WOMEN'S PAC-10 TOURNAMENT: BRUINS' VICTORY IS QUITE A STEAL UCLA 80, CALIFORNIA 63.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 SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. - You might say 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 stole one Saturday morning in the 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 Tournament. The Bruins broke a Pac-10 Tournament record with 20 steals in their 80-63 victory quarterfinal victory over California at the HP Pavilion HP Pavilion may refer to:
But UCLA did more than just exploit Cal's 23 turnovers. The Bruins (18-10) played like a team that knew it needed one more victory to move off the proverbial NCAA Tournament NCAA Tournament can mean: Men's Sports
``We're hungry. Last night we had a team meeting in my room and I just said, 'You know, this could very well be our last game and we don't want to put our hopes into somebody else's hands,' '' said UCLA senior point guard 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. . Blue had 14 points and a Pac-10 Tournament record 11 assists. Junior 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. had 18 points and 10 rebounds and senior Lisa Willis added 14 points and seven steals. UCLA advances to play Arizona State (24-5) in the semifinals today at 3 p.m. The Bruins and No. 11 Sun Devils split their regular-season series, with each team winning on its home court. Cal freshman center Devanei Hampton had a game-high 23 points and 14 rebounds. But UCLA's defensive pressure kept the rest of the Golden Bears off their games. Cal led only twice, both times in the first two minutes of the game. UCLA led 39-29 at the half and went on a 17-4 run midway through the second half to extend the lead to 67-46 with 6:33 remaining. Both of UCLA's regular season games with Cal were close. The Golden Bears beat UCLA at Haas Pavilion and UCLA won 80-77 in overtime at Pauley Pavilion. After the game, Blue seemed to be in a reflective mood. She looked at Cal's talented freshman point guard, Alexis Gray-Lawson, and saw a lot of herself four years ago. Gray-Lawson and the Bears (18-11) learned the same lesson on Saturday that Blue and UCLA's five seniors have learned the hard way during the last four years. ``She told me I should be the (Pac-10 Player of the Year) in the next three years, except next year because of Noelle Quinn. ... That meant a lot,'' said Gray-Lawson, who had 14 points and a game-high nine turnovers. ``She came up to me and said, 'For the next three years, you need to show up to play every day.' '' ``This was a good learning experience for us, coming into the Pac-10 Tournament for the first time, and playing against some of the best guards in the country. We just need to play every game, 40 minutes a game.'' Ramona Shelburne, (818) 713-3617 ramona.shelburne(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: UCLA's Lisa Willis celebrates the Bruins' 80-63 victory over California on Saturday in the Pac-10 Tournament. Kirby Lee/Daily News |
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