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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: Jan. 22, 2014 2013-14 SCHEDULE UCLA Travels To Bay Area To Face #4 Stanford OVERALL: 10-9 PAC-12: 4-3 Friday, Jan. 24, 2014 HOME: 6-3 AWAY: 3-3 NEUTRAL: 1-3 8:06 p.m. PT NOVEMBER GAME INFORMATION Fri. 8 at No. 12/17 Nebraska L, 49-77 Venue: Maples Pavilion Mon. 11 Pepperdine W, 82-78 Location: Stanford, Calif. vs. Sun. 17 No. 12/14 North Carolina P12N L, 68-78 Tip-Off Time: 8:06 p.m. PT Sun. 24 No. 10/13 Oklahoma P12N W, 82-76 Television: Pac-12 Networks Fri. 29 vs. James Madison 1 L, 67-77 TV Talent: Anne Marie Anderson (play-by-play) 17-1, 6-0 10-9, 4-3 1 Sat. 30 vs. Grand Canyon W, 62-60 Tammy Blackburn (analyst) All-Time Series: Stanford leads, 54-22 Free Live Audio: uclabruins.com DECEMBER Last Meeting: L, 49-51, Pac-12 Tourney Final (3/10/13) Radio Talent: Dave Marcus (play-by-play) Sun. 1 vs. North Carolina State 1 L, 49-67 UCLA Series Record: Home: 11-21; Away: 9-25; Neutral: 2-8 Sat. 7 at No. 4/5 Notre Dame L, 48-90 Sun. 15 at San Diego State W, 56-55 STORY LINES Fri. 20 at Minnesota 2 W, 58-55 Sat. 21 vs. Auburn 2 L, 60-66 UCLA (10-9, 4-3) heads to Northern California this weekend for a pair of Pac-12 matchups with Sat. 28 Cal Poly W, 96-89 nationally-ranked teams. The Bruins open with #4 Stanford (17-1, 6-0) on Friday, Jan. 24 on the Mon. 30 USC* P12N L, 54-56 Pac-12 Networks at 8:06 p.m. UCLA will then face #16/19 California (13-4, 5-1) on Sunday, Jan. 26 at 6:06 p.m. on the Pac-12 Networks. JANUARY Fri. 3 Utah* P12N W, 55-38 This is the 77th meeting between UCLA and Stanford with the Cardinal leading the series 54-22. Sun. 5 No. 12/14 Colorado* P12N L, 59-61 Stanford has won the last 16 meetings overall and the last 14 at Stanford. The Cardinal won all three Fri. 10 at Arizona* P12N W, 67-61 meetings a year ago, including 51-49 in the title game of the Pac-12 Tournament (Mar. 10, 2013). Sun. 12 at No. 23 Arizona State* P12N L, 57-59 Fri. 17 Oregon* P12N W, 88-83 UCLA erased a 13-point second-half (6:27) deficit to beat Oregon 88-83 on Jan. 17, 2014. It Mon. 20 Oregon State* P12N W, 66-63 marked the third time this season that the Bruins have come back to win after trailing by double Fri. 24 at No. 4 Stanford* P12N 8:06 p.m. digits (down 14 to No. 10 Oklahoma in the first half and 12 to Grand Canyon in the second half). Sun. 26 at No. 16/19 California* P12N 6:06 p.m. Fri. 31 Washington* P12N 8:00 p.m. Close encounters are becoming the norm this season. UCLA has won by single digits in nine of FEBRUARY its 10 victories on the year while 10 of the last 11 games have been decided by single digits. Sun. 2 Washington State* 12:00 p.m. Additionally, the Bruins are 6-3 in 2013-14 in games decided by five or fewer points. Sat. 8 at USC* P12N 3:00 p.m. Fri. 14 at Oregon State* 7:00 p.m. With the Bruins’ 67-61 win at Arizona on Jan. 10, UCLA extended its winning streak against Mon. 17 at Oregon* P12N 4:00 p.m. unranked opponents on the road to 12 games (descending chronological order): Arizona, Minnesota, Fri. 21 California* P12N 8:00 p.m. San Diego State, Arizona, Arizona State, USC, Washington State, Washington, Oregon State, Sun. 23 Stanford* P12N 4:00 p.m. Oregon, Pepperdine and St. John’s. Fri. 28 at Colorado* P12N 5:00 p.m. UCLA has lost three key players for the season as the Bruins will be without redshirt freshman MARCH Lauren Holiday (3.9 ppg, 4.4 rpg) for the remainder of the year, as announced by Head Coach Sun. 1 at Utah* P12N 1:00 p.m. Cori Close last week. Holiday sustained a head injury at the end of the first half of the USC game Thu. 6 Pac-12 Tournament 3 P12N TBD (Dec. 30). She joins sophomore guard Kari Korver (4.7 ppg, 1.5 rpg) and junior forward Kacy 3 Fri. 7 Pac-12 Quarters P12N TBD Swain (3.1 ppg, 3.0 rpg) as players lost for the year. Both of them suffered torn anterior cruciate Sat. 8 Pac-12 Semis 3 P12N TBD ligaments (ACL) within a week of each other. Korver also had a tear in her lateral meniscus. Sun. 9 Pac-12 Finals 3 ESPN2 TBD Freshman forward Paulina Hersler has yet to play this season due to a knee injury she sustained 1 Gulf Coast Showcase (Naples, Fla.) 2 Subway Classic (Minneapolis, Minn.) in Sweden before arriving in the United States. 