging 9.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.5 Points a starting lineup that included more than two freshmen assists, 1.4 steals and just 2.0 turnovers per game in 15 1) Denise Curry (1978-81)...... 3,198 in the starting lineup in the season opener was in the starts. She entered the week ranked 38th in the nation 5) Natalie Williams (1991-94) ...... 1,813 1996-97 opener against St. Mary's when four freshmen, in /turnover ratio. Campbell is fi rst on the team in 10) Lisa Willis (2003-06) ...... 1,677 11) Dora Dome (1985-86) ...... 1,589 including three true freshmen, took the fl oor for the jump assists (53) and minutes per game (31.0). She recorded 12) Necie Thompson (1981-83) ...... 1,536 (true freshmen - Melanie Pearson, Maylana Martin, Carly seven steals in the season opener at Cal State North- 13) Anne Dean (1983-86) ...... 1,364 Funicello; redshirt freshman Takiyah Jackson). ridge and had a career-high of eight assists at Arizona 14) Lindsey Pluimer (2005-) ...... 1,344 In game two against Rice, the Bruins started three fresh- State. Campbell missed her only game of the season at Rebounds men - center Regina Rogers and guards Campbell and Arizona while nursing a sprained ankle. She registered 1) Denise Curry (1978-81)...... 1,310 Morris. Rogers made her fi rst career start in the Rice a career-high seven rebounds v. Cal in a career-best 38 5) Ann Meyers (1975-78) ...... 819 minutes of action and matched her minutes played best 11) Dora Dome (1985-88) ...... 674 game. The same group started at Pepperdine. Another 12) Lindsey Pluimer (2005-) ...... 654 freshman received her fi rst starting assignment in game at Washington while recording a new career-high with three against Cal Poly, as Nina Earl joined two other class- eight rebounds. Blocked Shots mates (Rogers and Campbell) in the starting lineup. 1) Ann Meyers (1975-78) ...... 101 MO BETTER Necie Thompson (1981-84) ...... 101 The Bruins have utilized nine different starting lineups in Sophomore center Moniquee Alexander has shown big 5) Sandra VanEmbricqs (1987-90) ...... 95 the 16 games this year and have used the same lineup in 6) Lynn Kamrath (1989-92) ...... 83 improvements lately, earning starts in the last eight games, 7) Lindsey Pluimer (2005-) ...... 75 three consecutive games just once. UCLA has started She had fi ve rebounds against both No. 2 Stanford and three freshmen in most games this season. No. 10 California and led the team with nine rebounds, PLUIMER POWERS BRUINS including four offensive boards, at Washington. In her last six games, she is averaging 5.8 rebounds per game. Pronunciations UCLA's lone senior, forward Lindsey Pluimer, continues Against No. 1 Tennessee, Alexander scored a career-high Moniquee Alexander ...... Monique to lead the Bruins both on and off the court. Pluimer, a 11 points on 5-5 shooting from the fi eld. She equaled that Nina Earl ...... KNEE-nah 2007-08 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award nominee, two-time point total against UC Riverside, scoring 11 points, and Tierra Henderson ...... tee-AIR-uh Academic All-District selection and 2006-07 All-Pac-10 pulled down a season-high seven rebounds. Alexander Chinyere Ibekwe ...... chin-YAIR-eh ib-BECK-way honorable mention selection, has started every game had fi ve rebounds and zero turnovers in the game at Darxia Morris ...... dar-EX-ee-uh since her freshman season for a total of 108 career starts. Arizona State and shot 4-6 from the fi eld for eight points Christina Nzekwe ...... na-ZECK-way Kathy/Alexis Olivier ...... oh-LIV-ee-ay At Washington on Thursday, she became only the fi fth with four boards in the win at Arizona. She averages 4.6 Lindsey Pluimer ...... PLUM-er Bruin to total at least 1,300 points, 650 rebounds and points and 3.8 rebounds per game and has played in all Allison Taka ...... TOCK-uh 75 blocked shots for a career, joining Ann Meyers, Necie 16 games with nine overall starts. Thompson, Natalie Williams and Maylana Martin. She is Erica Tukiainen...... TWO-key-EYE-nen pg. 3 of 7 REBOUNDING ROGERS the deepest and most highly-regarded recruiting group in school history. The list of returnees includes three BY THE NUMBERS Freshman center Regina Rogers totaled 16 rebounds of the top fi ve scorers, the top two shot blockers, two on Nov. 28 at Pepperdine, including 10 on the offensive Double-Double (pts/reb) of the top three assist makers, three of the top four in Pluimer (3) Rogers (1) end. Her 16 rebounds were the most by a Bruin player steals, and two of the top three in rebounding average. Earl (1) since Kristee Porter had 16 boards against Arizona on There are three returning starters in the mix, and each Jan. 20, 2001. Rogers was ferocious on the defensive Double Figure Points ranked among the Pac-10 leaders in at least one statistical boards at Arizona State, recording 13, along with three Pluimer (15) Earl (8) category in the 2006-07 season. Morris (7) Campbell (6) blocked shots. She added fi ve more boards at Arizona. Rogers (5) Alexander (2) Leading returning scorer Lindsey Pluimer (15.5 ppg) tops Rogers is second on the team in rebounds per game Henderson (1) Tukiainen (1) (5.0 average) and blocks (11). Her rebounding average the list of returning starters which includes forwards is 18th in the conference. Chinyere Ibekwe (32 starts in 2006-07) and guard 20 Pt. Scoring Tierra Henderson (31 starts in 2006-07). Pluimer