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2024–25 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team

2024–25 UCLA Bruins women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Final Four
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 1
APNo. 1
Record34–3 (16–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
Associate head coachShannon Perry-LeBeauf
Assistant coaches
  • Tasha Brown
  • Tony Newnan
  • Soh Matsuura
  • James Clark
Home arenaPauley Pavilion
Seasons
← 2023–24
2025–26 →
2024–25 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 5 USC 17 – 1   .944 31 – 4   .886
No. 3 UCLA † 16 – 2   .889 34 – 3   .919
No. 19 Ohio State 13 – 5   .722 26 – 7   .788
No. 12 Maryland 13 – 5   .722 25 – 8   .758
No. 25 Michigan 11 – 7   .611 23 – 11   .676
Michigan State 11 – 7   .611 22 – 10   .688
Illinois 11 – 7   .611 22 – 10   .688
Oregon 10 – 8   .556 20 – 12   .625
Indiana 10 – 8   .556 20 – 13   .606
Nebraska 10 – 8   .556 21 – 12   .636
Iowa 10 – 8   .556 23 – 11   .676
Washington 9 – 9   .500 19 – 14   .576
Minnesota 8 – 10   .444 25 – 11   .694
Wisconsin 4 – 14   .222 13 – 17   .433
Rutgers 3 – 15   .167 13 – 20   .394
Purdue 3 – 15   .167 10 – 19   .345
Northwestern 2 – 16   .111 9 – 18   .333
Penn State 1 – 17   .056 10 – 19   .345
† 2025 Big Ten tournament winner
As of April 7, 2025
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2024–25 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bruins were led by head coach Cori Close in her fourteenth year, and played their home games at Pauley Pavilion. This marked the program's first season as a member of the Big Ten Conference.[1] The Bruins were ranked No. 1 in the polls for the first time in program history after defeating the defending 2024 national champion South Carolina on November 24, 2024.[2]

The 2024–25 season was the first for UCLA and USC in the Big Ten Conference and a notable chapter in the history of the UCLA–USC rivalry. The Bruins were undefeated and ranked No. 1 in the polls before the two teams met in 2025. On February 13, 2025, the No. 6 Trojans defeated the Bruins 71–60 for the Trojans' first victory against a No. 1 team at home.[3][4] In the re-match at Pauley Pavilion on March 1, 2025, the Trojans and Bruins were tied for first place in the Big Ten in the final regular season game. In that game, No. 4 ranked USC Defeated No. 2 ranked UCLA 80–67 to win the regular season Big Ten championship.[5] UCLA finished the regular season with a 27–2 record, with their only losses coming to USC. The teams met a third time in the 2025 Big Ten women's basketball tournament championship game on March 9, 2025. The Bruins defeated the Trojans to win the Big Ten Tournament championship and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.[6]

For the first time in school history, the UCLA Bruins were a number 1 seed and also the number 1 overall seed in the NCAA tournament. UCLA reached the Final Four of the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament for the first time in program history.[lead 1][7]

Previous season

The Bruins finished the 2023–24 season with a 27–7 record, including 13–5 in Pac-12 play to finish in third place. They received an at-large bid to the 2024 NCAA Tournament, and were eliminated in the sweet sixteen by LSU.[8]

Offseason

Departures

UCLA departures
Name Num Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Emily Bessoir 11 F 6'4" Redshirt junior Munich, Germany Graduated
Charisma Osborne 20 G 5'9" Graduate student Moreno Valley, CA Declared for WNBA Draft
Lina Sontag 21 F 6'3" Sophomore Kleinmachnow, Germany Retired
Camryn Brown 35 G 5'11" Graduate student Lewisville, TX Graduated
Izzy Anstey 43 F 6'4" Redshirt junior Melbourne, Australia Graduated
Christeen Iwuala 22 F 6’2” Sophomore San Antonio, Texas Transferred to Mississippi

