Friday, March 5
Las Vegas, NV
8:00 PM
UCLA
vs
Arizona
Charisma Osborne (photo by Savannah Burke -- Pac-12 Digital)
Bruins Take on Wildcats in Pac-12 Tournament Semifinals
March 05, 2021 | Women's Basketball
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GAME INFORMATION
No. 3-seed UCLA (15-4, 12-4) vs. No. 2-seed Arizona (16-4, 14-4)
Date: Friday, Mar. 5
Time: 8:00 p.m. PT
Location:ย Las Vegas, Nev. (Michelob ULTRA Arena (Mandalay Bay Events Center))
Watch:ย Pac-12 Networkย (Play-by-Play: Krista Blunk, Analyst: Mary Murphy)
Listen: ucla.leanplayer.comย (Play-by-Play: Dave Marcus)
PAC-12 SEMIFINAL MATCHUP: No. 3 UCLA vs. No. 2 Arizona
UCLA is set to square off against No. 2 Arizona in the semifinals of the Pac-12 Tournament in Las Vegas, Nev., on Friday, Mar. 5. Pac-12 Network will handle the television broadcast with Krista Blunk and Mary Murphy on the call. Dave Marcus' radio broadcast can be heard at ucla.leanplayer.com. Tip-off is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. PT following the first semifinal game between No. 1 Stanford and No. 5 Oregon State. Friday's matchup will be the second game between the Bruins and Wildcats this season. Arizona notched a hard-fought 65-65 victory over UCLA on Dec. 4, and the second-scheduled game between the programs during the regular season was, ultimately, postponed. Friday's game will feature three of the Pac-12's top four scorers, with Pac-12 Player of the Year Aari McDonald leading the Conference at 19.1 points per game and Michaela Onyenwere (17.8 ppg) and Charisma Osborne (17.8 ppg) ranking 3-4, respectively.
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A WIN WOULD...
โข Advance the Bruins to the Pac-12 Tournament Championship game for the sixth time in team history and first time since 2016. UCLA fell to Oregon State, 69-57, in the 2016 final.
LAST TIME OUT: No. 3 UCLA 58, Washington 46 (Mar. 4)
The third-seeded UCLA women's basketball team outlasted Washington, 58-46, in the quarterfinal round of the Pac-12 Tournament Thursday evening at Michelob ULTRA Arena. Charisma Osborne and Michaela Onyenwere scored 12 points apiece to lead the Bruins (15-4, 12-4 Pac-12), who led by as many as 15 points during the first half. Osborne matched her season high with a game-best 10 rebounds for her second double-double in as many games (triple-double vs. USC - Feb. 26). UCLA was active in the passing lanes, piling up 15 steals. Natalie Chou contributed a career high-matching five takeaways. Osborne added a season-high four.
NOTES ON THE BRUINS
โข The Bruins recorded 15 steals against the Huskies (Mar. 5), their second-highest total of the season (20 vs. Cal, Dec. 19). Natalie Chou recorded a career-high five steals in the game.
โข The Bruins held the Huskies to 46 points in the Pac-12 Tournament Quarterfinals, UW's lowest scoring output of the season. UCLA held Washington to just 50 points on Feb. 7.
โข Michaela Onyenwere has scored 1,788 points in her UCLA career and is 9th on UCLA's all-time scoring list. Nikki Blue ('06) is eigth with 1,797 points. Natalie Williams ('94) is seventh with 1,813 points.
โข Charisma Osborne put up 18 points, 12 assists, and 10 rebounds against USC (Feb. 26), recording the ninth triple-double in team history and the first since Japreece Dean against Yale on Nov. 26, 2019.
โข The Bruins set a program record with 16 made three-pointers against USC (Feb. 26), going 16-for-23 on the night.
โข The Bruins shot 17-for-17 from the free throw line against Oregon State (Feb. 21), good for the most made free throws in a game without a miss in team history.
โข Michaela Onyenwere scored 30 points on Senior Night against USC (Feb. 26), going a perfect 6-for-6 from beyond the arc. It was the first time in Onyenwere's career that she surpassed four triples in a game.
โข UCLA is the only team with multiple players (Onyenwere, 3rd - 17.8 ppg, Osborne, 4th - 17.8 ppg) among the Pac-12's top five scorers.