ranked Morris (2) Earl (1) PRIDE OF PASADENA amongst the top 10 in the conference last season in six Double Figure Rebounds Former teammates at Pasadena's John Muir HS, Tierra categories, including scoring with the ninth-best mark. Pluimer (3) Rogers (2) Henderson and Darxia Morris have paired up once again Ibekwe ranked 11th in shooting percentage (.503) and Earl (1) in UCLA's backcourt. Henderson, a junior, and Morris, offensive rebounds (2.78). Henderson led the team and Leading Scorers (w/ ties) a freshman, have started together in fi ve games. They ranked fourth in the conference in steals (2.09). Pluimer (9) Earl (3) rank 1-2 on the team in steals, with Morris totaling 37 Morris (3) Campbell (1) A group of four sophomores, including guards Erica Henderson (1) Rogers (1) and Henderson 31, which rank them second and sixth, Tukiainen, Allison Taka and Alexis Olivier, as well as center respectively, in the Pac-10 rankings. Morris is second on Moniquee Alexander, are also returning. Leading Rebounders (w/ ties) the team in assists with 45 while averaging 9.9 points Pluimer (8) Rogers (3) per game. Henderson has long been known as the UCLA adds six freshmen in a class which was rated Henderson (2) Tukiainen (1) Bruins' defensive sparkplug, but she has also upped her fourth-best in the nation by All-Star Girls Report and tied Nzekwe (1) Brown (1) Earl (1) Campbell (1) offensive game this year, averaging 6.8 points and leading for eighth-best by HoopGurlz.com to the mix. The group Alexander (1) the team in scoring with a career-high 15 at Pepperdine. includes forward Candice Brown of Bishop Amat HS At Arizona, Henderson and Morris were the defensive from Riverside, CA; guard Doreena Campbell of Edison FOR THE RECORD duo, combining for 13 of UCLA's 17 steals on the day HS and Alexandria, VA; forward Nina Earl of Diamond Ranch HS and Pomona, CA; guard Darxia Morris from Home Games 4-3 (Henderson with a career-high tying seven and Morris Away Games 3-4 with a career-high six). Pasadena, CA Muir HS; forward Christina Nzekwe from Seattle, WA Chief Sealth HS; and center Regina Rogers Neutral Games 1-1 MAKING THE GRADE from Seattle, WA Chief Sealth HS. In Overtime Games 0-1 Five member of the Bruin squad made the Director's Lead at the half 8-0 PRE-SEASON PROGNOSTICATIONS Trail at the half 0-8 Honor Roll (3.0 or better with at least 12 graded units) Tied at half 0-0 in the Fall Quarter - senior Lindsey Pluimer, sophomores The Pac-10 women’s basketball coaches picked UCLA to Vs. Ranked Opponent 1-4 Allison Taka and Alexis Olivier, and freshmen Doreena fi nish fi fth in the conference in the annual pre-season poll. Campbell and Christina Nzekwe. Pluimer and Taka earned Stanford, with eight fi rst-place votes, was the solid choice UCLA 80 Pts. or over 2-0 GPAs of 3.5 or above. to fi nish fi rst. The Cardinal (79 points) were followed by UCLA 70-79 Pts. 3-4 Arizona State (one fi rst-place vote, 71), California (one UCLA 60-69 Pts. 2-1 CHALLENGING '07-08 SCHEDULE fi rst-place vote, 68), USC (56), UCLA (44), Oregon (34), UCLA Under 60 Pts. 1-3 Arizona (31), Oregon State (16), Washington State (10). Opp. 80 Pts. or over 1-2 The Bruins have already played host to the past two Opp. Scoring 70-79 Pts. 1-3 NCAA championship teams this season when it wel- The Pac-10 media picked UCLA to fi nish sixth, behind Stanford, Arizona State, California, USC and Washington. Opp. Scoring 60-69 Pts. 2-3 comed 2005-06 title holder Maryland on Nov. 25 and Opp. Under 60 Pts. 4-0 2006-07 champ Tennessee on Dec. 19 to Pauley Pavilion. Trailing UCLA were Oregon, Arizona, Oregon State and Washington State. UCLA Fg% .500 or better 1-0 UCLA has now hosted teams ranked No. 1 (Tennessee), UCLA Fg% .450-.499 1-1 No. 2 (Stanford) and No. 3 (Maryland) at the time of CSTV.com selected UCLA as one of its fi ve sleeper teams UCLA Fg% .400-.449 5-3 the game this season. "nobody wants to see on their schedule", and women's UCLA Fg% .350-.399 1-3 UCLA Fg% .300-.349 0-1 In all, the Bruins have battled fi ve teams which won their basketball expert Debbie Antonelli also called UCLA the conference or conference tournaments a year ago - Ten- "surprise team out of the Pac-10" on the Shootaround Opp. Fg% less than .300 3-0 with Beth and Debbie podcast. Opp. Fg% .300-.349 2-2 nessee (SEC), BYU (Mountain West), UC Riverside (Big Opp. Fg% .350-.399 1-2 West), Stanford (Pac-10), Idaho State (Big Sky). FIRST TO 100 JERSEYS Opp. Fg% .400-.449 2-1 Nine opponents advanced to play in the NCAA Tourna- Opp. Fg% .450-.500 0-2 Several Bruin teams will be wearing special jerseys or Opp FG% over .500 0-1 ment in 2007 - Maryland, Idaho State, BYU, Tennessee, UC patches in 2007-08 to commemorate UCLA being Outshooting Oppt. 7-3 Riverside, Arizona State, Stanford, Cal, and Washington the First to 100 NCAA Championships. The women's - and three more played in the WNIT - Rice, San Diego, Outshot by Oppt. 1-5 basketball team will don the new jerseys that have a Shooting % Tied with Oppt. 0-0 and Oregon. The Bruins just fi nished an 11-game stretch different-colored "C" in UCLA. The "C" signifi es the UCLA Reb. Advantage 6-3 that saw them matching up with nine teams that advanced Roman numeral for 100. to post-season play in the 2006-07 season. Oppt. Reb. Advantage 2-5 Rebounds Tied 0-0 Four of UCLA's opponents are currently ranked in Fewer Turnovers than Oppt. 5-4 the Top 10 in the AP rankings - No. 2 