GOMEZ'S LATE SHOW SPARKS UCLA ROUT : UCLA 74, CAL 53.Byline: Chris Cocoles Daily News Staff Writer She didn't start UCLA's 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. game against Cal on Friday night, but Erica Gomez helped finish off the Golden Bears. Gomez, a former Pacific-10 Conference The Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) is a college athletic conference which operates in the western United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I. Membership Full members Freshman of the Year, sparked the Bruins' second-half surge in a 74-53 win 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. . The redshirt sophomore point guard, who missed the 1996-97 season with a torn right anterior cruciate ligament anterior cruciate ligament n. Abbr. ACL The cruciate ligament of the knee that crosses from the anterior intercondylar area of the tibia to the posterior part of the lateral condyle of the femur. , deftly ran the Bruins' offense in the second half to turn a 30-28 halftime lead into a comfortable win. Gomez had started 11 of the Bruins' first 13 games (she was slowed by a sprained left foot in November) but was not in coach Kathy Olivier's starting five. ``I was late for practice,'' Gomez said. ``I knew I had to sit to begin the game.'' 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 converted several high-percentage shots while pulling away, thanks mainly to Gomez's pinpoint passing. Eight of her assists came in the second half. She also finished with a team-high 14 points. ``We had to pick up the pace,'' Gomez said. ``Cal tried to slow it down in the first half and the game wasn't much fun for us. I got a little more comfortable in the second half and was able to think about just playing basketball again.'' ``I was just resting her,'' Olivier joked, regarding her punishment of Gomez's tardiness Tardiness Dagwood comic strip character; chronically late at the office. [Comics: “Blondie” in Horn, 118] ten o’clock scholar schoolboy who habitually arrives late. [Nurs. . ``I think (Gomez) took advantage of (Cal's zone) defense. I think we were able to run a little more.'' Also coming up big for UCLA (4-1, 9-5) was Alemany High graduate Carly Funicello, a sophomore whose three baskets early in the second half helped key a 15-4 spurt. She finished with 12. The Bruins also turned up the defensive intensity, forcing 26 Cal turnovers. The Bears missed all 15 of their 3-point attempts, which brought a smile to Olivier's face. |
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