โข Michaela Onyenwere is third in the Pac-12 in scoring (17.8 ppg) and third in rebounding (7.8). She is the only player in the Conference in the top five in both categories.
โข Natalie Chou is averaging a career-high 10.4 points per game and has scored in double figures in 11 games this season
AP POLL PROMINENCE
The Bruins earned the No. 9 ranking in the Associated Press (AP) Poll. The Bruins are one of four Pac-12 teams that cracked the top 25 on the Feb. 8 edition of the poll, with Stanford (No. 4), Arizona (No. 11), and Oregon (No. 19) also joining the list. UCLA has now been ranked in the AP Top 25 in 38 straight weeks and has secured a top-11 ranking in each of the last 35 weeks.
RECORD-BREAKING SHOOTING PERFORMANCES
The Bruins have put together a pair of record-breaking shooting performances in their last two games. Most recently, the team knocked down 16 triples on just 23 attempts (69.6%) against the Trojans (Feb. 26), the most three-pointers in a single game in team history. Michaela Onyenwere and Lindsey Corsaro combined to shoot 10-11 from beyond the arc, with Onyenwere going a perfect 6-6 from distance. This performance followed the team's game against Oregon State (Feb. 21), which saw the Bruins go a perfect 17-for-17 from the free throw line. It was the most free throws made without a miss in team history.
OSBORNE'S TRIPLE-DOUBLE
Sophomore guard Charisma Osborne put together a sensational performance in UCLA's regular-season finale against the Trojans (Feb. 26), scoring 18 points to go along with 12 assists and 10 rebounds for a triple-double. She also didn't record a single turnover in 34 minutes of game action. It was the ninth triple-double in team history, and Osborne became just the seventh-ever Bruin to achieve the feat. It was the first-triple double since Japreece Dean notched 20 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists against Yale on Nov. 26, 2019. Osborne's 12 assists tied Jordin Canada (Nov. 18, 2016 vs. Southern) for the most assists in a triple-double in team history.
ALL-PAC-12 HONOREES: ONYENWERE, OSBORNE, BESSOIR, CHOU
Michaela Onyenwere and Charisma Osborne garnered All-Pac-12 honors, the Pac-12 announced Monday. Osborne also earned a spot on the All-Defensive team while Emily Bessoir received All-Freshman acclaim. Awards and honorees were determined following a vote from the league's head coaches.
Onyenwere was named an All-Pac-12 honoree for the third-consecutive season, becoming UCLA's first three-time honoree since Jordin Canada (2016-18). The senior is averaging 18.2 points per game and has moved into ninth place on UCLA's all-time scoring list with 1,788 points. The Aurora, Colo., native has notched five double-doubles on the year, including a dominant performance against Oregon (Jan. 3) that saw her post a career-high 33 points to go with 10 boards.
Osborne was named to the All-Pac-12 list for the first time in her career. The sophomore is averaging a career-high 17.8 points per game after notching just 12.2 ppg a year ago. She has scored in double figures in all but two of the Bruins' games this season and put together a streak of seven-straight 20+ point performances from Jan. 3 โ Feb. 7. The Moreno Valley, Calif., native posted a dominant performance against USC (Feb. 26), putting up 18 points, 12 rebounds, and 10 assists for just the ninth triple-double in program history. Osborne also earned a spot on the All-Defensive team.
Bessoir was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman team, marking the fourth-consecutive season a Bruin has been tabbed to the All-Freshman squad. The Munich, Germany native is fourth on the team with 7.9 points per game and has scored in double figures in six games this season. Bessoir has been clutch in important moments this season, scoring a career-high 15 points against then-No. 1 Stanford (Dec. 21) and knocking down a dagger three-pointer in the team's win over Arizona State (Jan. 29).
Natalie Chou was an Honorable Mention for the All-Pac-12 list, as she received at least one vote from the Conference's head coaches. Chou is averaging a career-high 10.4 points per game, exceeding her previous career-best average of 7.4 (2019-20).