Tennessee, No. 4 More Turnovers than Oppt. 2-2 Maryland, No. 7 Stanford, No. 9 California. Same Turnovers as Oppt. 1-2 Margin is 10 Pts. or less 3-5 BRUINS VS. THE RANKS Margin is 11-20 Pts. 3-3 The Bruins' last victory against a nationally ranked oppo- Margin is 20+ Pts. 2-0 nent came on Jan. 4, 2008 against No. 2-ranked Stanford With Five Minutes to Play: (69-56). It marked the fi rst time the Bruin program has UCLA leads 8-2 ever defeated a team ranked higher than fourth in the UCLA trails 0-6 Associated Press poll. UCLA had defeated a team ranked Game tied 0-0 as high as fourth on multiple occasions, the last time came One Player in Double Figures 1-1 on Nov. 28, 2004 in a 63-60 win over #4 Texas. Two Players in Double Figures 3-1 Three Players in Double Figures 1-6 2007-08 OUTLOOK Four Players in Double Figures 1-0 Five Players in Double Figures 2-0 Head coach Kathy Olivier welcomes back seven letterwin- All Five Starters in Double Figures 0-0 ners (three starters) from last year's team and perhaps No Players in Double Figures 0-0

pg. 4 of 7 NAME GAME Where the Bruins Rank in the Pac-10 Two Bruins had name changes during the off-season. Guard Erica Latimer is now go- (thru 1/11 games) ing by Erica Tukiainen (her mother's last name). Assistant coach Maylana Martin was married in August and is now going by Maylana Douglas. INDIVIDUAL TEAM (Top 5) Scoring Scoring Offense PLAYER BIO UPDATES Pluimer ...... 6th (14.1) 2nd ...... 71.6 Earl ...... 19th (10.4) #1 Nina Earl — Starter in last four games and in six games overall … Scored six Morris ...... 20th (9.9) Scoring Margin points with a career-best three steals at Washington … Scored nine points vs. Cal … 5th ...... +2.8 Had fi ve points and four rebounds in start vs. Stanford … Recorded her fi rst career Rebounding Pluimer ...... T-5th (7.3) % Defense double-double with a career-best 23-point/10-rebound effort at Arizona … Had eight Rogers ...... 18th (5.0) 3rd ...... 376 points, three rebounds at ASU … Scored 10 and hit two big three-pointers to kill a UCR fi rst-half comeback … Tallied nine points vs. Tennessee … Tied for the team Assists Rebounding Offense Campbell ...... 6th (3.53) 1st ...... 44.7 lead with 13 points at BYU … Scored a team-high 12 points at San Diego … Totaled Morris ...... T-10th (3.00) 11 points and a career-high three assists vs. Southern … Scored six points with four Rebounding Margin boards vs. Idaho State … Came off bench to score seven with fi ve boards at Pepperdine Free Throw % 4th ...... +3.6 … Scored six points and added two steals and three boards in a starting role against Pluimer ...... 6th (.769) Maryland … Made fi rst career start against Cal Poly and contributed 17 points … Blocked Shots Steals 4th ...... 3.13 Scored 11 off the bench v. Rice … Scored 13 off the bench with a and an assist Morris ...... 2nd (2.47) at CSUN … Had 2,291 points, 906 rebounds, 544 steals in four years at Diamond Henderson ...... 6th (1.94) Assists Ranch HS in Pomona, CA … Averaged 21.6 points and 6.7 rebounds per game as a 5th ...... 13.69 3-Point Field Goal % senior … Two-time CIF Player of the Year … MVP of the City vs. CIF All-Star game. Pluimer ...... 1st (.435) Steals Career Highs: Pts. 23 at Arizona, 12/30/07; Reb. 10 at Arizona, 12/30/07; Asst. 3 v. Southern, 1st ...... 10.63 12/2/07; Blk. 1, last at Arizona, 12/30/07; Stls. 3, at Washington, 1/10/08. Blocked Shots Pluimer ...... T-6th (0.94) Turnover Margin #2 Tierra Henderson — Totaled two points, two rebounds and two assists at 4th ...... +1.06 Washington … Had seven points, fi ve rebounds, four assists v. Cal … Scored six off Assist/TO Ratio Campbell ...... 2nd (1.77) the bench in win over Stanford … Tied her career-high with seven steals and also Offensive Rebounds Morris ...... 10th (0.96) 1st ...... 15.44 scored seven points off the bench at Arizona … Earned her sixth-straight start and had four points and three steals at ASU … Recorded seven points, fi ve rebounds and Offensive Rebounds Defensive Rebounds fi ve assists against UCR … Had four steals vs. Tennessee … Scored seven points at Pluimer ...... T-9th (2.50) 1st ...... 29.25 BYU … Had six points, six boards (tied for team high) in start at USD … Made her Defensive Rebounds fi rst start of the year against Southern and scored eight points with four rebounds Pluimer ...... 6th (4.81) and two steals … Grabbed seven boards and scored seven points against Idaho State Minutes … Scored a career-best 15 points to tie for team-high honors and added three steals Campbell ...... T-12th (31.0) at Pepperdine … Played a solid all-around game against Maryland, scoring eight points Pluimer ...... 