COLLEGE ROUNDUP: PLUIMER LEADS UCLA TO VICTORY.Byline: Staff and Wire Services Just when you thought the UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX women's basketball Women's basketball is one of the few games which developed in tandem with men's. It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast, in large part via women's colleges. team was going into a rebuilding year after losing two starters to the WNBA WNBA Women's National Basketball Association WNBA World Ninepin Bowling Association WNBA Wannabe Nasty Boys Association WNBA Women's National Book Association, Inc. WNBA Warszawski Nurt Basketu Amatorskiego , Lindsey Pluimer steps up and has the best game of her young career. The 6-foot-4 junior had a career-high 23 points and 11rebounds to lead the No. 23 Bruins to an 87-62 victory over UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. on Sunday afternoon in front of 1,192 at Pauley Pavilion Edwin W. Pauley Pavilion, informally and commonly known as Pauley Pavilion, is an indoor arena located on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles, California. It is home to the UCLA Bruins men's and women's basketball teams. The men's and women's volleyball teams also play here. . ``She's a matchup problem for everyone,'' UCLA coach Kathy Olivier said of Pluimer, who has moved to the perimeter after starting as a post player her first two years. ``And she knows the game so well, she can figure out how to use it.'' Coming into the season, Pluimer was thought of as a No.2 option to All- American candidate Noelle Quinn Noelle Quinn (born January 3, 1985 in Los Angeles, California) is a professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx. Quinn attended college at UCLA and graduated in 2007. , the only remaining piece from UCLA's potent ``Triple Threat'' of Nikki Blue Nikki Blue was a WNBA basketball player from 2006-2006. She played in 24 games and played for the Washington Mystics. Nikki attended West High in Bakersfield, California and later went on to play for UCLA. (Washington Mystics) and Lisa Willis (Sparks). Sunday, Quinn (13 points, sixassists) was happy to cede the spotlight to her teammate. ``I could shoot 25 times a game, but that's not what's going to make my team better,'' she said. ``I just want to do what our team needs to win.'' UCLA's 6-foot-6 freshman center Moniquee Alexander had an impressive debut, scoring eight points and grabbing 10rebounds in 14 minutes. -- Ramona Shelburne In another women's game: Krisztina Fuleki scored a game-high 20 points and Ofa Tulikihihifo added a triple-double as Cal State Northridge defeated visiting Portland State 77-67. Tulikihihifo had 13 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists for her second career triple-double for the Matadors (1-1). Jamie McCaa had 13 points and nine rebounds for CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge , Katie Holloway scored 12 points and Ashley Blake had nine points, 10 assists and six rebounds. The Matadors closed the first half with a 10-5 run to take a 34-31 lead, then opened the second half with a 16-6 spurt to pull away. Men's basketball: Jon Brockman had 25 points and 12 rebounds as No. 17 Washington beat visiting Pepperdine 99-91 in the Travelers Classic. Freshman Quincy Pondexter added 21 points and seven rebounds for the Huskies. Fellow freshman Spencer Hawes had 12 points, five rebounds, sevenassists and four blocks off the bench. Jason Walberg -- son of first-year Pepperdine coach Vance Walberg -- had 18points off the bench for the Waves (0-1). Marvin Lea added 16 points. Pepperdine is returning four starters from last season's 7-20 team that finished eighth in the West Coast Conference. But the Waves are missing Michael Gerrity, who average 14 points a game, for at least the next twoweeks because of a footinjury. After Washington went up by 19 points, its largest lead, early in the second half, the Waves fought back to get within 62-53 on a 3-pointer by Tomas Pranciliauskas with 14 minutes left. But the Huskies scored the next seven points to put the game away. ... Jason Hill scored 13 points to lead CSUN to a 74-68 win over Lehigh at the Travelers Classic in Eugene, Ore. Thomas Shewmake added 12points for the Matadors (2-1), and Calvin Chitwood scored 11. The Matadors shot nearly 45 percent from the field and were able to get 27 points off 22 Lehigh turnovers. Women's soccer: Kelley O'Hara scored twice to lead Stanford to a 2-0 win over USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. in an NCAA Tournament second-round game in Santa Clara. It was the second straight season the Trojans, who finished 11-5-5, reached the second round, yet they've never gotten past that point. Men's water polo: Top-ranked USC won its 41st consecutive match, defeating host Pepperdine 15-4 in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation is a college athletic conference whose member teams are located in the western United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I. action. The Trojans (22-0, 7-0) rolled to a 10-0 halftime lead. Brett Auer scored twice for the Waves (12-17, 1-6). Football: Occidental (9-0) received the No. 6 seed in the UW-Whitewater bracket for the Division III playoffs and will travel to Spokane, Wash., to take on Whitworth (10-0) in the first round Saturday. The Tigers won the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference The Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) is a college athletic conference that operates in the NCAA's Division III. It consists of eleven small private schools which are located in Southern California and organized into eight athletic programs. title. Whitworth won the Northwest Conference. |
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