ONYENWERE: SENIOR CLASS AWARD FINALIST
Senior forward Michaela Onyenwere has been named a finalist for the 2020-21 Senior CLASS Award, the award announced on Feb. 22. The candidates selected are those who excel both on and off the court, and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character, and competition. Off the court, Onyenwere has had a tremendous impact on UCLA Women's Basketball's social justice efforts this season, as she helped establish the team's More Than a D.R.E.A.M. initiative in response to the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. Onyenwere's on-court accomplishments are extensive, to say the least, as she has become one of the all-time greats to play at UCLA.
WELCOME TO WESTWOOD, DOMINIQUE DARIUS
High school senior Dominique Darius has enrolled early at UCLA and has joined the women's basketball team's active roster, the team announced on Dec. 28. The Jacksonville, Fla., native is ranked 26th on ESPN's 2021 HoopGurlz Recruiting Rankings. She arrives in Westwood by way of Blair Academy (NJ), where she helped lead the Buccaneers to an NJISAA State title in 2020. As a junior, Darius put up 15.8 points per game in Blair's 26-5 campaign. She has appeared in nine games for the Bruins this season.
ELITE PROGRAM
UCLA Women's Basketball has won at least 22 games in each of the last five seasons. The Bruins went 26-5 last season at 14-4 in Pac-12 play, good for second place in the league standings. UCLA has made the Sweet 16 or better in each of the last four tournaments, as the Bruins are one of only eight programs in the nation to do so. The team was set to host the first two rounds of the 2020 NCAA Tournament, but subsequent postseason play was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
WNBA BRUINS
UCLA maintained a strong presence in the WNBA this past season, as the Bruins had representation on the court, the sideline, and the front office across various organizations.
โข Jordin Canada ('18) won her second WNBA title in three seasons with the Seattle Storm. Noelle Quinn ('07) won her first title as Associate Head Coach for the Storm.
โข Monique Billings ('18) had a breakout season in her third season with the Atlanta Dream, starting 16 games and putting up career-highs in points (8.5 ppg) and rebounds (8.5 rpg) per contest.
โข Kennedy Burke ('19) put up a career-high 7.2 points per game in her second season with the Indiana Fever.
โข Former Bruin sharpshooter Kari Korver ('17) finished her first season as the Director of Operations for the Los Angeles Sparks. UCLA Women's Basketball Assistant Video Coordinator Rachel Schrote also serves as Video Coordinator for the Sparks.
GAME INFORMATION
No. 3-seed UCLA (15-4, 12-4) vs. No. 2-seed Arizona (16-4, 14-4)
Date: Friday, Mar. 5
Time: 8:00 p.m. PT
Location:ย Las Vegas, Nev. (Michelob ULTRA Arena (Mandalay Bay Events Center))
Watch:ย Pac-12 Networkย (Play-by-Play: Krista Blunk, Analyst: Mary Murphy)
Listen: ucla.leanplayer.comย (Play-by-Play: Dave Marcus)
PAC-12 SEMIFINAL MATCHUP: No. 3 UCLA vs. No. 2 Arizona
UCLA is set to square off against No. 2 Arizona in the semifinals of the Pac-12 Tournament in Las Vegas, Nev., on Friday, Mar. 5. Pac-12 Network will handle the television broadcast with Krista Blunk and Mary Murphy on the call. Dave Marcus' radio broadcast can be heard at ucla.leanplayer.com. Tip-off is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. PT following the first semifinal game between No. 1 Stanford and No. 5 Oregon State. Friday's matchup will be the second game between the Bruins and Wildcats this season. Arizona notched a hard-fought 65-65 victory over UCLA on Dec. 4, and the second-scheduled game between the programs during the regular season was, ultimately, postponed. Friday's game will feature three of the Pac-12's top four scorers, with Pac-12 Player of the Year Aari McDonald leading the Conference at 19.1 points per game and Michaela Onyenwere (17.8 ppg) and Charisma Osborne (17.8 ppg) ranking 3-4, respectively.
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A WIN WOULD...
โข Advance the Bruins to the Pac-12 Tournament Championship game for the sixth time in team history and first time since 2016. UCLA fell to Oregon State, 69-57, in the 2016 final.