3 Pac-12 Tournament (KeyArena at Seattle Center, Seattle) * Pac-12 Conference game All times listed are Pacific ATONYE NYINGIFA CLIMBING THE CHARTS UCLA sixth-year senior Atonye Nyingifa is currently 6th on the Bruins’ career list for most games FOLLOW THE BRUINS ON TWITTER played with 126. That mark also ranks tied for third on the NCAA active career list. She is currently 15th on the Bruins’ career scoring list with 1,347 points (behind Anne Dean - 1983-86 - 1,364), Women’s Basketball Twitter: twitter.com/UCLAWBB which ranks 59th on the NCAA UCLA Athletics Twitter: twitter.com/UCLAAthletics active career list and sixth in the Pac- UCLA CAREER LIST NCAA ACTIVE CAREER LIST Cori Close Twitter: twitter.com/CoachCloseUCLA Player Games Player Games 12. She is 5th in career rebounds 1. Denise Curry (1978-81) 130 1. Stefanie Dolson, UConn 133 #GoBruins (827, ranks 4th on the Pac-12 active 2. Erica Tukiainen (2007-10) 128 2. Bria Hartley, UConn 132 career list). She needs 109 to pass 3. Rebekah Gardner (2009-12) 127 3. Kim Beeston, BYU 126 Doreena Campbell (2008-11) 127 Atonye Nyingifa, UCLA 126 Maylana Martin (935, 1997-2000) FOLLOW THE BRUINS ONLINE Christina Nzekwe (2008-11) 127 Chiney Ogwumike, Stanford 126 for 4th. She is 8th in free throws 6. Atonye Nyingifa (2008-13) 126 Karla Gilbert, Texas A&M 126 Facebook: facebook.com/UCLAWomensBasketball made (324), which ranks 40th on 7. Debbie Willie (1978-81) 125 7. Meighan Simmons, Tennessee 125 8. Nina Earl (2008-11) 124 Natalie Achonwa, Notre Dame 125 Instagram: instagram.com/uclawbb the NCAA active career charts and Moniquee Alexander (2007-10) 124 Odyssey Sims, Baylor 125 Athletic Web Site: www.UCLABruins.com 7th in free throws attempted (465), 10. Lindsey Pluimer (2005-08) 123 10. Shoni Schimmel, Louisville 123 Team Web Site: www.UCLAWBB.com which ranks 42nd on the NCAA 11. Darxia Morris (2008-11) 122 11. Kastine Evans, Kentucky 122 Chinyere Ibekwe (2006-09) 122 Morgan Hook, Oklahoma 122 active career chart. 2013-14 UCLA Women’s Basketball (page 1 of 43) PASSION PLAYER OF THE GAME NONCONFERENCE NOTES (Every game during the 2013-14 season, UCLA coaches The Bruins can boast of having one of the toughest schedules in the country as four of its will name a Passion Player of the Game, to be determined by a combination of tangible and intangible statistics; nonconference games were against teams ranked in the top 12 (at #12/17 Nebraska, vs. #12/14 consisting of unselfish plays, including but not limited to North Carolina, vs. #10/13 Oklahoma and at #4/5 Notre Dame). The Bruins’ nonconference deflections, assist screens, charges drawn, out of area strength of schedule ranked No. 3 in the country (tops in the Pac-12) and helped the Bruins to a rebounds, 50/50 balls, assists and steals). The number No. 26 overall ranking in the RPI. Ten of the Bruins’ 12 nonconference opponents have a winning in parenthesis after the name is the number of times they record and UCLA’s nonconference opponents are a combined 142-70 for a .667 winning percentage have been named the PPOTG in their career. (Nebraska 13-4; Pepperdine 5-13; North Carolina 16-3; Oklahoma 12-7; James Madison 13-4; NOVEMBER Grand Canyon 13-4; NC State 16-3; Notre Dame 17-0; San Diego State 5-10; Minnesota 12-7; Fri. 8 at No. 12/17 Nebraska Atonye Nyingifa (6) Auburn 11-7 and Cal Poly 9-8). Mon. 11 Pepperdine Thea Lemberger (4) Sun. 17 No. 12/14 North Carolina Lauren Holiday (1) UCLA forward Atonye Nyingifa (Torrance, Calif.) established or tied six career-highs in leading Sun. 24 No. 10/13 Oklahoma Luiana Livulo (1) the Bruins to an 82-76 upset win over No. 10/13 Oklahoma at Pauley Pavilion on Nov. 24 and Fri. 29 vs. James Madison 1 Luiana Livulo (2) was named Pac-12 Player of the Week. Nyingifa tied her career-best with a game-high 28 points Sat. 30 vs. Grand Canyon 1 Luiana Livulo (2) and career-bests in free throws made (12) and free throws attempted (15). She completed her second straight double-double against a ranked team with a career-high 16 rebounds, including DECEMBER six on the offensive glass.