Sunday, November 23
Los Angeles, Calif.
2 p.m. PT
UCLA
vs
Southern
Photo by: UCLA Athletics
No. 3 Bruins to Hold Final Four Ring Ceremony before Sunday Matchup against Southern
November 20, 2025 | Women's Basketball
LOS ANGELES – UCLA Women's Basketball welcomes Southern University back to Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom Financial on Sunday afternoon.
The Bruins (5-0, 0-0 Big Ten) and Jaguars (1-3, 0-0 SWAC) tip off at 2 p.m. PT on B1G+ for a rematch of the 2025 NCAA March Madness first round. UCLA will also receive its rings for the 2025 Final Four appearance; the ring ceremony will occur on the court after the national anthem prior to the start of the game.
GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom Financial
Location: Los Angeles, Calif.
Tip-off Time: 2 p.m. PT
TV: B1G+
TV Talent: Jonah Malkin, Graham Metzker
Radio: UCLA Digital Radio; SiriusXM App
Radio Talent: Dave Marcus (UCLA)
TICKET INFORMATION
Single-game tickets and mini plans for the 2025-26 women's basketball campaign are still available. Fans can call (310) 206-5991, visit this link, or email tickets@athletics.ucla.edu for more information. For more information about tickets, call UCLA Athletic Sales & Service at (310) 206-5991 or via email at tickets@athletics.ucla.edu.
Parking and game day information can be found here.
MILITARY AND FIRST RESPONDER APPRECIATION GAME
As a thank you for your service, UCLA invites active military and veterans in the community – as well as Los Angeles first responders – to attend Sunday's game against Southern. Military personnel and first responders can show valid identification at the Box Office on the northwest corner of Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom Financial to claim up to four (4) complimentary tickets Sunday.
MATCHUP HISTORY: vs. Southern University
• UCLA is 3-0 in the all-time series against the Jaguars. Southern last visited the Bruins during the first round of the 2025 NCAA March Madness tournament; UCLA and Southern played the first game against one another on Dec. 2, 2007 at the Nugget Classic in Reno, Nevada.
• The No. 1-overall Bruins won their first round matchup against the No. 16-seed Jaguars, 84-46, behind 14 points and six rebounds and three blocks from center Lauren Betts. Kiki Rice (10 PTS, 7 AST, 0 TO) and Gabriela Jaquez (10 PTS, 3-3 FG, 5 REB) added strong stat lines in the win.
LAST TIME OUT: W, 94-61 vs. USF Bulls (Nov. 15, 2025)
• UCLA closed out the WBCA Challenge at Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas, Nev., with a 33-point rout of South Florida.
• Six Bruins were in double figures in a balanced scoring effort by No. 3 UCLA. Senior Gabriela Jaquez (17 PTS, 7-7 FG, 3-3 FT) led all scorers with her perfect shooting night. She added six rebounds, three assists and a steal to her no-turnover game.
• Betts had 14 points, eight rebounds, five assists and three blocks in the win.
• Graduate guards Charlisse Leger-Walker (14 PTS, 7 AST, 2-5 3FG) and Gianna Kneepkens (14 PTS, 5 AST, 5 REB) stayed involved. Senior Kiki Rice rounded out the Bruins in double digits with 12 points and seven rebounds.
• Graduate forward Angela Dugalić scored 13 points off the bench, shooting 5-for-8 in the win.
WHAT'S BRUIN
• UCLA opened the 2025-26 season ranked No. 3 in the Associated Press Top 25 Women's Basketball Poll, released Oct. 14. The Bruins have a number of top 15 matchups in November: No. 6 Oklahoma (Nov. 10), No. 11 North Carolina (Nov. 13), No. 4 Texas (Nov. 26), potentially No. 2 South Carolina (Nov. 27) and No. 8 Tennessee (Nov. 30).
• The Bruins begin the year with six of their first eight games being played at neutral site locations. UCLA will make the trip to Las Vegas twice in three weeks, first for the WBCA Challenge (Nov. 13-15) and second for the Players Era Women's Championship (Nov. 26-27).
• The Big Ten boasts seven programs in the AP Top 25 for the week three poll: No. 3 UCLA, No. 6 Michigan, No. 9 Maryland, No. 11 USC, No. 19 Iowa, No. 22 Michigan State and No. 25 Washington. Ohio State, Minnesota and Nebraska received votes.
• UCLA won 23-straight games in 2024-25 - 22 were by a double-digit margin - setting the longest streak for both records in program history. UCLA's previous-best win streak came in the 1977-78 championship campaign (21 games).
• The Bruins boast 7 McDonald's All Americans on the roster: Lauren Betts, Sienna Betts, Angela Dugalić, Timea Gardiner, Gabriela Jaquez, Amanda Muse, and Kiki Rice. Jaquez and Rice shared co-MVP honors.
46 YEARS LATER... UCLA RETURNED TO THE NATIONAL SEMIFINAL
• While the trip to Tampa was UCLA's first "NCAA" Final Four, the Bruin history books remember its time in the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) prior to the NCAA's 1982 adoption and sponsorship of women's basketball.
• The Bruins made back-to-back trips to the national semifinal game in 1978 and 1979; UCLA captured the AIAW title in '78.
• The 1978 championship team was headlined by Denise Curry and Ann Meyers-Drysdale, UCLA's only retired numbers on the women's basketball side (12 and 15, respectively). Curry went on to score 3,198 points in her career (before the 3-point line was implemented in 1987-88) and amassed 1,310 rebounds in four years as a Bruin (10.1 RPG). Meyers-Drysdale was the first woman to earn a full scholarship at UCLA and went on to become the first four-time women's basketball All-American.
