UCLA Women’s Basketball Adds Signature Road Win Over Oregon

Excessive-scoring performances from Charisma Osborne and Kiki Rice led the Bruins to knock off their first-ranked convention opponent of the marketing campaign.

No. 10 UCLA girls’s basketball (13-1, 2-0 Pac-12) by no means took its foot off the fuel in opposition to No. 17 Oregon (10-3, 1-1 Pac-12) Friday night time, forcing 19 turnovers and permitting its backcourt to do the work on the opposite aspect of the ball. Osborne and Rice – a senior and freshman mixture – mixed for 38 factors to take down the Geese by a rating of 82-74.

Osborne scored 19 factors on 7-of-13 capturing, however left the sport within the fourth quarter after colliding with Geese’ guard Taya Hansen. The Bruins’ main scorer left the court docket with help and was favoring her left arm.

Rice began the competition by scoring eight of the Bruins’ first 10 factors. Scoring 15 factors, capturing 6-of-9 from the sector and flattening 2-of-3 from past the arc within the first half, the No. 1 recruit within the class of 2022 made her affect on the sport shortly.

Considered one of Rice’s 3-point makes an attempt closed the second quarter, changing a nook try with a graceful and giving UCLA a 38-32 lead. The 5-foot-11 guard ended the sport with a career-high 21 factors to associate with seven assists, 4 rebounds and 4 steals.

Halfway via the third quarter, the Geese took a 42-41 lead over the Bruins. However from that second onward, UCLA pulled away from their opponents from the Pacific Northwest.

With graduate guard Gina Conti main the cost, the blue and gold went on a 26-8, 8:09 minute run to take a 68-51 lead over Oregon. The second-year graduate Bruin scored all of her 11 factors within the second half, with freshman ahead Gabriela Jaquez including all eight of hers in the identical vogue.

Regardless of having as a lot as an 18-point lead within the fourth quarter, the Geese made a late cost again into the competition. Oregon introduced the rating to inside six factors with one minute left, just for the Bruins to ice the sport with a nineteenth pressured  turnover and a few free throws to come back away with the victory.

Since falling to No. 1 South Carolina on Nov. 29, UCLA has overwhelmed their final six opponents by a median of 17.8 factors per recreation.

UCLA will end up its street journey on Sunday in opposition to Oregon State when the Beavers host the Bruins at 1 p.m.

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