No. 12 UCLA women’s basketball hosts No. 11 Colorado in pivotal Pac-12 game – Daily News

Number 12 UCLA female basketball team has a chance to increase the streak of their victory in three matches and to win their second win over Colorado this season when he hosted number 11 buffers at 6:30 pm on Monday.

This PAC-12 is the third-to-eye game of the regular season, which means that it is a crunch time in the conference. Oregon State and USC are ranked second at 11-4 and UCLA and Colorado are ranked third at 10–5. Stanford (12-3) sits first.

How the UCLA (21-5 overall) performs in the final stretch, the PAC -12 can have implications in the tournament seeds.

Lauren Bates told reporters after Bruce’s victory over Utah on Thursday, “It is important for our team not to verify other people.” “If we play today, we are not going to be able to stop us.”

Bruce is coming out of the 82-52 victory after falling into the uuts in earlier times in the season. The UCLA scored Utah in its second lowest season.

Head coach Kori Close said, “The kind of defense played against one of the best crimes in the country earns us a lot of confidence.” “I felt that this was our best defensive execution of a gameplan throughout the year.”

Close appreciated his team’s next-game pace and reaction to the mistakes made in the game. He praised the protecting Londin Jones, who also scored a career-high 23 points.


Five Bruce pulled down five rebounds or more with Angela Dugli, making the way with nine. The UCLA logs an average of 43.24 rebounds per game, which is the 12th best in NCAA.

Colorado (a total of 20-6) will enter the poly pavilion on a three-game losing line, but each of those damage has been decided to six points or less. This is the first time Buffs have lost three consecutive games since January 2022.

Haronet Vonleh on Friday led Buffs efforts with 18 points in the loss of 87-81 and overall, Colorado shot 57.1% from the ground and made 7 -13 shots from the range. The team is skillfully shooting this season and is shooting 50% or better in 10 matches.

Colorado ranks number 16 at the national level in the target percentage of the area with a composite points of 47.18%. The team shared the ball well, finished seventh at the national level per game assistance at 19.3.

Bruce is stopping distractions as PAC -12 regular season near its end -close said that he has removed the ESPN app from his phone and Bates has removed X, in the east TwitterAnd to focus on work at hand, it is limiting its social media time as a whole.

Bates said, “It is not looking at the ranking, not looking at social media, just making sure we are present.” “I think just trust ourselves and make sure that we keep pushing each other in practice every day, this is the most important thing for us.”

Number 12 UCLA vs Number 11 Colorado

When: Monday, 6 pm

Where: Pauli Mandap

TV: ESPN2

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