The Bruins (5-0, 0-0 Big Ten) and Jaguars (1-3, 0-0 SWAC) tip off at 2 p.m. PT on B1G+ for a rematch of the 2025 NCAA March Madness first round. UCLA will also receive its rings for the 2025 Final Four appearance; the ring ceremony will occur on the court after the national anthem prior to the start of the game.
GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom Financial
Location: Los Angeles, Calif.
Tip-off Time: 2 p.m. PT
TV: B1G+
TV Talent: Jonah Malkin, Graham Metzker
Radio: UCLA Digital Radio; SiriusXM App
Radio Talent: Dave Marcus (UCLA)
TICKET INFORMATION
Single-game tickets and mini plans for the 2025-26 women's basketball campaign are still available. Fans can call (310) 206-5991, visit this link, or email tickets@athletics.ucla.edu for more information. For more information about tickets, call UCLA Athletic Sales & Service at (310) 206-5991 or via email at tickets@athletics.ucla.edu.
Parking and game day information can be found here.
MILITARY AND FIRST RESPONDER APPRECIATION GAME
As a thank you for your service, UCLA invites active military and veterans in the community – as well as Los Angeles first responders – to attend Sunday's game against Southern. Military personnel and first responders can show valid identification at the Box Office on the northwest corner of Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom Financial to claim up to four (4) complimentary tickets Sunday.
MATCHUP HISTORY: vs. Southern University
• UCLA is 3-0 in the all-time series against the Jaguars. Southern last visited the Bruins during the first round of the 2025 NCAA March Madness tournament; UCLA and Southern played the first game against one another on Dec. 2, 2007 at the Nugget Classic in Reno, Nevada.
• The No. 1-overall Bruins won their first round matchup against the No. 16-seed Jaguars, 84-46, behind 14 points and six rebounds and three blocks from center Lauren Betts. Kiki Rice (10 PTS, 7 AST, 0 TO) and Gabriela Jaquez (10 PTS, 3-3 FG, 5 REB) added strong stat lines in the win.
LAST TIME OUT: W, 94-61 vs. USF Bulls (Nov. 15, 2025)
• UCLA closed out the WBCA Challenge at Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas, Nev., with a 33-point rout of South Florida.
• Six Bruins were in double figures in a balanced scoring effort by No. 3 UCLA. Senior Gabriela Jaquez (17 PTS, 7-7 FG, 3-3 FT) led all scorers with her perfect shooting night. She added six rebounds, three assists and a steal to her no-turnover game.
• Betts had 14 points, eight rebounds, five assists and three blocks in the win.
• Graduate guards Charlisse Leger-Walker (14 PTS, 7 AST, 2-5 3FG) and Gianna Kneepkens (14 PTS, 5 AST, 5 REB) stayed involved. Senior Kiki Rice rounded out the Bruins in double digits with 12 points and seven rebounds.
• Graduate forward Angela Dugalić scored 13 points off the bench, shooting 5-for-8 in the win.
WHAT'S BRUIN
• UCLA opened the 2025-26 season ranked No. 3 in the Associated Press Top 25 Women's Basketball Poll, released Oct. 14. The Bruins have a number of top 15 matchups in November: No. 6 Oklahoma (Nov. 10), No. 11 North Carolina (Nov. 13), No. 4 Texas (Nov. 26), potentially No. 2 South Carolina (Nov. 27) and No. 8 Tennessee (Nov. 30).
• The Bruins begin the year with six of their first eight games being played at neutral site locations. UCLA will make the trip to Las Vegas twice in three weeks, first for the WBCA Challenge (Nov. 13-15) and second for the Players Era Women's Championship (Nov. 26-27).
• The Big Ten boasts seven programs in the AP Top 25 for the week three poll: No. 3 UCLA, No. 6 Michigan, No. 9 Maryland, No. 11 USC, No. 19 Iowa, No. 22 Michigan State and No. 25 Washington. Ohio State, Minnesota and Nebraska received votes.
• UCLA won 23-straight games in 2024-25 - 22 were by a double-digit margin - setting the longest streak for both records in program history. UCLA's previous-best win streak came in the 1977-78 championship campaign (21 games).
• The Bruins boast 7 McDonald's All Americans on the roster: Lauren Betts, Sienna Betts, Angela Dugalić, Timea Gardiner, Gabriela Jaquez, Amanda Muse, and Kiki Rice. Jaquez and Rice shared co-MVP honors.
46 YEARS LATER... UCLA RETURNED TO THE NATIONAL SEMIFINAL
• While the trip to Tampa was UCLA's first "NCAA" Final Four, the Bruin history books remember its time in the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) prior to the NCAA's 1982 adoption and sponsorship of women's basketball.
• The Bruins made back-to-back trips to the national semifinal game in 1978 and 1979; UCLA captured the AIAW title in '78.
• The 1978 championship team was headlined by Denise Curry and Ann Meyers-Drysdale, UCLA's only retired numbers on the women's basketball side (12 and 15, respectively). Curry went on to score 3,198 points in her career (before the 3-point line was implemented in 1987-88) and amassed 1,310 rebounds in four years as a Bruin (10.1 RPG). Meyers-Drysdale was the first woman to earn a full scholarship at UCLA and went on to become the first four-time women's basketball All-American.
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