Postgame Notes

Women's Basketball

Tonight's game is the third meeting between the two teams, with George Washington now leading the series 3-0. This is the first meeting in the NCAA tournament. UCLA is making its third straight app

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  • Tonight's game is the third meeting between the two teams, with George Washington now leading the series 3-0. This is the first meeting in the NCAA tournament.
  • UCLA is making its third straight appearance in the NCAA tournament and seventh overall. GW is making its sixth tournament appearance in the last seven years and eighth overall.
  • The 10th-seeded Bruins received an at-large bid to the tournament after finishing fourth in the Pacific 10 with a 12-6 conference mark. The seventh-seeded Colonials also garnered an at-large invitation to the dance after winning the Atlantic-10 regular season title with a 14-2 league record, although they dropped the conference title game to Xavier (80-66).
  • This is the third time in school history that George Washington has been a seventh seed in the tournament. In both 1991 and '94, the seventh-seeded Colonials lost in the second round to the sub-regional host school. This is the second time UCLA has been a number 10 seed in the NCAA tournament, the lowest it has received. In 1990, the 10th-seeded Bruins lost in the first round.
  • UCLA has made five previous trips to the Joyce Center while the Colonials are playing for the first time at Notre Dame.
  • The GW first half was keyed by a 16-2 run spanning 5:51, when the Colonials grabbed a 26-8 advantage. During the run, the Bruins went 2:35 without a point.
  • With her blocked shot in the first half, UCLA's Maylana Martin moved into sole possession of fourth place in all-time UCLA swat leaders.
  • GW remains a perfect 8-0 in first round NCAA games. The Colonials also remain perfect in the all-time series against UCLA, taking all three contests.
  • UCLA loses in the first round for the first time since 1990, snapping a three-game win streak in opening round NCAA tournament games. The Bruins fall to 7-7 all-time in the NCAA tournament.
  • George Washington extends its win streak to eight games over non-conference opponents.
  • UCLA drops its seventh straight game played east of the Mississippi River, dating back to the 1998 NCAA tournament, although all the losses have been to teams ranked at the time of the game. The Bruins lost games on the road against Connecticut and Rutgers this year as well as to Louisiana Tech in the Honda Elite 4 in Orlando. A season ago, UCLA lost on the road to Tennessee and Notre Dame. Finally, in the 1998 NCAA tournament, UCLA was eliminated in the second round by sub-regional host Alabama.
  • GW improves to 21-0 when scoring more than 66 points and 23-0 when leading with 5:00 remaining in the game.
  • The Colonials become the fifth straight Mideast number-seven seed to win its first round game in the tournament.
  • George Washington improves to 11-0 this season when four players score in double figures for the Colonials.