UCLA ACES NONCONFERENCE TEST UCLA 95, PEPPERDINE 56.Byline: Ramona Shelburne Ramona Shelburne is an American sports journalist currently writing for the Los Angeles Daily News. Shelburne was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She attended El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, California where she was a class valedictorian. Staff Writer After a long week on the road and the distraction of having the top freshman in the program leave the team just four games into the season, a week off for finals never looked so good to 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 only thing standing between the No. 22-ranked Bruins and their books was Pepperdine, which came to 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. Thursday night looking to catch UCLA napping. It was a good idea considering most of the Bruins were going on about three hours of sleep. But when you're as good as UCLA junior guard 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. , apparently, sleep isn't necessary. ``Mentally, I'm very tired,'' said Quinn, who took a final on Wednesday and Thursday morning. ``But physically, I'm still feeling good.'' Quinn scored a game-high 24 points in 28 minutes as the Bruins cruised to a 95-56 victory. Senior guard Lisa Willis Lisa Willis (born June 13 1984) is a professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Los Angeles Sparks. Willis attended college at UCLA and graduated in 2006. had 20 points in 28 minutes and senior point guard Nikki Blue had 10 points in 23 minutes. In advertising posters, UCLA (5-3) likes to call Quinn, Blue and Willis its ``Triple Threat.'' Pepperdine coach Julie Rousseau, who coached the WNBA's Sparks, said all three will likely play in 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 . ``Oh yeah,'' Rousseau said. ``At one point during the game, my assistant coach Vanessa Nygaard (who played six years in the WNBA) turned and said to me, 'It's like we're playing the Sparks tonight.' '' At one point, Quinn, Blue and Willis seemed to be practicing their highlight-reel moves. Midway through the second half, Blue found Quinn on an alley-oop pass from behind the 3-point arc. Quinn spun around away from her defender, caught the pass in mid-air and finger-rolled it in. A minute later, Willis hit an off-balance, turnaround jumper from just inside the 3-point arc to the delight of her teammates and the crowd. ``I was really focusing on taking care of the ball, but you know, sometimes you have to give the crowd some entertainment,'' Quinn said shyly after the game. Rousseau is hoping the loss will be a learning experience for her young team. The Waves' most experienced player is sophomore Daphanie Kennedy, who scored a team-high 10 points. Pepperdine (1-6) continues its three-game road-trip Saturday at San Diego State. UCLA is off until Dec. 17 when it plays at UC Santa Barbara. ``I'm still very optimistic about this team,'' Rousseau said. ``We keep telling them they're good, but it's hard when you're losing.'' --Notes: With 2:31 remaining in the game, UCLA senior guard Ortal Oren went down with an apparent neck injury and the game was stopped for nearly 10 minutes while she was placed on a backboard back·board n. 1. A board placed under or behind something to provide firmness or support. 2. A board placed beneath the body of a person with an injury to the neck or back, used especially in transporting the person in such a way , carried from the court and taken to UCLA Medical Center UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. It is rated as one of the top three hospitals in the United States and is the top hospital on the West Coast according to US News & World Report. for X-rays. The injury did not appear to be serious. At one point, Oren moved both her legs. She waved to her teammates as she was carried from the court. ``They're being very careful,'' UCLA coach Kathy Olivier said. ``But it was a good sign to me to see her waving to the crowd, and when she said `She wanted to go back in the game.' '' Ramona Shelburne, (818) 713-3617 ramona.shelburne(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo, 2 boxes Photo: UCLA's Lisa Willis goes past Pepperdine's Nakeya Isabell during the second half of Thursday's win at Pauley Pavilion. Matt Sayles/Associated Press Box: (1) MEN'S TOP 25: ZAGS ZAGS Zapis Aktov Grazhdanskogo Sostoyaniya (registry office, Russia) WINS 28TH IN A ROW AT HOME (2) WOMEN'S TOP 25: UCONN BACK ON TRACK |
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