LAST TIME OUT: No. 3 UCLA 58, Washington 46 (Mar. 4)
The third-seeded UCLA women's basketball team outlasted Washington, 58-46, in the quarterfinal round of the Pac-12 Tournament Thursday evening at Michelob ULTRA Arena. Charisma Osborne and Michaela Onyenwere scored 12 points apiece to lead the Bruins (15-4, 12-4 Pac-12), who led by as many as 15 points during the first half. Osborne matched her season high with a game-best 10 rebounds for her second double-double in as many games (triple-double vs. USC - Feb. 26). UCLA was active in the passing lanes, piling up 15 steals. Natalie Chou contributed a career high-matching five takeaways. Osborne added a season-high four.
NOTES ON THE BRUINS
โข The Bruins recorded 15 steals against the Huskies (Mar. 5), their second-highest total of the season (20 vs. Cal, Dec. 19). Natalie Chou recorded a career-high five steals in the game.
โข The Bruins held the Huskies to 46 points in the Pac-12 Tournament Quarterfinals, UW's lowest scoring output of the season. UCLA held Washington to just 50 points on Feb. 7.
โข Michaela Onyenwere has scored 1,788 points in her UCLA career and is 9th on UCLA's all-time scoring list. Nikki Blue ('06) is eigth with 1,797 points. Natalie Williams ('94) is seventh with 1,813 points.
โข Charisma Osborne put up 18 points, 12 assists, and 10 rebounds against USC (Feb. 26), recording the ninth triple-double in team history and the first since Japreece Dean against Yale on Nov. 26, 2019.
โข The Bruins set a program record with 16 made three-pointers against USC (Feb. 26), going 16-for-23 on the night.
โข The Bruins shot 17-for-17 from the free throw line against Oregon State (Feb. 21), good for the most made free throws in a game without a miss in team history.
โข Michaela Onyenwere scored 30 points on Senior Night against USC (Feb. 26), going a perfect 6-for-6 from beyond the arc. It was the first time in Onyenwere's career that she surpassed four triples in a game.
โข UCLA is the only team with multiple players (Onyenwere, 3rd - 17.8 ppg, Osborne, 4th - 17.8 ppg) among the Pac-12's top five scorers.
โข Michaela Onyenwere is third in the Pac-12 in scoring (17.8 ppg) and third in rebounding (7.8). She is the only player in the Conference in the top five in both categories.
โข Natalie Chou is averaging a career-high 10.4 points per game and has scored in double figures in 11 games this season
AP POLL PROMINENCE
The Bruins earned the No. 9 ranking in the Associated Press (AP) Poll. The Bruins are one of four Pac-12 teams that cracked the top 25 on the Feb. 8 edition of the poll, with Stanford (No. 4), Arizona (No. 11), and Oregon (No. 19) also joining the list. UCLA has now been ranked in the AP Top 25 in 38 straight weeks and has secured a top-11 ranking in each of the last 35 weeks.
RECORD-BREAKING SHOOTING PERFORMANCES
The Bruins have put together a pair of record-breaking shooting performances in their last two games. Most recently, the team knocked down 16 triples on just 23 attempts (69.6%) against the Trojans (Feb. 26), the most three-pointers in a single game in team history. Michaela Onyenwere and Lindsey Corsaro combined to shoot 10-11 from beyond the arc, with Onyenwere going a perfect 6-6 from distance. This performance followed the team's game against Oregon State (Feb. 21), which saw the Bruins go a perfect 17-for-17 from the free throw line. It was the most free throws made without a miss in team history.
OSBORNE'S TRIPLE-DOUBLE
Sophomore guard Charisma Osborne put together a sensational performance in UCLA's regular-season finale against the Trojans (Feb. 26), scoring 18 points to go along with 12 assists and 10 rebounds for a triple-double. She also didn't record a single turnover in 34 minutes of game action. It was the ninth triple-double in team history, and Osborne became just the seventh-ever Bruin to achieve the feat. It was the first-triple double since Japreece Dean notched 20 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists against Yale on Nov. 26, 2019. Osborne's 12 assists tied Jordin Canada (Nov. 18, 2016 vs. Southern) for the most assists in a triple-double in team history.
ALL-PAC-12 HONOREES: ONYENWERE, OSBORNE, BESSOIR, CHOU
Michaela Onyenwere and Charisma Osborne garnered All-Pac-12 honors, the Pac-12 announced Monday. Osborne also earned a spot on the All-Defensive team while Emily Bessoir received All-Freshman acclaim. Awards and honorees were determined following a vote from the league's head coaches.