Incoming

UCLA incoming transfers
Name Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous school
Janiah Barker F 6'4" Junior Marietta, GA Texas A&M
Charlisse Leger-Walker F 5'10" Graduate student Waikato, New Zealand Washington State
Timea Gardiner F 6'3" Junior Ogden, UT Oregon State

Recruiting

College recruiting information
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Kendall Dudley
W 		Centreville, VA Sidwell Friends School 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) N/A  
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:5/5 stars   ESPN grade: 96
Avary Cain
G 		Santa Maria, CA Saint Joseph High School 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) N/A  
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:5/5 stars   ESPN grade: 96
Zania Socka-Nguemen
F 		Washington, D.C. Sidwell Friends School 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) N/A  
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 95
Elina Aarnisalo
G 		Helsinki, Finland Mäkelänrinne Upper Secondary School 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) N/A  
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN: N/A   ESPN grade: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

Roster

2024–25 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
F 0 Janiah Barker 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Montverde Academy
Texas A&M 		Marietta, GA
G 1 Kiki Rice 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Sidwell Friends Bethesda, MD
G 2 Avary Cain 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr St. Joseph Santa Maria, CA
G 3 Londynn Jones 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Jr Centennial Riverside, CA
F 5 Charlisse Leger-Walker Injured 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) GS St Peter's School, Cambridge
Washington State 		Waikato, New Zealand
F 6 Zania Socka-Nguemen 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Sidwell Friends Silver Spring, MD
G 7 Elina Aarnisalo 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Mäkelänrinne Upper Secondary School Helsinki, Finland
F 11 Gabriela Jaquez 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Camarillo Camarillo, CA
F 22 Kendall Dudley 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Sidwell Friends Manassas Park, VA
F 30 Timea Gardiner 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Fremont
Oregon State 		Ogden, UT
F 32 Angela Dugalić 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) GS Maine West
Oregon 		Des Plaines, IL
F 33 Amanda Muse Injured 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So Heritage Brentwood, CA
C 51 Lauren Betts 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Jr Grandview
Stanford 		Centennial, CO
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: October 2, 2024

