DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS W. Basketball Contacts: Steve Rourke/Liza David For Immediate Release SID Phone: (310) 206-6831 August 2007 Web Page: www.uclabruins.com UCLA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: 2007-08 PROSPECTUS Bruins Return Seven for 2007-08; Add Highly Ranked Recruiting Class— Coach Kathy Olivier 2007-2008 UCLA Schedule welcomes back seven returning letterwinners for the 2006-07 season. Included amongst the seven are three players who combined for 95 starts in '06-07 and who each earned a top 10 ranking in at Date Opponent Tentative Time least one Pac-10 stat category last season. Headlining the list is senior forward Lindsey Pluimer, the 11/1 Love & Basketball (Ex.) 7 p.m. leading returning scorer (15.5) and second-leading returning rebounder (5.7) on last year's team. 11/7 Team Concept (Ex.) 7 p.m. Two other starters are slated to return--- 6-4 junior center Chinyere Ibekwe, who ranked amongst the 11/14 @ CS Northridge 7 p.m. Pac-10 leaders in blocked shots and fi eld goal percentage, and 5-10 junior guard Tierra Henderson, 11/18 Rice 2 p.m. 11/20 Cal Poly SLO 7 p.m. who ranked fourth in the league in steals. Also returning are four sophomores in center Moniquee 11/25 Maryland 2 p.m. Alexander and guards Erica Tukiainen (Latimer), Allison Taka and Alexis Olivier. 11/28 @ Pepperdine 7 p.m. The Bruins will add six recruits signed in the 2006-07 early period to that list in a group which was 12/1-2 @Nugget Classic-Reno, NV ranked as the nation's fourth-ranked class by The All Star Girls Report and tied for eighth-ranked 12/1 UCLA vs. Idaho State 7 p.m. by Hoop Gurlz.com. The list of incoming players includes: forward/center Candice Brown of Bishop Nevada vs. Southern 5 p.m. Amat HS in LaPuente, CA; guard Doreena Campbell of Edison HS in Alexandria, VA; forward Nina 12/2 Consolation game 3 p.m. Earl of Diamond Ranch HS in Pomona, CA; guard Darxia Morris of Muir HS in Pasadena, CA; forward/ Championship game 5 p.m. center Christina Nzekwe of Chief Sealth HS in Seattle, WA; forward/center Regina Rogers of Chief 12/8 @ San Diego 2 p.m. Sealth HS in Seattle, WA. 12/15 @ BYU p.m. 12/19 Tennessee 7 p.m. UCLA Returning Starters (# ’06-07 starts/career starts) — 12/21 UC Riverside 7 p.m. No. Name (g in '06-07/ career starts) Pos. Ht. Cl. PPG RPG 12/28 @ Arizona* p.m. 14 Lindsey Pluimer (32/92) F 6-4 Sr. 15.5 5.7 12/30 @ Arizona State* p.m. 1/4 Stanford* 7 p.m. 23 Chinyere Ibekwe (32/32) C 6-4 Jr. 7.7 6.6 1/6 California* 2 p.m. 2 Tierra Henderson (32/31) G 5-10 Jr. 5.1 3.6 1/10 @ Washington* p.m. Off The Bench (# '06-07 games/ career starts/ career games) 1/12 @ Washington State* p.m. 31 Moniquee Alexander (31/0/31) C 6-6 So. 3.2 2.7 1/19 @ USC* p.m. 13 Erica Tukiainen (Latimer) (32/0/32) G 6-0 So. 2.8 1.2 1/24 Oregon* 7 p.m. 10 Allison Taka (8/0/8) G 5-8 So. 0.5 0.1 1/26 Oregon State* 2 p.m. 5 Alexis Olivier (3/0/3) G 5-8 So. 0.0 0.0 1/31 @ California* p.m. 2/2 @ Stanford* p.m. Incoming Freshmen 2/8 Washington State* 7 p.m. No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. High School 2/10 Washington* (ESPN2) 1:30 p.m. 24 Candice Brown F/C 6-4 Fr. LaPuente, CA (Bishop Amat HS) 2/17 USC* 2 p.m. 21 Doreena Campbell G 5-10 Fr. Alexandria, VA (Edison HS) 2/21 @ Oregon State* p.m. 1 Nina Earl F 6-1 Fr. Pomona, CA (Diamond Ranch HS) 2/23 @ Oregon* p.m. 3 Darxia Morris G 5-9 Fr. Pasadena, CA (Muir HS) 2/28 Arizona State* 7 p.m. 4 Christina Nzekwe F/C 6-4 Fr. Seattle, WA (Chief Sealth HS) 3/1 Arizona* 2 p.m. 34 Regina Rogers F/C 6-4 Fr. Seattle, WA (Chief Sealth HS) 3/7-10 State Farm Pac-10 Tourn. @ San Jose Not Returning 3/22-25 NCAA 1st/2nd Rds. Name (g in '07/career starts/career gms.) Pos. Ht. Cl. PPG RPG (Albuquerque, NM; Baton Rouge, LA; Bridgeport,CT; Des Moines, Noelle Quinn (32/106/107) G 6-0 Sr. 17.2 6.6 IA; Norfolk, VA; West Lafayette, IN; Stanford,CA; College Park, MD) Amanda Livingston (32/90/121) F 6-1 Sr. 7.8 4.7 3/29-4/1 NCAA Regionals (Greensboro, NC; New Orleans, LA; Oklahoma City, OK; Spokane, WA) Shaina Zaidi (31/1/65) G 5-8 Sr. 4.6 1.4 4/6-8 NCAA Final Four Consuelo Lezcano (23/3/75) F/C 6-4 Sr. 1.4 1.0 (Tampa, FL) Julia Pitts (20/17/57) F 6-2 Sr.R 1.2 1.7 *Times listed are local to game site and subject to change. Jerica Williams (29/0/29) G 5-9 So. 1.3 0.6 Bruins Host Last Two NCAA Champions in Pauley — UCLA will host the last two NCAA champi- Final '06-07 Pac-10 Standings ons in Pauley Pavilion this season (2006 champ Maryland-Nov. 25;2007 champ Tennessee-Dec. 19). Team Pac-10 Overall Overall, the Bruins will see action against eight teams that were in the NCAA Tournament a year Stanford 17-1 29-5 ago (Idaho State, Tennessee, Maryland, UC Riverside, California, Washington, Stanford, Arizona State) Arizona State 16-2 31-5 in the 2006-07 season. UCLA will play a total of seven home games against the group, four on the California 12-6 23-9 road, and one on a