17th (30.44) with four rebounds and three steals off the bench … Shot 4-6 from the fi eld and scored nine points against Cal Poly … Scored nine and added three steals v. Rice … Totaled four points, six rebounds off the bench at CS Northridge … Starter in 31 of the 32 Member of UCLA Director's Honor Roll in Fall 2007 quarter … Played with fellow games last season … Ranked fourth in the Pac-10 in steals (2.09) … Her steals total Bruin Regina Rogers at Chief Sealth HS in Seattle, WA … Team won two State titles of 67 ranked eighth on the all-time school list for the sophomore class. in 2005 and 2006 … Averaged 10 points and 11 rebounds per contest as a senior … Scored 15 points in the State 3A title game … Honorable mention Street and Career Highs: Pts. 15 at Pepperdine, 11/28/07; Reb. 8 v. Gonzaga, 11/24/06; Asst. 7 v. Wash- Smith's All-American. ington State, 3/2/07; Blk. 1 v. Cal Poly, 11/20/07; Stls. 7, last at Arizona, 12/30/07. Career Highs: Pts. 8 at Washington, 1/10/08; Reb. 8 v. Cal Poly, 11/20/07; Asst. 2 at CS #3 Darxia Morris — Scored 14 points (12 in second half) before going down with Northridge, 11/14/07; Blk. 1, last at Arizona, 12/30/07; Stls. 4 at Washington, 1/10/08. a knee injury vs. Cal … Will sit out the games at the Washington schools due to the injury … Scored a team-high 20 points and matched her career-best with fi ve assists #5 Alexis Olivier — Tied for team-high honors with three assists against Southern in win over Stanford … Has 14 steals in the last four games … Had a career-high six in just four minutes of play … Saw her fi rst action of the year vs. Cal Poly, playing in a steals, plus a blocked shot in the win at Arizona … Led team with 14 points and fi ve career-high four minutes … Saw action in three games in 2006-07 … Earned a spot steals while playing a career-high 33 minutes at ASU … Set career-best in rebounds on the Director's Honor Roll in all four academic quarters to date. (six) and added fi ve assists while scoring nine vs. UC Riverside … Had 12 points and Career Highs: Pts. n/a; Reb. n/a; Asst. 3 v. Southern, 12/2/07; Stl. n/a. four assists in a starting role vs. Tennessee … Scored seven points with two steals #10 Allison Taka — Had one point and one assist in 10 minutes against Southern off the bench at BYU … Had three steals, four points against Southern … Scored … Recorded her fi rst career against Cal Poly … Made a brief appearance in 11 against Idaho State … Had fi ve assists and scored seven points in a starting role the fi rst half of the opener at CS Northridge and missed her only shot attempt … at Pepperdine … Handed out fi ve assists and scored eight with two steals against Appeared in eight games in 2006-07 … Earned a spot on the Director's Honor Roll Maryland … Led all players with career-best 21 points off the bench and added four in all four academic quarters. rebounds, assists and steals vs. Cal Poly … Had four points, three assists v. Rice … Career Highs: Pts. 2, last vs. Washington State, 3/2/07; Reb. 1 v. UCSB, 11/12/06; Asst. 1, Scored 12 and had three steals in a starting role at CS Northridge … Played at Muir last v. Southern, 12/2/07; Stls. 1 vs. Cal Poly, 11/20/07. HS in Pasadena, CA … Point guard who averaged 14.9 points, 5.4 rebounds, 2.9 assists per game as a senior … Two-time fi rst-team all-CIF selection … Pasadena Star-News #13 Erica Tukiainen — Has seen action for double fi gure minutes in 12 games this Player of the Year for 2007. season … Played a season-high 27 minutes and scored seven points with three boards Career Highs: Pts. 21 v. Cal Poly, 11/20/07; Reb. 6 v. UCR, 12/21/07; Asst. 5, last v. Stanford, at Washington … Had two assists vs. Cal … Scored two off bench vs. Stanford … 1/4/08; Blk. 1, last at Arizona, 12/30/07; Stls. 6 at Arizona, 12/30/07. Made seventh start of year at Arizona and tied her career-high with four assists … Had fi ve points off bench at USD … Scored six points with a career-high three steals #4 Christina Nzekwe — Has played double fi gure minutes in 14 of her 16 games vs. Southern … Had a fi ve-point, six-rebound game against Idaho State … Totaled two this season … Tied her career-high with eight points and added seven rebounds and points with three boards against Maryland … Scored six with two assists against Cal a career-high four steals at Washington … Had four rebounds, two points, assist and Poly … Had seven points, three assists v. Rice … Made her fi rst career start at CS steal v. Cal … Grabbed two boards v. Stanford … Scored two points and had a block Northridge and scored 10 points and recorded career-highs in rebounds (nine) and and steal at Arizona … Pulled down four rebounds against UC Riverside … Had assists (four) … Saw action in all 32 games last season off the bench … The former three points, a steal and a block vs. Tennessee … Scored a collegiate-best eight points, Erica Latimer took her mother's last name over the summer … Last year, she hit 11 grabbed four rebounds and had two steals in a season-high 20 minutes at BYU … Had of 27 shots from three-point range and had two double digit scoring games (12 v. Cal fi ve boards at USD … Grabbed six rebounds against Southern … Had four points, and 11 v. USC) … Earned a spot on the Director's Honor Roll in all three academic two boards at Pepperdine … Had two big steals and scored four against Maryland … quarters last year. Tied for team lead with eight rebounds and was a perfect 3-3 from the fi eld, scoring Career Highs: Pts. 12 v. Cal, 12/20/06; Reb. 9 at CS Northridge, 11/14/07; Asst. 4, last at six points vs. Cal Poly … Scored six with fi ve boards v. Rice … Had two points, fi ve Arizona, 12/30/07; Stl. 3 v. Southern, 12/2/07; Blk. 1, last v. UCR, 12/21/07. rebounds, two assists, one block and three steals off the bench at CS Northridge …

