Sunday, December 10
Uncasville, CT
9:00 AM
UCLA
vs
Florida State
Photo by: UCLA Athletics
UCLA Faces Florida State at Basketball Hall of Fame Women’s Showcase Sunday
December 09, 2023 | Women's Basketball
UNCASVILLE, Conn. – No. 2/2 UCLA Women's Basketball (8-0) is set to take on No. 20/20 Florida State (7-2) on Sunday at the Invesco QQQ Basketball Hall of Fame Women's Showcase at 9 a.m. PST / 12 p.m. on ESPN2. The Bruins and Seminoles hit the hardwood to face off for the first time in program history.
Angel Gray will be the play-by-play announcer with Rebecca Lobo providing analysis on the nationally-televised game. Dave Marcus is on the call for UCLA Digital Radio.
GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Mohegan Sun Arena
Location: Uncasville, Conn.
Tip-off Time: 9 a.m. PST / 12 p.m. EST
TV: ESPN2
TV Talent: Angel Gray, Rebecca Lobo
Radio: UCLA Digital Radio
Radio Talent: Dave Marcus
MATCHUP HISTORY: UCLA vs. FLORIDA STATE
Sunday's game will be the first meeting between the teams in program history.
COACH CORI AND THE SEMINOLES
The Michael Price Family UCLA Women's Head Basketball Coach Cori Close served seven seasons as associate head coach at Florida State University (2004-11). Considered one of the top offensive minds in the game, Close helped guide the Seminoles into a nationally-recognized program with seven-consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances that included a trip to the Elite 8 (2009-10). FSU ranked among the nation's top 30 teams in scoring, field goal percentage and three-point field goal percentage her last two seasons in The Sunshine State.
LAST TIME OUT: vs. CSUN (Dec. 7: W, 111-48)
• Sophomore Kiki Rice recorded her first-career triple-double in the 63-point victory over CSUN on Thursday. Rice had 14 PTS, 10 REB, 10 AST and 7 STL on 4-of-7 shooting from the field (1-2 3FG, 5-5 FT). Her triple-double marks the tenth in school history, and the first since Charisma Osborne (18 PTS, 10 REB, 12 AST vs. USC - Feb. 26, 2021).
• Six Bruins reached double-digit scoring in the win: Londynn Jones (19 PTS), Lauren Betts (18 PTS), Gabriela Jaquez (18 PTS), Rice (14 PTS), Angela Dugalic (13 PTS), Christeen Iwuala (10 PTS)
• Graduate student Charisma Osborne made strong contributions across the board (9 PTS, 3 REB, 6 AST, 4 STL) despite struggling from distance (1-for-7 3FG). Osborne is shooting .460 from beyond the three-point arc this year (23-50 3FG).
STAC-ING UP AGAINST THE PAC
• UCLA continues to sit at its highest ranking in program history, coming in at No. 2 on both the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches Polls for the third-consecutive week. There are three additional Pac-12 programs in the top 10 of the respective polls (No. 6/6 USC, No. 8/8 Colorado, No. 9/10 Stanford), and No.11/7 Utah sits just outside.
• UCLA is shooting .520 from the field (3rd, NCAA) and .380 from deep (24th, NCAA), both ranking second in the Conference.The team's 92.4 PPG also ranks second in the Pac-12 (6th, NCAA) through the first four weeks. UCLA ranks 1st in the conference, 1st in the NCAA in offensive rebounding percentage (.511 OREB%), and rebound margin (+23.8 RPG).
• The Bruins rank second in the Conference in assists per game (22.5 APG), which is 4th in the nation.
• Five Bruins are in the top 20 scorers in the Pac-12 Conference through the first eight games. Betts leads the way with 16.4 PPG (7th, Pac-12), followed by Jaquez (15.6 PPG, 10th); Jones (14.1 PPG, 15th), Osborne (13.5 PPG, T-17th) and Rice (13.4 PPG, 19th) round out Bruins in double figures. UCLA has five players in double-digit scoring, the most in the Pac-12; those five Bruins all have scored at least 100 PTS this season. Colorado, Oregon and Utah each have four student-athletes in double-figure scoring.
• Betts is shooting a conference- and nation-leading .809 FG% through eight games (1st, Pac-12; 1st, NCAA). The center has corralled 65 rebounds in her first eight appearances with the Bruins, averaging 8.1 rebounds per game this season (22.7 MPG). The center ranks 7th in the conference in RPG (G. Jaquez: 7.4 RPG, 12th - Pac-12).
• Sophomore Kiki Rice has thrown 56 assists in eight appearances this season; her 7.0 APG ranks 2nd in the Conference, 9th in the NCAA in assists per game. Osborne has dished 39 AST (7th, Pac-12), good for 4.9 APG (5th, Pac-12).
CHASING HISTORY - CHARISMA'S MILESTONES
• Charisma Osborne surpassed the 1,800-point milestone on her first basket of UCLA's opening game against Purdue. The shooting guard now has 1,906 points on her career, which is 4th all-time for the Bruins. Osborne tied Nirra Fields (2012-16: 134 GP; 1,867 PTS) with her final made free throw against Princeton (Nov. 17), and passed Rehema Stephens (1989-92: 87 GP; 1,887 PTS) and Michaela Onyenwere (2017-21: 123 GP; 1,888 PTS) against Niagara on Nov. 25.
• Maylana Martin (1996-2000; 116 GP) is third on UCLA's all-time scoring list; Martin scored 2,101 points during her UCLA career. Jordin Canada (2014-18; 137 GP) is second all-time with 2,153 points, and Denise Curry (1977-82; 130 GP) sits first on UCLA's all-time scoring list with 3,198 points.
