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Women’s Basketball Prepares for First Round of NCAA Tournament

Women's Basketball

UCLA will face Cal Baptist for the first meeting between the teams in program history at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 23. The game will be broadcast to ESPN2.

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LOS ANGELES – UCLA Women's Basketball (25-6, 13-5) is set to host its First Round matchup of the 2024 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament against California Baptist University (28-3, 18-2) Saturday in Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom.
 
The Bruins host the First and Second Rounds of the Women's March Madness Tournament for the second-consecutive year, securing the highest seeding in program history as a No. 2 seed in the 2024 tournament.
 
UCLA will face Cal Baptist for the first meeting between the teams in program history at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 23. The game will be broadcast to ESPN2 with Kevin Fitzgerald and Kim Adams on the call.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom
Location: Los Angeles, Calif.
Tip-off Time: 6:30 p.m. PT
TV: ESPN2
TV Talent: Kevin Fitzgerald, Kim Adams
Radio: UCLA Digital Radio
Radio Talent: Dave Marcus
 
TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets for the First and Second Rounds of the 2024 Division I Women's Basketball Tournament are still on sale.
 
Fans can purchase tickets here.
 
MATCHUP HISTORY: UCLA vs. CAL BAPTIST
• Saturday's game between the UCLA Bruins and California Baptist Lancers will be the first meeting program history between the two teams.
 
BRUINS IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
• UCLA has been in 6 of the last 7 NCAA postseason tournaments; UCLA has not yet claimed a national championship title in 18 appearances in the NCAA bracket. The Bruins also made 7 appearances in the AIAW championship prior to the inclusion of women's basketball in the NCAA. UCLA's sole national championship came in 1978 at the AIAW tournament.
• The Bruins have made two runs to the Elite Eight in program history, making the top eight in 1998 and 2018.
• Graduate student Charisma Osborne set UCLA's new postseason single-game scoring record when she totaled 36 points against Oklahoma during the second round of the 2023 NCAA Tournament (W, 82-73 – Mar. 20, 2023).
• UCLA defeated No. 13 Sacramento State and No. 5 Oklahoma before falling to No. 1 South Carolina in the 2023 Sweet Sixteen, hosted in Greenville, S.C., last March.
• The Bruins have hosted the First and Second Rounds in each of the last two seasons; UCLA's No. 2 seed in this year's tournament is the highest seeding in program history.