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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: Nov. 25, 2015 2015-16 SCHEDULE Bruins at Junkanoo Jam in the Bahamas OVERALL: 2-1 PAC-12: 0-0 HOME: 2-1 AWAY: 0-0 NEUTRAL: 0-0 GAME INFORMATION Date: Friday, Nov. 27, 2015 NOVEMBER Tip-Off Time: 10:00 a.m. PT/1:00 p.m. ET vs. Sun. 1 Vanguard (Exhibition) W, 113-42 Venue: St. Georges High School Fri. 13 St. John’s (--/RV) W, 73-58 Location: Freeport, Bahamas Fri. 20 James Madison (--/RV) W, 90-61 Television: n/a 2-1 2-1 Sun. 22 South Carolina (2/2) P12LA L, 65-68 Stream: www.ustream.tv/junkanoojam Fri. 27 Louisiana Tech 1 10:00 a.m. All-Time Series: Louisiana Tech leads, 11-0 Audio: uclabruins.com Sat. 28 Denver/Notre Dame (3/3) 1 10 a.m. or 12:15 p.m. Louisiana Tech in 2014-15: 16-15, 10-8 C-USA Talent: Dave Marcus (play-by-play) UCLA in 2014-15: 19-18, 8-10 Pac-12 DECEMBER Sat. 5 CSU Bakersfield 2:00 p.m. Sun. 13 at Michigan B10N 11:00 a.m. GAME INFORMATION Date: Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015 Wed. 16 UC Irvine 7:00 p.m. or Fri. 18 at Sacramento State 7:05 p.m. Tip-Off Time: 10:00 a.m. PT or 12:15 p.m. PT Mon. 21 at California (16/15) P12BA 6:00 p.m. Venue: St. Georges High School Mon. 28 at UC Riverside 7:00 p.m. Location: Freeport, Bahamas Wed. 30 USC* P12N 7:00 p.m. Television: n/a 4-0 1-2 Stream: www.ustream.tv/junkanoojam All-Time Series: UCLA leads ND, 9-7/First Meeting JANUARY Audio: uclabruins.com Notre Dame in 2014-15: 36-3, 15-1 ACC Sat. 2 Oregon (RV/RV)* P12N 2:00 p.m. Talent: Dave Marcus (play-by-play) Denver in 2014-15: 8-23, 5-11 Summit League Mon. 4 Oregon State (7/7)* P12N 7:00 p.m. Sun. 10 at USC* P12LA 6:00 p.m. Fri. 15 at Washington* P12N 6:00 p.m. STORY LINES Sun. 17 at Washington State* P12N 12:00 p.m. UCLA will face Louisiana Tech for the 12th time in program history and for the first time since Fri. 22 California (16/15)* P12N 6:00 p.m. 1999. Louisiana Tech leads the all-time series 11-0 after defeating the Bruins 82-64 in the “Elite Sun. 24 Stanford (13/16)* P12N 6:00 p.m. Eight” in a Los Angeles Regional Final on Mar. 22, 1999. Amanda Wilson had 23 points and 12 Fri. 29 at Colorado* 6:00 p.m. rebounds as the top-seeded Lady Techsters defeated No. 3 seed UCLA. Maylana Martin had 16 Sat. 31 at Utah* 1:00 p.m. points in the first NCAA regional final for UCLA (26-8). The Lady Techsters outscored the Bruins FEBRUARY 17-4 to end the first half for 35-32 lead. Monica Maxwell scored six points in the run and finished Fri. 5 at Arizona State (16/18)* P12N 5:00 p.m. with 22 points and 13 rebounds. The Bruins didn’t have their usual dominance inside with 6-foot-4 Sun. 7 at Arizona* 12:00 p.m. Janae Hubbard and the 6-3 Martin, the Pac-10 Conference player of the year. Hubbard had 10 Fri. 12 Washington State* 7:00 p.m. points and only four rebounds - well off her 21-point, 13-rebound performance in the semifinals. Sun. 14 Washington* ESPNU 11:00 a.m. The speedy Maxwell repeatedly found access inside, where she grabbed offensive rebounds and Fri. 19 at Oregon (RV/RV)* P12N 6:00 p.m. either scored or dished off. Tech controlled the boards, 49-30, with a 27-13 edge offensively. Sun. 21 at Oregon State (7/7)* P12N 6:00 p.m. LaCresha Flannigan, who had 11 points, stole the ball and scored for UCLA’s last lead, 38-37, Fri. 26 Arizona* P12N 8:00 p.m. early in the second half. Then Tech put the game away with a 43-14 run, including stretches in Sun. 28 Arizona State (16/18)* P12N 11:00 a.m. which the Lady Techsters scored nine and 12 straight points, to go up 80-52 with 3:40 remaining MARCH UCLA freshman Michelle Greco started at guard in place of Erica Gomez, who sprained her right Thu. 3 Pac-12 Tournament 2 P12N TBA ankle in a semifinal win over Colorado State. Greco finished with six points. Fri. 4 Pac-12 Quarters 2 P12N TBA Sat. 5 Pac-12 Semis 2 P12N TBA This is the 17th meeting between the Bruins and the Fighting Irish with UCLA holding a 9-7 Sun. 6 Pac-12 Finals 2 ESPN 6:00 p.m. advantage. Last year, No. 4 Notre Dame posted its third straight win over UCLA in Los Angeles, 1 Junkanoo Jam (Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas) 