UCLA WINS LMU TOURNAMENT TITLE BRUINS' LISA WILLIS HAS 21 POINTS, FIVE ASSISTS TO TAKE HOME MVP HONORS UCLA 87, CHARLOTTE 71.Byline: Daily News 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 won the Loyola Marymount/Ayres Hotel Thanksgiving Classic
The National Football League's Thanksgiving Classic is a series of games played during the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. on Saturday with an 87-71 victory over Charlotte in the championship game at LMU's Gersten Pavilion The Gersten Pavilion is a 4,156 seat multi-purpose arena in Los Angeles, California. It is the home of the Loyola Marymount University Lions. It was built in 1981. It is also the part-time practice home for the Los Angeles Lakers. . Tournament MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. 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. led all players with 21 points and five steals and averaged 25 points in the tournament. 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. was also selected to the All-Tournament team and had nine points with seven rebounds and six assists. Noelle Quinn recorded a double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds, and two other Bruins were in double figure scoring - Lindsey Pluimer with 11 and Amanda Livingston with 10. UCLA jumped out to a 26-16 lead in the first half before Charlotte mounted a comeback late in the first half. The 49ers went on a 14-1 run to take a 30-29 lead at 3:00. But UCLA scored the next nine points behind the play of Quinn, who scored four points and made two steals and one block during the last three minutes. Her second steal came at 1:42, and she fed a no-look pass to Livingston, who then fed another no-look pass to Willis for a layup and the foul to give the Bruins a 36-30 lead. The Bruins continued their first half momentum into the second half, going on a 10-2 run to take a 49-32 lead. With UCLA up 52-34 after a three-point play from Consuelo Lezcano, the 49ers went on an 11-0 run to close the gap to 52-45 with 13:46 to play. Charlotte got to within four, 65-61, on a free throw by Sabrina Gregory at the 5:42 mark, but UCLA answered with a three-pointer by Lauren Pedersen at 5:33 to increase the lead to seven, 68-61. Pedersen's 3-pointer ignited a 10-3 run that increased UCLA's lead to 75-64 with 3:34 to play, and the Bruins were never seriously challenged after that. UCLA, which upset No. 11 Georgia on Friday in the semifinals, shot over 50 percent for the second consecutive game, hitting 33 of 62 shots from the field (53.2 percent). The Bruins also won the battle of the boards, 40-30. The Bruins (2-2) will next face UC Irvine at home on Wednesday. |
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