neutral court. Washington 11-7 18-13 USC 10-8 17-13 What's Returning for 2007-08 — The Bruins return 59% of games started (95/160), 52% of their Oregon 8-10 17-14 points scored (1,133/2,169), 57% of the rebounds (657/1,145), 40% of the assists (179/453) and 66% UCLA 7-11 14-18 of the steals (161/244) from the 2006-07 season. Arizona 4-14 11-21 Pluimer Joins 1,000 Point Club — Pluimer became the 23rd player in UCLA women's basketball Oregon State 4-14 9-19 Washington State 1-17 5-24 history to reach the 1,000-point plateau during the game at Oregon. She also recorded her 500th rebound in that contest. Pluimer completed her junior year with 1,118 points (20th on all-time list) and 537 rebounds for her career. Bruin Pac-10 Notes — With their third-place conference fi nish in 2006, the Bruins earned their sixth top-four conference fi nish in the last 10 seasons. Only Stanford, UCLA Quick Facts with 10 top-four fi nishes, has achieved a higher level of success in that period. Arizona State also has six such fi nishes. Arizona, Washington and Oregon are next with fi ve General Information top-four fi nishes each. Mailing Address: ..........................................UCLA Athletic Department Pluimer Earns Academic All-District Honors — Lindsey Pluimer was selected to ............................................................................................ P.O. Box 24044 the CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District 8 women's basketball team. .................................................................Los Angeles, CA 90024-0044 Pluimer, a 3.67 student, received third-team honors and was one of just two un- Founded: ....................................................................................................1919 derclassmen selected to the All-District 8 teams. She also earned fi rst-team Pac-10 Enrollment: ..................................................................................................37,000 All-Academic honors. Chancellor: ....................................................................................Dr. Gene Block Athletics Director: ....................................................................Daniel Guerrero All-Conference Honors — Senior Lindsey Pluimer was recognized by the Pac-10 Sr. Women's Administrator: ........................................................ Petrina Long coaches with an honorable mention listing on the All-Conference team. Pluimer Conference: ............................................................................................Pacifi c-10 averaged a career-high 15.5 points per game to go along with a 5.7 rebounds per Nickname: .....................................................................................................Bruins game average in 2006-07. Colors: .............................................................................................Blue and Gold All-Aboard — UCLA ranked third in the Pac-10 in rebounding margin with a +4.6 Home Court: (Cap.): .................................................Pauley Pavilion (12,819) mark last season. The Bruins recorded a high of 57 boards in the season-opener Athletics Dept. Phone: ..............................................................(310) 825-8699 against UC Santa Barbara and totaled 50+ rebounds in four contests. They won the Ticket Offi ce Phone: ................................................................(310) UCLA-WIN battle of the boards in 22 of the 32 games played. Four players averaged at least 4.7 Offi cial School Website: ...............................................www.uclabruins.com rpg or better in the 2006-07 season. Women's Basketball Coaching Staff Ibekwe Ranks — Chinyere Ibekwe is the leading returning rebounder on the team Head Coach: ........................................................Kathy Olivier (15th season) after matching Noelle Quinn's 6.6 average for team high-honors a year ago. Her total Alma Mater: ..........................................................................................UNLV, 1983 of 212 boards ranked tied for eighth on the school's all-time sophomore list. Her 24 Record at UCLA: ............................................................216-191 in 14 seasons blocked shots ranked fi fth on that sophomore list. Ibekwe ranked 11th in the Pac-10 Asst. Coaches: ..........................................Pam Walker (UCLA, '85) 19th year, in rebounding and was sixth in offensive rebounds (2.78). .....................................Trisha Stafford-Odom (California, '92) 3rd year, .........................................................Maylana Martin (UCLA, '00) 4th year Pluimer Moves Up Career Charts — Senior Lindey Pluimer moved up to 20th on the Dir. of Basketball Operations ....................................................Chris Jackson career scoring list (1,118 points) and is eighth on the career blocked shots list (60).