82-67 (Dec. 28, 2014). Nirra Fields scored 20 points, but Lindsay Allen scored a career-high 22 2 Pac-12 Tournament (KeyArena at Seattle Center, Seattle) points and set numerous other personal bests to help the Fighting Irish to the victory. Allen was * Pac-12 Conference game National Rankings listed in () are AP/USA Today 8 of 10 from the field, including 4 of 5 from 3-point range. Notre Dame went into halftime with a All times listed are Pacific comfortable 42-29 lead and never let UCLA get closer than nine points after the break. Brianna Turner added 14 points and a career-high 16 rebounds for her first career double-double and FOLLOW THE BRUINS ON TWITTER Jewell Lloyd had 12 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for Notre Dame. Michaela Mabrey Women’s Basketball Twitter: twitter.com/UCLAWBB had 11 points to give the Irish four players in double figures. Jordin Canada was the only other UCLA Athletics Twitter: twitter.com/UCLAAthletics Bruin to reach double figures with 16 points. Monique Billings had a little bit of everything for Cori Close Twitter: twitter.com/CoachCloseUCLA UCLA with five points, five rebounds, a season-high four steals, two blocks and one assist. UCLA struggled to shoot from pretty much anywhere. The Bruins shot 33.3 percent (23 of 69) from #GoBruins the field overall, 32 percent (7 of 22) from 3-point range and 52 percent (14 of 27) from the free-throw line in their nonconference finale. FOLLOW THE BRUINS ONLINE Facebook: facebook.com/UCLAWomensBasketball If UCLA plays Denver in the second game of the Junkanoo Jam, it will be the first-ever meeting. Instagram: instagram.com/uclawbb Athletic Web Site: www.UCLABruins.com Head Coach Cori Close is in her fifth year with the Bruins after guiding UCLA to the WNIT title Team Web Site: www.UCLAWBB.com last season with a 62-60 win at West Virginia (Charleston, W.Va.). She sports an overall record of 74-61 (.548). 2015-16 UCLA Women’s Basketball (page 1 of 26) MEDIA INFORMATION UCLA was 19-18 last year and 8-10 in the Pac-12 Conference (sixth). The Bruins won their first UCLA Sports Information postseason title of any kind since the Pac-10 Tournament title in 2006 with the 62-60 victory J.D. Morgan Center, Suite 128 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 over West Virginia to claim the Women’s National Invitation Tournament in the Bruins’ first-ever Women’s Basketball SID Ryan Finney appearance in the WNIT. Sophomore guard Jordin Canada was named the WNIT MVP, scoring Office Phone (310) 206-4701 a career-high 31 points in the championship game. Senior guard Nirra Fields joined her on the Cell Phone (424) 832-0676 All-Tournament Team. E-mail [email protected] Website www.uclabruins.com WHO’S BACK WEEKLY AVAILABILITY The best time for interviews with UCLA Head Women’s The Bruins return four starters for the 2015-16 season and a total of 10 letterwinners which Basketball Coach, Cori Close, or members of the Bruins’ squad, accounted for 83% of UCLA’s scoring last year. The four starters include senior guard Nirra Fields is after practices. This year, the women’s basketball team will be (15.0 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 2.3 spg), an All-Pac-12 honoree; junior guard Kari Korver (10.1 ppg, 3.7 rpg, practicing in Pauley Pavilion at varying times during the morning with start times ranging from 7:00-9:00 a.m. For access to 1.5 apg), a second team Pac-12 All-Academic selection that was one of only three Bruins to play weekly practices or to schedule an extended interview with a in all 37 games and made the most starts at 36 games; sophomore point guard Jordin Canada, member of the UCLA women’s basketball team, please contact WBB SID Ryan Finney. Practices are closed to the public. Coach the reigning Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and WNIT MVP (11.8 ppg, 4.4 apg, 3.4 rpg, 2.0 spg) Close would like a 24-hour advance notice of media wishing to that made 30 starts as a true freshman and senior forward Kacy Swain (4.2 ppg, 4.5 rpg, .755 attend practice. FT%), who returns for her final year after making 25 starts last season.