Onyenwere was named an All-Pac-12 honoree for the third-consecutive season, becoming UCLA's first three-time honoree since Jordin Canada (2016-18). The senior is averaging 18.2 points per game and has moved into ninth place on UCLA's all-time scoring list with 1,788 points. The Aurora, Colo., native has notched five double-doubles on the year, including a dominant performance against Oregon (Jan. 3) that saw her post a career-high 33 points to go with 10 boards.
Osborne was named to the All-Pac-12 list for the first time in her career. The sophomore is averaging a career-high 17.8 points per game after notching just 12.2 ppg a year ago. She has scored in double figures in all but two of the Bruins' games this season and put together a streak of seven-straight 20+ point performances from Jan. 3 โ Feb. 7. The Moreno Valley, Calif., native posted a dominant performance against USC (Feb. 26), putting up 18 points, 12 rebounds, and 10 assists for just the ninth triple-double in program history. Osborne also earned a spot on the All-Defensive team.
Bessoir was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman team, marking the fourth-consecutive season a Bruin has been tabbed to the All-Freshman squad. The Munich, Germany native is fourth on the team with 7.9 points per game and has scored in double figures in six games this season. Bessoir has been clutch in important moments this season, scoring a career-high 15 points against then-No. 1 Stanford (Dec. 21) and knocking down a dagger three-pointer in the team's win over Arizona State (Jan. 29).
Natalie Chou was an Honorable Mention for the All-Pac-12 list, as she received at least one vote from the Conference's head coaches. Chou is averaging a career-high 10.4 points per game, exceeding her previous career-best average of 7.4 (2019-20).
ONYENWERE: SENIOR CLASS AWARD FINALIST
Senior forward Michaela Onyenwere has been named a finalist for the 2020-21 Senior CLASS Award, the award announced on Feb. 22. The candidates selected are those who excel both on and off the court, and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character, and competition. Off the court, Onyenwere has had a tremendous impact on UCLA Women's Basketball's social justice efforts this season, as she helped establish the team's More Than a D.R.E.A.M. initiative in response to the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. Onyenwere's on-court accomplishments are extensive, to say the least, as she has become one of the all-time greats to play at UCLA.
WELCOME TO WESTWOOD, DOMINIQUE DARIUS
High school senior Dominique Darius has enrolled early at UCLA and has joined the women's basketball team's active roster, the team announced on Dec. 28. The Jacksonville, Fla., native is ranked 26th on ESPN's 2021 HoopGurlz Recruiting Rankings. She arrives in Westwood by way of Blair Academy (NJ), where she helped lead the Buccaneers to an NJISAA State title in 2020. As a junior, Darius put up 15.8 points per game in Blair's 26-5 campaign. She has appeared in nine games for the Bruins this season.
ELITE PROGRAM
UCLA Women's Basketball has won at least 22 games in each of the last five seasons. The Bruins went 26-5 last season at 14-4 in Pac-12 play, good for second place in the league standings. UCLA has made the Sweet 16 or better in each of the last four tournaments, as the Bruins are one of only eight programs in the nation to do so. The team was set to host the first two rounds of the 2020 NCAA Tournament, but subsequent postseason play was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
WNBA BRUINS
UCLA maintained a strong presence in the WNBA this past season, as the Bruins had representation on the court, the sideline, and the front office across various organizations.
โข Jordin Canada ('18) won her second WNBA title in three seasons with the Seattle Storm. Noelle Quinn ('07) won her first title as Associate Head Coach for the Storm.
โข Monique Billings ('18) had a breakout season in her third season with the Atlanta Dream, starting 16 games and putting up career-highs in points (8.5 ppg) and rebounds (8.5 rpg) per contest.
โข Kennedy Burke ('19) put up a career-high 7.2 points per game in her second season with the Indiana Fever.
โข Former Bruin sharpshooter Kari Korver ('17) finished her first season as the Director of Operations for the Los Angeles Sparks. UCLA Women's Basketball Assistant Video Coordinator Rachel Schrote also serves as Video Coordinator for the Sparks.
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