pg. 5 of 7 #14 Lindsey Pluimer — Has made 14 of her last 31 (.452) three-point attempts #24 Candice Brown — Had one board in two minutes of action at Washington … and leads the Conference in three-point shooting (.435 overall) … Has scored in Was available, but did not play vs. Cal … Sat out the Stanford game after experiencing double digits in eight straight games this season and in 15 of 16 overall (excluding concussion-like symptoms following a practice … Scored four points with a blocked San Diego) … Has blocked at least one shot in 10 of the last 13 games … Led the shot and rebound at Arizona … Scored six points and added a team-high tying six team with 16 points and added four rebounds at Washington … Scored a team-best rebounds, one block at USD in 14 minutes of action … Six points, six rebounds vs. 16 points with four assists (ties career-high) in a season-high 37 minutes v. Cal … Southern in 14 minutes of action … Scored four off the bench at Pepperdine … Made Had 13 points and a team-best eight boards in win over Stanford … Just missed a her season debut against Cal Poly and had two points and three boards in eight minutes double-double with 10 points and nine rebounds, along with four assists at Arizona … Member of three CIF Southern Section championship teams and two CIF State … Scored 12 points with two steals and four boards at ASU …Recorded her third championship squads at Bishop Amat HS … Honorable mention Street and Smith's double-double of the season with 16 points and 10 boards vs. UCR … Led the team All-America … Averaged 12.7 points and 9.1 rebounds as a senior … Three-year with 16 points vs. Tennessee … Team-leader with 13 points (tied with Nina Earl) and fi rst-team All-CIF selection. nine rebounds at BYU … Scored six at USD to stop a 20-game streak in double fi gure Career Highs: Pts. 6, last at San Diego, 12/8/07; Reb. 6, last at San Diego, 12/7/07; Asst. 1, last points … All-Tournament selection at the Nugget Classic after scoring 19 points vs. at San Diego, 12/8/07; Stl. 1, last at BYU, 12/15/07; Blk. 1, last at Arizona, 12/30/07. Southern and recording 11 points, a career-high tying 13 rebounds and four assists #31 Moniquee Alexander — Averaging 5.8 rebounds in the last six games … against Idaho State … Tied for team-high honors with 15 points at Pepperdine and Pulled down a season-high nine rebounds, including four on the offensive end, and also had two blocks … Led UCLA with 17 points and added three steals and four scored six points at Washington … Recorded four points, fi ve rebounds and a block v. rebounds against Maryland … Scored 18 points and tied for the team lead with eight Cal … Had three points, fi ve boards vs. Stanford … Scored eight points, including six boards against Cal Poly … Recorded her sixth career double-double with 12 points second-chance points, with four rebounds at Arizona … Pulled down fi ve rebounds and 11 rebounds vs. Rice and also tied career-highs with four assists and three blocks at ASU … Scored a career-high 11 points for the second consecutive game against … Scored a team-best 16 points and grabbed nine boards in opener at CS Northridge UCR and also added a season-high seven rebounds … Had 11 points (tied career … Nominee for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award … One of fi ve Bruins to have totaled high) on 5-5 shooting from the fi eld vs. Tennessee … Scored three points and had at least 1,300 points, 650 rebounds and 75 blocked shots for a career … Has started two offensive rebounds and a block in a starting role at BYU … Had two boards at every game in her Bruin career … One of 13 Bruins to have scored at least 1,000 San Diego ... Scored fi ve points with a steal and two boards vs. Southern … Scored points and grabbed 600 rebounds … Had career highs in scoring average (15.5), assists eight points vs. Idaho State and also grabbed four rebounds … Had four points, three (58), blocks (27), steals (33), points (495) and rebounds (183) last season … Ranked rebounds at Pepperdine … Scored two points with three rebounds vs. Cal Poly … in the top 10 in Pac-10 in six stat categories last season … Second-team Academic Had four points, four rebounds v. Rice … Made her fi rst career start in the opener All-America District VIII selection and fi rst-team All-Pac-10 academic selection. at CS Northridge and totaled two points, fi ve rebounds… Saw action in 31 games Career Highs: Pts. 27 v. Sacramento State, 11/25/06; Reb. 13, last v. Idaho State, 12/1/07; Asst. last season and averaged 3.2 points and 2.7 rebounds per game. 4, last v. Cal, 1/6/08; Blk. 3, last v. Rice, 11/18/07; Stl. 5 at Washington State, 12/29/06. Career Highs: Pts. 11 last v. UCR, 12/21/07; Reb. 10 v. UCSB, 11/12/06; Asst. 2 at CS #21 Doreena Campbell — Ranked second in the Pac-10 in assist/turnover ratio Northridge, 11/14/07; Stl. 2, last v. Stanford, 12/22/06; Blk. 2 v. Stanford, 12/22/06. (1.77) … Has had two games with no turnovers (Rice, BYU) and fi ve with just one #34 Regina Rogers — Played double fi gure minutes in each game this season … Has … Has converted 16 of her last 17 free throws (six straight) … Played at least 30 28 rebounds in last fi ve games … Scored six points with four rebounds at Washington minutes in 10 contests … Averaging 6.0 rebounds in the last four games … Recorded … Recorded six points, two boards and an assist v. Cal … Had fi ve rebounds, four a career-high eight rebounds and added eight points in the win at Washington … points and a block vs. Stanford … Recorded six points, fi ve rebounds and a block at Scored 10 and had a team-high and career-best seven boards v. Cal in a season-high Arizona … Grabbed 13 rebounds and had three blocks and nine points at ASU … 38 minutes … Had eight points, six assists, one turnover in starting role vs. Stanford