• Osborne has played 126 games in a Bruin uniform. Monique Billings (2014-15) holds the UCLA record for most games played: 141. Billings is also tied for the most games played during a season (37). Four Bruins (Emily Bessoir, Gabriela Jaquez, Londynn Jones and Kiki Rice) appeared in all 37 games last season, tying the record set in the 2014-15 season.
Angel Gray will be the play-by-play announcer with Rebecca Lobo providing analysis on the nationally-televised game. Dave Marcus is on the call for UCLA Digital Radio.
GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Mohegan Sun Arena
Location: Uncasville, Conn.
Tip-off Time: 9 a.m. PST / 12 p.m. EST
TV: ESPN2
TV Talent: Angel Gray, Rebecca Lobo
Radio: UCLA Digital Radio
Radio Talent: Dave Marcus
MATCHUP HISTORY: UCLA vs. FLORIDA STATE
Sunday's game will be the first meeting between the teams in program history.
COACH CORI AND THE SEMINOLES
The Michael Price Family UCLA Women's Head Basketball Coach Cori Close served seven seasons as associate head coach at Florida State University (2004-11). Considered one of the top offensive minds in the game, Close helped guide the Seminoles into a nationally-recognized program with seven-consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances that included a trip to the Elite 8 (2009-10). FSU ranked among the nation's top 30 teams in scoring, field goal percentage and three-point field goal percentage her last two seasons in The Sunshine State.
LAST TIME OUT: vs. CSUN (Dec. 7: W, 111-48)
• Sophomore Kiki Rice recorded her first-career triple-double in the 63-point victory over CSUN on Thursday. Rice had 14 PTS, 10 REB, 10 AST and 7 STL on 4-of-7 shooting from the field (1-2 3FG, 5-5 FT). Her triple-double marks the tenth in school history, and the first since Charisma Osborne (18 PTS, 10 REB, 12 AST vs. USC - Feb. 26, 2021).
• Six Bruins reached double-digit scoring in the win: Londynn Jones (19 PTS), Lauren Betts (18 PTS), Gabriela Jaquez (18 PTS), Rice (14 PTS), Angela Dugalic (13 PTS), Christeen Iwuala (10 PTS)
• Graduate student Charisma Osborne made strong contributions across the board (9 PTS, 3 REB, 6 AST, 4 STL) despite struggling from distance (1-for-7 3FG). Osborne is shooting .460 from beyond the three-point arc this year (23-50 3FG).
STAC-ING UP AGAINST THE PAC
• UCLA continues to sit at its highest ranking in program history, coming in at No. 2 on both the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches Polls for the third-consecutive week. There are three additional Pac-12 programs in the top 10 of the respective polls (No. 6/6 USC, No. 8/8 Colorado, No. 9/10 Stanford), and No.11/7 Utah sits just outside.
• UCLA is shooting .520 from the field (3rd, NCAA) and .380 from deep (24th, NCAA), both ranking second in the Conference.The team's 92.4 PPG also ranks second in the Pac-12 (6th, NCAA) through the first four weeks. UCLA ranks 1st in the conference, 1st in the NCAA in offensive rebounding percentage (.511 OREB%), and rebound margin (+23.8 RPG).
• The Bruins rank second in the Conference in assists per game (22.5 APG), which is 4th in the nation.
• Five Bruins are in the top 20 scorers in the Pac-12 Conference through the first eight games. Betts leads the way with 16.4 PPG (7th, Pac-12), followed by Jaquez (15.6 PPG, 10th); Jones (14.1 PPG, 15th), Osborne (13.5 PPG, T-17th) and Rice (13.4 PPG, 19th) round out Bruins in double figures. UCLA has five players in double-digit scoring, the most in the Pac-12; those five Bruins all have scored at least 100 PTS this season. Colorado, Oregon and Utah each have four student-athletes in double-figure scoring.
• Betts is shooting a conference- and nation-leading .809 FG% through eight games (1st, Pac-12; 1st, NCAA). The center has corralled 65 rebounds in her first eight appearances with the Bruins, averaging 8.1 rebounds per game this season (22.7 MPG). The center ranks 7th in the conference in RPG (G. Jaquez: 7.4 RPG, 12th - Pac-12).
• Sophomore Kiki Rice has thrown 56 assists in eight appearances this season; her 7.0 APG ranks 2nd in the Conference, 9th in the NCAA in assists per game. Osborne has dished 39 AST (7th, Pac-12), good for 4.9 APG (5th, Pac-12).
CHASING HISTORY - CHARISMA'S MILESTONES
• Charisma Osborne surpassed the 1,800-point milestone on her first basket of UCLA's opening game against Purdue. The shooting guard now has 1,906 points on her career, which is 4th all-time for the Bruins. Osborne tied Nirra Fields (2012-16: 134 GP; 1,867 PTS) with her final made free throw against Princeton (Nov. 17), and passed Rehema Stephens (1989-92: 87 GP; 1,887 PTS) and Michaela Onyenwere (2017-21: 123 GP; 1,888 PTS) against Niagara on Nov. 25.
• Maylana Martin (1996-2000; 116 GP) is third on UCLA's all-time scoring list; Martin scored 2,101 points during her UCLA career. Jordin Canada (2014-18; 137 GP) is second all-time with 2,153 points, and Denise Curry (1977-82; 130 GP) sits first on UCLA's all-time scoring list with 3,198 points.
• Osborne has played 126 games in a Bruin uniform. Monique Billings (2014-15) holds the UCLA record for most games played: 141. Billings is also tied for the most games played during a season (37). Four Bruins (Emily Bessoir, Gabriela Jaquez, Londynn Jones and Kiki Rice) appeared in all 37 games last season, tying the record set in the 2014-15 season.
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