COLLEGES: UCLA WOMEN HOST NO. 3 OKLAHOMA.Byline: Staff and Wire Services It's another week and another top-five opponent for 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. The Bruins host No. 3 Oklahoma and its All-American sophomore center, Courtney Paris Courtney Paris (born September 21 1987 in San Jose, California) is the junior starting center for the University of Oklahoma women's basketball team. Her twin sister, Ashley Paris, is also a Sooner. , tonight at 7 p.m. 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. . Paris is averaging 21.7 points and 14.0 rebounds per game. The No. 22-ranked Bruins have been led by senior All-American 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. (17.3 ppg) and junior forward Lindsey Pluimer (18.0 ppg). UCLA (2-1) lost to No. 5 Tennessee 83-60 on Thursday. ``Our schedule is going to allow us to play against some of the top players in the country,'' UCLA coach Kathy Olivier said. ``Noelle will be able to go head-to-head with all of them. But she'll continue to do what she does best, whether it's in front of a big crowd of a small one. She'll go out and raise her game to another level this year.'' Oklahoma (3-0) is on a 17-game regular-season winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" . The Sooners beat the Bruins 83-78 in Norman last season. --Ramona Shelburne Northridge men lose: Dominitrix Johnson scored 16 points, 12 of them on 4-of-7 three-point shooting, and Boo Richardson added 15 as Illinois State beat visiting Cal State-Northridge 66-44. Anthony Slack chipped in 12 points and a team-high seven rebounds for the Redbirds (2-2), who managed 27points off CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge turnovers. Richardson was 6 for 7 from the foul line. The Matadors (4-2) were led by 14 points from Calvin Chitwood. Jayme Miller added 10 off the bench, the team's only other player in double figures, before fouling out with 1:43 to go in the game. A 12-5 run by the Matadors to end the contest made little difference after Illinois State took a 36-16 advantage into halftime and only built on it, leading by as many as 29points with 5:15 left. The Redbirds set a new home record by holding the Matadors to the lowest field-goal percentage by an opponent (25.9) and tied the record for fewest field goals made by a visiting team (14). UCLA tops Pepperdine: The UCLA women's volleyball team beat Pepperdine 30-25, 26-30, 26-30, 30-24, 15-5. Nana Meriwether had 18 kills and 11 blocks, Katie Carter had 15 kills, Ali Daley and Kaitlin Sather both added 13 kills, Nellie Spicer recorded 64 assists and eight blocks, and Colby Lyman had a career-high 24 digs for UCLA (27-3). Rachel Lumsden had 19kills, Sophia Milo Milo, athlete of ancient Greece Milo (mī`lō) or Milon (mī`lŏn), fl. 500 B.C., athlete of ancient Greece, b. Crotona. added 16 kills, Kiah Fiers had nine kills, 10 digs and 49 assists, and Kekai Crabbe recorded 24 digs for Pepperdine (15-11). It marked the fourth consecutive year the teams went fivegames. UCLA has won the past two and improved to 46-10 overall in the series. -- Erik Boal |
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