Scored six points with a block and two boards against UCR …Came off bench for four … Sat out the Arizona game to nurse a sprained ankle … Scored 12 points and points, three boards vs. Tennessee … Had three points and rebounds at BYU …Scored contributed career-high eight assists at ASU … Recorded six points, four assists and eight at San Diego … Scored eight points with fi ve rebounds against Southern … two steals before fouling out against UCR … Scored seven points with four assists Led the Bruins with 12 points on 6-8 shooting against Idaho State … Pulled down 16 vs. Tennessee … Scored four points with four rebounds and three assists at BYU … rebounds, including 10 on the offensive end, and scored 12 at Pepperdine … Scored Had seven points, four rebounds, three assists, four steals at USD … Scored nine 10 points with fi ve rebounds against Maryland … Recorded 10 points and had two points with four offensive rebounds vs. Southern … Recorded six boards, four assists assists and two steals vs. Cal Poly … Scored 12 points in her fi rst career start v. Rice and two blocks vs. Idaho State … Had nine points, fi ve rebounds and two assists at … Came off the bench to score eight points and grab fi ve rebounds at CS Northridge Pepperdine … Posted her fourth-consecutive double-fi gure scoring output against … Played with fellow Bruin Christina Nzekwe at Seattle, WA Chief Sealth HS … Team Maryland with 15 points and added four rebounds and two steals … Has six rebounds was State champs in 2005 and 2006 … MVP of 2006 State Tournament … Averaged and assists while scoring 12 points against Cal Poly … Led the Bruins with 14 points 16 points and 14 rebounds as a senior. and six assists and had zero turnovers in 35 minutes of action v. Rice … Totaled 14 points, fi ve rebounds, three assists and seven steals in a starting assignment at CS Career Highs: Pts. 12, last at Pepperdine, 11/28/07; Reb. 16 at Pepperdine, 11/28/07; Northridge … Member of UCLA Director's Honor Roll in Fall 2007 quarter … Led Asst. 2, last at Pepperdine, 11/28/07; Blk. 3 at ASU, 12/28/07; Stls. 2, last at Pepperdine, her Alexandria, VA Edison HS team to a four-year record of 104-9 … Finished her 11/28/07. career as the No. 5 scored in Virginia HS history (2,237 points) and No. 2 in assists Head Coach Kathy Olivier (566) … Scored in double fi gures in each of her 113 prep games … Averaged 19.7 points, 7.2 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 4.3 steals as a senior. Now in her 15th season as UCLA head coach, Kathy Olivier has energized the program. The former standout player at Cal State Fullerton and UNLV has produced Career Highs: Pts. 14, last v. Rice, 11/18/07; Reb. 8 at Washington, 1/10/08; Asst. 8 at ASU, two Pac-10 Players of the Year (Maylana Martin and Natalie Williams), three Pac-10 12/28/07; Blk. 2 v. Idaho State, 12/1/07; Stls. 7 at CS Northridge, 11/14/07. Freshman Players of the Year (Martin, Noelle Quinn and Erica Gomez), a Pac-10 #23 Chinyere Ibekwe — Played but did not score at Washington … Had two team championship (1999) and a Pac-10 Tournament championship (2006). She is points, fi ve boards and block vs. Cal … Totaled a season-high eight points and added the only current Pac-10 coach to have as many as three freshmen named fi rst-team fi ve boards vs. Stanford … Scored two points with two boards at Arizona … Had All-Conference performers. Over the last 10 years, her teams have fi nished in the top one assist and one steal at ASU … Scored six points vs. Tennessee ... Scored three at four of the Pac-10 standings six times, a total bettered by only one other conference USD … Tied her career-high with three steals and added four boards against South- institution during that period. From 1998-2000, she guided UCLA to a school-best ern … Had four points, four rebounds against Idaho State …Grabbed two rebounds three straight NCAA tournament appearances and had the Bruins back in the NCAA off bench at Pepperdine … Scored three points with two offensive boards against Tournament again in 2006. Maryland … Made season debut against Cal Poly and scored four points and grabbed Interest in UCLA women's basketball has taken off to new levels under Olivier. The six rebounds in just eight minutes of play … Started all 32 games in 2006-07 and had only six regular season crowds in Bruin history of over 7,000 fans have come out to eight double-fi gure scoring games and six double-fi gure rebounding games … Ranked support UCLA during her tenure. In fact, the top 13 regular season crowds in school sixth in the Pac-10 in offensive rebounds (2.78) and 11th in rebounding (6.6) … Her history have come with Olivier at the helm. 212 rebounds led the team last season and were the eighth-highest total ever by a Bruin sophomore … Her 24 blocked shots ranked fi fth on that list. She has steadily built the program to refl ect her own positive, upbeat and outgoing personality. Olivier has posted a 224-201 overall mark, which includes six top-four Career Highs: Pts. 21 v. Gonzaga, 11/24/06; Reb. 13 at Arizona State, 11/18/07; Asst. Pac-10 fi nishes in the last 10 years. Her teams may favor a running game on offense, 2, last v. Sacramento St., 1/28/07; Stl. 3, last v. Southern, 12/2/07; Blk. 3 at Tennessee, but defense is another Olivier strong point. Six of the all-time school top 10 marks 11/16/06. for lowest opponent fi eld goal percentages belong to Olivier-coached squads.