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular season
November 4, 2024*
11:30 a.m., ESPN2 		No. 5 vs. No. 17 Louisville
Aflac Oui-Play 		W 66–59  1–0
 Halle Georges Carpentier (3,472)
Paris, France
November 10, 2024*
2:00 p.m., B1G+ 		No. 5 Colgate W 81–63  2–0
 Pauley Pavilion (3,285)
Los Angeles, CA
November 12, 2024*
11:30 a.m., B1G+ 		No. 5 Pepperdine W 91–54  3–0
 Pauley Pavilion (3,898)
Los Angeles, CA
November 17, 2024*
4:30 p.m., BTN 		No. 5 Arkansas W 101–52  4–0
 Pauley Pavilion (2,255)
Los Angeles, CA
November 24, 2024*
1:00 p.m., FS1 		No. 5 No. 1 South Carolina W 77–62  5–0
 Pauley Pavilion (13,659)
Los Angeles, CA
November 29, 2024*
2:00 p.m. 		No. 1 vs. UT Martin
Rainbow Wahine Showdown 		W 97–37  6–0
 SimpliFi Arena 
Honolulu, HI
November 30, 2024*
2:00 p.m. 		No. 1 vs. Fresno State
Rainbow Wahine Showdown 		W 97–41  7–0
 SimpliFi Arena 
Honolulu, HI
December 1, 2024*
4:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 1 at Hawaii
Rainbow Wahine Showdown 		W 70–49  8–0
 SimpliFi Arena (2,481)
Honolulu, HI
December 8, 2024
2:00 p.m., B1G+ 		No. 1 at Washington W 73–62  9–0
(1–0) 		Alaska Airlines Arena (3,453)
Seattle, WA
December 14, 2024*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 1 at Long Beach State W 102–51  10–0
 Walter Pyramid (2,463)
Long Beach, CA
December 16, 2024*
7:00 p.m., B1G+ 		No. 1 Cal Poly W 69–37  11–0
 Pauley Pavilion (2,356)
Los Angeles, CA
December 20, 2024*
8:00 p.m., FS1 		No. 1 vs. Creighton
Invisalign Bay Area Women's Classic 		W 70–41  12–0
 Chase Center (3,766)
San Francisco, CA
December 29, 2024
2:00 p.m., B1G+ 		No. 1 Nebraska W 91–54  13–0
(2–0) 		Pauley Pavilion (5,339)
Los Angeles, CA
January 1, 2025
2:00 p.m., BTN 		No. 1 No. 24 Michigan W 86–70  14–0
(3–0) 		Pauley Pavilion (4,566)
Los Angeles, CA
January 4, 2025
9:00 a.m., FOX 		No. 1 at Indiana W 73–62  15–0
(4–0) 		Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (11,528)
Bloomington, IN
January 7, 2025
4:00 p.m., BTN 		No. 1 at Purdue W 83–49  16–0
(5–0) 		Mackey Arena (3,742)
West Lafayette, IN
January 12, 2025
2:00 p.m., B1G+ 		No. 1 Northwestern W    16–0
(6–0) 		Pauley Pavilion 
Los Angeles, CA
January 15, 2025
6:30 p.m., Peacock 		No. 1 Penn State W 83–67  17–0
(7–0) 		Walter Pyramid[b] (1,563)
Long Beach, CA
January 20, 2025
12:00 p.m., FOX 		No. 1 vs. No. 25 Baylor
Coretta Scott King Classic 		W 72–57  18–0
 Prudential Center (6,147)
Newark, NJ
January 23, 2025
4:00 p.m., FS1 		No. 1 at Rutgers W 84–66  19–0
(8–0) 		Jersey Mike's Arena (3,138)
Piscataway, NJ
January 26, 2025
11:00 a.m., NBC 		No. 1 at No. 8 Maryland W 82–67  20–0
(9–0) 		Xfinity Center (13,648)
College Park, MD
February 2, 2025
12:00 p.m., BTN 		No. 1 Minnesota W 79–53  21–0
(10–0) 		Pauley Pavilion (6,184)
Los Angeles, CA
February 5, 2025
6:30 p.m., Peacock 		No. 1 No. 8 Ohio State W 65–52  22–0
(11–0) 		Pauley Pavilion (6,822)
Los Angeles, CA
February 9, 2025
1:00 p.m., B1G+ 		No. 1 at Oregon W 62–52  23–0
(12–0) 		Matthew Knight Arena (6,534)
Eugene, OR
February 13, 2025
7:00 p.m., Peacock 		No. 1 at No. 6 USC
Rivalry 		L 60–71  23–1
(12–1) 		Galen Center (10,258)
Los Angeles, CA
February 16, 2025
6:00 p.m., BTN 		No. 1 No. 22 Michigan State W 75–69  24–1
(13–1) 		Pauley Pavilion (7,563)
Los Angeles, CA
February 20, 2025
6:30 p.m., BTN 		No. 3 No. 25 Illinois W 70–55  25–1
(14–1) 		Pauley Pavilion (5,435)
Los Angeles, CA
February 23, 2025
11:00 a.m., Peacock 		No. 3 at Iowa W 67–65  26–1
(15–1) 		Carver–Hawkeye Arena (14,998)
Iowa City, IA
February 26, 2025
5:00 p.m., Peacock 		No. 2 at Wisconsin W 91–61  27–1
(16–1) 		Kohl Center (3,897)
Madison, WI
March 1, 2025
6:00 p.m., FOX 		No. 2 No. 4 USC
Rivalry 		L 67–80  27–2
(16–2) 		Pauley Pavilion (13,659)
Los Angeles, CA
Big Ten women's tournament
March 7, 2025
3:30 p.m., BTN 		(2) No. 4 vs. (10) Nebraska
Quarterfinals 		W 85–74  28–2
 Gainbridge Fieldhouse (7,500)
Indianapolis, IN
March 8, 2025
5:30 p.m., BTN 		(2) No. 4 vs. (3) No. 13 Ohio State
Semifinals 		W 75–46  29–2
 Gainbridge Fieldhouse (7,805)
Indianapolis, IN
March 9, 2025
1:30 p.m., CBS 		(2) No. 4 vs. (1) No. 2 USC
Championship/Rivalry 		W 72–67  30–2
 Gainbridge Fieldhouse (8,358)
Indianpolis, IN
NCAA women's tournament
March 21, 2025*
7:00 p.m., ESPN 		(1 S1) No. 1 (16 S1) Southern
First Round 		W 84–46  31–2
 Pauley Pavilion (5,703)
Los Angeles, CA
March 23, 2025*
7:00 p.m., ESPN 		(1 S1) No. 1 (8 S1) Richmond
Second Round 		W 84–67  32–2
 Pauley Pavilion (6,119)
Los Angeles, CA
March 28, 2025*
7:00 p.m., ESPN 		(1 S1) No. 1 vs. (5 S1) No. 25 Ole Miss
Sweet Sixteen 		W 76–62  33–2
 Spokane Arena (8,789)
Spokane, WA
March 30, 2025*
12:00 p.m., ABC 		(1 S1) No. 1 vs. (3 S1) No. 10 LSU
Elite Eight 		W 72–65  34–2
 Spokane Arena (9,299)
Spokane, WA
April 4, 2025*
6:30 p.m, ESPN 		(1 S1) No. 1 vs. (1 S4) No. 3 UConn
Final Four 		L 51–85  34–3
 Amalie Arena (19,731)
Tampa, FL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
S1=Spokane 1. S4=Spokane 4.
All times are in Pacific Time.
Source:[11][12]

