DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS W. Basketball Contacts: Steve Rourke/Liza David For Immediate Release SID Phone: (310) 206-6831 Feb. 3, 2006 Web Page: www.uclabruins.com UCLA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ENDS DESERT ROAD TRIP AT ARIZONA UCLA At Arizona Saturday — The Bruins (12-9, 7-5, fifth-place in the Pac-10) will end their 2005-2006 Schedule desert road trip on Saturday, Feb. 4 in Tucson with a 4 pm (MT) matchup against the University of Arizona (7-15, 3-9). Date Opponent Time at Site/Result 11/18 @ #6 Baylor (FSN) L 85-93 On Air — All of UCLA's games in 2005-06 will be audio broadcast live on UCLA All-Access 11/22 Brigham Young L 67-71 via UCLABruins.com. Play-by-play announcer Dave Marcus will begin coverage with The LMU/Ayres Hotel Thanksgiving Classic Bruins Countdown Show starting five minutes before the hour. 11/25 UCLA v. #11 Georgia W 84-64 In addition, the Bruins' home game against Washington State will be available on live streaming 11/26 UCLA v. Charlotte W 87-71 11/30 UC Irvine W 92-54 video on UCLA All-Access via UCLABruins.com. The subscription fee for UCLA All-Access 12/3 @Clemson W 76-63 is $6.95/month. 12/5 @ #16 Oklahoma L 78-83 UCLA Probable Starters (# ’05-06 starts/career starts) — 12/8 Pepperdine W 95-56 12/17 @ UCSB L 81-90 ot No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. PPG RPG 12/20 Oregon*(ESPN Reg.) W 82-63 32 Nikki Blue (20/105) G 5-8 Sr. 13.5 5.2 12/22 Oregon St.* W 79-64 40 Lisa Willis (21/79) G 5-11 Sr. 17.5 5.1 12/30 @ California* L 58-65 45 Noelle Quinn (21/63) G 6-0 Jr. 17.9 8.0 1/1 @ #16 Stanford (FSN) L 68-91 14 Lindsey Pluimer (21/49) F 6-4 So. 10.6 5.7 1/6 Arizona* W 84-77 1/8 #9 Arizona St.* W 77-69 31 Amanda Livingston (18/47) F 6-1 Jr. 6.6 2.3 1/12 @ #25 Washington* L 75-96 Off The Bench (# '05-6 games/career starts) 1/14 @ Washington St.* W 73-63 00 Ortal Oren (19/3) G 5-9 Sr. 3.1 1.2 1/21 @ USC* (FSN) L 70-73 2 Tierra Henderson (21/0) G 5-10 Fr. 1.4 1.5 1/27 #11 Stanford* (ESPNU) W 90-80 1/29 California* W 90-87 ot 3 Shaina Zaidi (5/0) G 5-8 Jr. 2.0 0.4 2/2 @ #18 Arizona St.* W 87-70 11 Julia Pitts (3/17) F 6-2 Jr.R 0.7 0.7 2/4 @ Arizona* 4:00 20 Lauren Pedersen (18/11) G 5-10 So. 1.8 0.7 2/9 Washington St.* 7:00 21 Brittany Ringel (3/0) F 6-1 Sr.R 2.0 1.3 2/11 Washington* (FSN) 1:00 22 Consuelo Lezcano (13/3) F/C 6-4 Jr. 2.1 0.8 2/18 USC* (am570) 1:00 23 Chinyere Ibekwe (21/0) F/C 6-4 Fr. 4.5 3.5 2/23 @ Oregon St.* 7:00 44 Emma Tautolo (5/0) F 6-2 Sr. 1.2 0.4 2/25 @ Oregon* 3:00 3/3-6 Pac-10 Tournament @ San Jose, CA Willis, All-Time Pac-10 Steals Leader, Ranks Ninth In Nation — With her first of four Fri. Mar. 3 - G 1: seed #7 vs. #10 - 6 p.m.; G 2: #8 vs. # 9 - 8:15 p.m. steals against Arizona on Jan. 6, senior Lisa Willis became the Pac-10's all-time leader in the Sat. Mar. 4 - G 3: #3 vs. #6 - 11 a.m.; G 4: #2 vs. 7/ category, moving past USC's Tammy Story (1989-92). She now totals 333, and her average 10 winner - 1:15 p.m.; G 5: #1 vs. 8/9 winner - 5 p.m.; of 3.60 steals per game ranked ninth in the nation entering this week's action. G 6: #4 vs. #5 - 7:15 p.m. Sun. Mar. 5 - Game 7: winner of G 3 vs. winner of Quinn Scores 1,000th Point/Named Pac-10 Player of the Week — Junior Noelle Quinn G 4 - 3:00 FSN; Game 8: winner of G 5 vs. winner became the 22nd player in UCLA women's basketball history to record 1,000 career points of G 6 - 5:30 p.m. FSN in the first half of the home game against Stanford. She was also named the U.S. Bank Pac- Mon., Mar. 6 - Championship game- 7:30 FSN 10 Player of the Week for the seventh time in her career and the second time this season. All UCLA games radio broadcast on internet Quinn, who is averaging a career-best 17.9 points per game this season and 16.8 points per (www.uclabruins.com). Home games in bold. game for her career, has 1,076 career points and joined teammates Nikki Blue (1,679) and Times are local to site. Lisa Willis (1,474) in the Bruin women's 1,000-point club. UCLA has had three 1,000-point scorers on one team just one other time - in 2000 with Maylana Martin, Janae Hubbard and Pac-10 Standings (thru 2/3) Marie Philman. Team Pac-10 Overall Stanford 10-2 15-5 Blue Hits 1,600/500/300 Mark — Senior Nikki Blue has hit three milestones in the last few Arizona State 8-4 17-5 weeks, surpassing the 1,600 point and 500-assist plateaus at Washington and hitting the 300- USC 8-4 14-7 steals plateau at USC. Washington 7-4 14-6 UCLA 7-5 12-9 By The Numbers (Team) — Entering the week the combined record (as of 1/30) of the California 6-6 14-8 opponents UCLA has lost to this season is 114-41 … The Bruins have led at the half in all Oregon 4-7 13-8 12 wins this season … 10 of the Bruins' 12 wins have come in Los Angeles (2-0 at LMU Oregon State 4-7 10-9 Arizona 3-9 7-15 Tournament, 8-1 in Pauley Pavilion, 0-1 at USC), with the two road wins coming at Clemson Washington State 1-10 7-13 and at Washington State … UCLA has won eight of the nine games this season in which it has outrebounded the opponent … In the 12 games UCLA has won, the Bruins have shot Coming Up: 2/4-USC at Arizona St.; Oregon at .492 from the field (382-777), while opponents have shot .391 in the games (297-738) … In Cal; Oregon St. at Stanford; 2/5-Wash. St. at the nine losses, the Bruins have shot .408 from the field (242-593), while the opponents have Washington; 2/9-Arizona at Oregon; Arizona shot .472 (267-566) … Six of UCLA's nine losses have been by single-digit margins … In those St. at Oregon St.; UCSB at Stanford; Washing- ton at USC six games, the Bruins lost by a combined total of 37 points (6.2 average) … UCLA's combined . margin of victory in the 12 wins is 198 points (16.5 points/game) … UCLA entered the week pg. 1 of 6 rebounding (14.73). Joy Hollingsworth is 10th UCLA In The Rankings in the Pac-10 in scoring (14.4) and fourth in UCLA Career Records three-point shots made (2.18/g). Jones ranks ESPN/ Date USA Today AP fifth in the conference in steals (2.23). Points 1) Denise Curry (1978-81) ........ 3198 Preseason rv rv The Series With Arizona — UCLA leads the series with UA by a count of 37-18, however 2) Maylana Martin (1997-00) ..... 2101 11/14/05 rv rv 6) Michelle Greco (1999-03) ..... 1707 the Bruins have dropped the last five games 11/21/05 rv rv 7) Ann Meyers (1975-78) ......... 1685 played in the Desert. UCLA's last win in Tucson 8) Nikki Blue (2003-) ............... 1679 11/28/05 rv 23 came in the 1999-2000 season. 12/5/05 25 22 10) Necie Thompson (1981-83) .. 1536 UCLA won the first meeting of the season, 11) Lisa Willis (2003-) ............... 1474 12/12/05 24 24 played in Pauley Pavilion on Jan. 6, by a score 18) Dianne Frierson (77-80) ........ 1134 12/19/05 rv rv of 84-77. Noelle Quinn led the Bruins with 18 19) Jaime Brown (85-88) ............ 1088 12/26/05 rv rv points. Chinyere Ibekwe added 15. UCLA took 20) Nicole Anderson (90-93) ...... 1078 1/2/06 -- -- a 41-31 lead at halftime. The Wildcats sliced the 21) Noelle Quinn (2004-) .......... 1076 1/9/06 -- rv margin to one in the second half, but could not Rebounds 1/16/06 -- rv take the lead. 1) Denise Curry (1978-81) ........ 1310 1/23/06 -- -- Feb. 3 - Bruins Fall To #18 ASU In Tempe 12) Rehema Stephens (1990-92) . 643 1/30/06 -- rv - Arizona State won its 18th-consecutive 13) Char Jones (1982-84) ............. 580 ***** home game, downing the Bruin, 87-70. Noelle 14) Nikki Blue (2003-) ................. 574 15) Lisa Willis (2003-) ................. 565 Coaches Conference Call Quinn scored a season-high 30 points, and Nikki Blue added 16 with seven rebounds, but Assists Each Tuesday from 9:30 -10:30 only one other Bruin player, Lindsey Pluimer 1) Erica Gomez (1996, 98-00) ..... 697 am, the Pac-10 women's basket- with 11 points, joined them in double figures.