pg. 6 of 7 2007-08 Season Bests

#1 Nina Earl #14 Lindsey Pluimer UCLA Team Highs Minutes: 38 at Arizona, 12/30/07 Minutes: 37 v. Cal, 1/6/08 FG %: .533 (40-75) v. Cal Poly, 11/20/07 Pts: 23 at Arizona, 12/30/07 Pts: 19 v. Southern, 12/2/07 FT %: .773 (17-22) at ASU, 12/28/07 Reb: 10 at Arizona, 12/30/07 Reb: 13 v. Idaho State, 12/1/07 3-Pointers Made: 6 v. Southern, 12/2/07 Assists: 3 v. Southern, 12/2/07 Assists: 4, last v. Cal, 1/6/08 FG Made: 40 v. Cal Poly, 11/20/07 Steals: 3, at Washington, 1/10/08 Steals: 3, v. Maryland, 11/25/07 FT Made: 23 v. Cal Poly, 11/20/07 Blocks: 1, last at Arizona, 12/30/07 Blocks: 3 v. Rice, 11/18/07 Reb: 57 v. Idaho State, 12/1/07 Points: 107 v. Cal Poly, 11/20/07 #2 Tierra Henderson #21 Doreena Campbell Assists: 20, last v. UCR, 12/21/07 Minutes: 33 v. UCR, 12/21/07 Minutes: 38, last at Wash., 1/10/08 Turnovers: 27 at ASU, 12/28/07 Pts: 15 at Pepperdine, 11/28/07 Pts: 15 v. Maryland, 11/25/07 Steals: 17 at Arizona, 12/30/07 Reb: 7 v. Idaho State, 12/1/07 Reb: 8 at Washington, 1/10/08 Blocks: 6, last at Arizona, 12/30/07 Assists: 5 v. UCR, 12/21/07 Assists: 8 at ASU, 12/28/07 Pts. at Half: 52 vs. Cal Poly, 11/20/07 Steals: 7 at Arizona, 12/30/07 Steals: 7 at CSUN, 11/14/07 Blocks: n/a Blocks: 2 v. Idaho State, 12/1/07 Opponent Team Highs FG %: .527 (29-55) v. Maryland, 11/25/07 #3 Darxia Morris #23 Chinyere Ibekwe FT %: .900 (18-20) v. Idaho State, 12/1/07 Minutes: 33 at ASU, 12/28/07 Minutes: 15 v. Southern, 12/2/07 3-Pts. Made: 12 v. Idaho State, 12/1/07 Pts: 21 v. Cal Poly, 11/20/07 Pts: 8 v. Stanford, 1/4/08 FGs Made: 31, last v. Cal Poly, 11/20/07 Reb: 6 v. UCR, 12/21/07 Reb: 6 v. Cal Poly, 11/20/07 FT Made: 30 at Pepperdine, 11/28/07 Assists: 5, last v. Stanford, 1/4/08 Assists: 1, last at ASU, 12/28/07 Reb: 48, last v. Stanford, 1/4/08 Steals: 6 at Arizona, 12/30/07 Steals: 3 v. Southern, 12/2/07 Points: 91 at Pepperdine, 11/28/07 Blocks: 1, last at Arizona, 12/30/07 Blocks: 1, last v. Cal, 1/6/08 Assists: 18, last v. Tennessee, 12/19/07 Turnovers: 29 at ASU, 12/28/07 #4 Christina Nzekwe #24 Candice Brown Steals: 15 v. Tennessee, 12/19/07 Minutes: 20 at BYU, 12/15/07 Minutes: 14, last at San Diego, 12/8/07 Blocks: 7 at Washington, 1/10/08 Pts: 8, last at Washington, 1/10/08 Pts: 6, last at San Diego, 12/8/07 Pts. at Half: 40, last v. Idaho State 12/1/07 Reb: 8 v. Cal Poly, 11/20/07 Reb: 6, last at San Diego, 12/8/07 Assists: 2 at CSUN, 11/14/07 Assists: 1 at San Diego, 12/8/07 UCLA Team Lows Steals: 4 at Washington, 1/10/08 Steals: 1, last at BYU, 12/15/07 FG %: .338 (23-68) at BYU, 12/15/07 Blocks: 1, last at Arizona, 12/30/07 Blocks: 1, last at Arizona, 12/30/07 FT %: .444 (8-18) at Washington, 1/10/08 3-Pointers Made: 0, last v. Stanford, 1/4/08 #5 Alexis Olivier #31 Moniquee Alexander FG Made: 22 at San Diego, 12/8/07 Minutes: 4, last v. Southern, 12/2/07 Minutes: 22 at CSUN, 11/14/07 FT Made: 6 v. Idaho State, 12/1/07 Pts: n/a Pts: 11, last v. UCR, 12/21/07 Reb: 27 v. Tennessee, 12/19/07 Reb: n/a Reb: 9 at Washington, 1/10/08 Points: 57 at San Diego, 12/8/07 Assists: 3 v. Southern, 12/2/07 Assists: 2 at CSUN, 11/14/07 Assists: 6 at Washington, 1/10/08 Steals: n/a Steals: 1, last v. Southern, 12/2/07 Turnovers: 11 v. Cal, 1/6/08 Blocks: n/a Blocks: 1, last v. Cal, 1/6/08 Steals: 3 v. Cal, 1/6/08 Blocks: 1, last at Washington, 1/10/08 #10 Allison Taka #34 Regina Rogers Pts. at Half: 21 v. Idaho State, 12/1/07 Minutes: 10 v. Southern, 12/2/07 Min.: 26 at ASU, 12/28/07 Pts: 1 v. Southern, 12/2/07 Pts: 12, last v. Southern, 12/2/07 Opponent Team Lows Reb: n/a Reb: 16 at Pepperdine, 11/28/07 FG %: .290 (18-62) v. UCR, 12/21/07 Assists: 1 v. Southern, 12/2/07 Ast: 2, last at Pepperdine, 11/28/07 FT %: .417 (5-12) v. Rice, 11/18/07 Steals: 1 v. Cal Poly, 11/20/07 Stls: 2, last at Pepperdine, 11/28/07 3-Pts. Made: 2 at San Diego, 12/8/07 Blocks: n/a Blocks: 3 at ASU, 12/28/07 FGs Made: 17 at Arizona, 12/30/07 FT Made: 5 v. Rice, 11/18/07 #13 Erica Tukiainen Reb: 34, last at Arizona, 12/30/07 Minutes: 28 at Washington, 1/10/08 Points: 52 v. Southern, 12/2/07 Pts: 10 at CSUN, 11/14/07 Assists: 7 at Washington, 1/10/08 Reb: 9 at CSUN, 11/14/07 Turnovers: 9 v. Cal, 1/6/08 Assists: 4, last at Arizona, 12/30/07 Steals: 5, last at Washington, 1/10/08 Steals: 3 v. Southern, 12/2/07 Blocks: 0 v. Cal, 1/6/08 Blocks: 1 v. UCR, 12/21/07 Pts. at Half: 19 v. Southern, 12/2/07

pg. 7 of 7 2007-08 UCLA Women's Basketball UCLA Combined Team Statistics (as of Jan 10, 2008) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (8-8) (4-3) (3-4) (1-1) CONFERENCE...... (3-2) (1-1) (2-1) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (5-6) (3-2) (1-3) (1-1)

