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 rebound 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 free throw 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.