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------14 Pluimer, Lindsey... 16-16 487 30.4 83-195 .426 20-46 .435 40-52 .769 40 77 117 7.3 38 0 29 38 15 14 226 14.1 01 Earl, Nina...... 16-6 390 24.4 66-142 .465 5-12 .417 29-52 .558 16 39 55 3.4 31 0 15 43 3 18 166 10.4 03 Morris, Darxia..... 15-12 360 24.0 56-147 .381 2-14 .143 34-51 .667 9 31 40 2.7 49 2 45 47 5 37 148 9.9 21 Campbell, Doreena.. 15-15 465 31.0 53-122 .434 12-25 .480 17-21 .810 17 51 68 4.5 35 1 53 30 4 21 135 9.0 34 Rogers, Regina..... 16-8 272 17.0 47-107 .439 0-0 .000 30-45 .667 29 51 80 5.0 53 3 10 29 11 11 124 7.8 02 Henderson, Tierra.. 16-6 376 23.5 44-115 .383 4-27 .148 16-31 .516 26 34 60 3.8 33 0 26 28 0 31 108 6.8 31 Alexander, Moniquee 16-9 214 13.4 28-65 .431 0-0 .000 17-32 .531 26 35 61 3.8 19 0 4 31 2 2 73 4.6 13 Tukiainen, Erica... 16-8 246 15.4 23-66 .348 5-25 .200 9-9 1.000 10 28 38 2.4 13 0 19 18 1 10 60 3.8 04 Nzekwe, Christina.. 16-0 216 13.5 17-47 .362 0-1 .000 16-24 .667 21 38 59 3.7 19 0 7 16 5 17 50 3.1 23 Ibekwe, Chinyere... 13-0 100 7.7 12-37 .324 0-0 .000 8-12 .667 14 20 34 2.6 17 0 5 20 2 6 32 2.5 24 Brown, Candice..... 11-0 77 7.0 10-16 .625 0-0 .000 2-8 .250 4 16 20 1.8 16 0 2 5 2 2 22 2.0 10 Taka, Allison...... 3-0 14 4.7 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0.3 05 Olivier, Alexis.... 2-0 8 4.0 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 TEAM...... 35 48 83 5.2 1 1 ------Total...... 16 3225 439-1062 .413 48-150 .320 219-339 .646 247 468 715 44.7 324 6 219 307 50 170 1145 71.6 Opponents...... 16 3226 378-1004 .376 97-294 .330 248-344 .721 214 443 657 41.1 294 - 214 324 60 135 1101 68.8

TEAM STATISTICS UCLA OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------SCORING...... 1145 1101 11/14/07 at CSU Northridge W 81-69 822 Points per game...... 71.6 68.8 11/18/07 RICE W 79-71 786 Scoring margin...... +2.8 - 11/20/07 CAL POLY W 107-83 596 FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 439-1062 378-1004 11/25/07 MARYLAND L 75-79 1527 Field goal pct...... 413 .376 11/28/07 at Pepperdine L 79-91 398 3 POINT FG-ATT...... 48-150 97-294 12/1/07 vs Idaho State L 64-76 389 3-point FG pct...... 320 .330 12/2/07 vs Southern W 79-52 114 3-pt FG made per game.. 3.0 6.1 12/8/07 at SAN DIEGO TOREROS L 57-63 916 FREE THROWS-ATT...... 219-339 248-344 12-15-07 at BRIGHAM YOUNG L 58-68 655 Free throw pct...... 646 .721 12/19/07 TENNESSEE L 70-82 4003 REBOUNDS...... 715 657 12/21/07 UC RIVERSIDE W 71-60 412 Rebounds per game...... 44.7 41.1 *12-28-07 at Arizona State L 59-62 3737 Rebounding margin...... +3.6 - *12/30/07 at Arizona W 68-59 1260 ASSISTS...... 219 214 *01/04/08 STANFORD W 69-56 1325 Assists per game...... 13.7 13.4 *01/06/08 CALIFORNIA LOT 70-73 1173 TURNOVERS...... 307 324 *1/10/08 at Washington W 59-57 2237 Turnovers per game..... 19.2 20.3 Turnover margin...... +1.1 - Assist/turnover ratio.. 0.7 0.7 STEALS...... 170 135 Steals per game...... 10.6 8.4 BLOCKS...... 50 60 Blocks per game...... 3.1 3.8 WINNING STREAK...... 1 - Home win streak...... 0 - ATTENDANCE...... 9822 10528 Home games-Avg/Game.... 7-1403 7-1432 Neutral site-Avg/Game.. - 2-252

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT Total ------UCLA...... 542 598 5 - 1145 Opponents...... 511 582 8 - 1101 2007-08 UCLA Women's Basketball UCLA Combined Team Statistics (as of Jan 10, 2008) Conference games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (3-2) (1-1) (2-1) (0-0) CONFERENCE...... (3-2) (1-1) (2-1) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) (0-0)

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------14 Pluimer, Lindsey... 5-5 170 34.0 26-61 .426 3-12 .250 12-16 .750 12 20 32 6.4 16 0 10 12 3 4 67 13.4 03 Morris, Darxia..... 4-4 108 27.0 20-48 .417 0-3 .000 12-17 .706 3 10 13 3.3 12 0 11 11 2 14 52 13.0 01 Earl, Nina...... 5-4 142 28.4 20-49 .408 1-5 .200 10-17 .588 9 13 22 4.4 13 0 5 19 1 6 51 10.2 21 Campbell, Doreena.. 4-4 142 35.5 13-31 .419 2-6 .333 10-11 .909 2 22 24 6.0 7 0 16 12 0 2 38 9.5 34 Rogers, Regina..... 5-0 98 19.6 12-32 .375 0-0 .000 7-11 .636 4 24 28 5.6 21 2 1 8 5 2 31 6.2 02 Henderson, Tierra.. 5-1 101 20.2 10-29 .345 1-9 .111 5-9 .556 5 9 14 2.8 7 0 9 9 0 11 26 5.2 31 Alexander, Moniquee 5-5 85 17.0 9-25 .360 0-0 .000 3-8 .375 10 18 28 5.6 4 0 1 6 1 0 21 4.2 23 Ibekwe, Chinyere... 5-0 37 7.4 5-12 .417 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 4 9 13 2.6 6 0 1 8 1 2 12 2.4 04 Nzekwe, Christina.. 5-0 58 11.6 4-9 .444 0-1 .000 4-8 .500 5 10 15 3.0 4 0 1 4 1 6 12 2.4 13 Tukiainen, Erica... 5-2 72 14.4 4-14 .286 1-6 .167 2-2 1.000 2 4 6 1.2 6 0 7 2 0 1 11 2.2 24 Brown, Candice..... 3-0 12 4.0 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 0.7 3 0 0 2 1 0 4 1.3 TEAM...... 6 15 21 4.2 1 0 ------Total...... 5 1025 125-313 .399 8-42 .190 67-101 .663 62 156 218 43.6 100 2 62 93 15 48 325 65.0 Opponents...... 5 1025 106-315 .337 25-81 .309 70-105 .667 67 144 211 42.2 90 - 50 96 18 42 307 61.4

TEAM STATISTICS UCLA OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------SCORING...... 325 307 *12-28-07 at Arizona State L 59-62 3737 Points per game...... 65.0 61.4 *12/30/07 at Arizona W 68-59 1260 Scoring margin...... +3.6 - *01/04/08 STANFORD W 69-56 1325 FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 125-313 106-315 *01/06/08 CALIFORNIA LOT 70-73 1173 Field goal pct...... 399 .337 *1/10/08 at Washington W 59-57 2237 3 POINT FG-ATT...... 8-42 25-81 3-point FG pct...... 190 .309 3-pt FG made per game.. 1.6 5.0 FREE THROWS-ATT...... 67-101 70-105 Free throw pct...... 663 .667 REBOUNDS...... 218 211 Rebounds per game...... 43.6 42.2 Rebounding margin...... +1.4 - ASSISTS...... 62 50 Assists per game...... 12.4 10.0 TURNOVERS...... 93 96 Turnovers per game..... 18.6 19.2 Turnover margin...... +0.6 - Assist/turnover ratio.. 0.7 0.5 STEALS...... 48 42 Steals per game...... 9.6 8.4 BLOCKS...... 15 18 Blocks per game...... 3.0 3.6 WINNING STREAK...... 1 - Home win streak...... 0 - ATTENDANCE...... 2498 7234 Home games-Avg/Game.... 2-1249 3-2411 Neutral site-Avg/Game.. - 0-0

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT Total ------UCLA...... 166 154 5 - 325 Opponents...... 156 143 8 - 307