Notes:

  1. ^ Due to the wildfires in the Los Angeles and Ventura County, the Northwestern road games at UCLA on January 12 and USC on January 15 were postponed.[9] Northwestern forfeited the games in February 2025. UCLA and USC each were credited with a win, and the Wildcats were assessed two losses.[9]
  2. ^ Game moved from Pauley to the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach due to the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles.[10]

Rankings

Main article: 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516171819Final
AP5551 (20)1 (25)1 (24)1 (30)1 (30)1 (30)1 (30)1 (29)1 (27)1 (31)1 (32)1 (31)3 (6)2 (11)41 (16)1 (19)
Coaches6662 (14)1 (16)1 (23)1 (31)1 (30)1 (31)1 (31)1 (30)1 (29)1 (30)1 (29)1 (31)3 (3)2 (7)41 (20)1 (21)3

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ "UCLA Officially Joins Big Ten Conference". uclabruins.com. August 2, 2024. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
  2. ^ UCLA moves up to No. 1 in AP Top 25 women's basketball poll for first time in history. CBS News, November 25, 2024
  3. ^ No. 1 Women’s Basketball Visits No. 6 USC Thursday UCLA Bruins Sport Information, February 12, 2025
  4. ^ Mitchell, Houston - The Sports Report: JuJu Watkins leads USC to an upset win over UCLA Los Angeles Times, February 14, 2025
  5. ^ Kartje, Ryan - JuJu Watkins and No. 4 USC crush No. 2 UCLA to claim Big Ten title. Los Angeles Times, March 1, 2025
  6. ^ Guzman, Ed - UCLA women surge in second half to defeat USC for Big Ten tournament championship. Los Angeles Times, March 9, 2025.
  7. ^ Knoblauch, Austin - The Sports Report: UCLA women make history on Selection Sunday Los Angeles Times, March 17, 2025
  8. ^ "Bruins Fall to LSU in Sweet Sixteen, 78-69". uclabruins.com. March 30, 2024. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
  9. ^ a b Northwestern women take forfeits for not playing January games at UCLA, USC over wildfire concerns Associated Press / Big Ten Conference, February 26, 2025
  10. ^ "Penn State vs UCLA game moved from Pauley to the Walter Pyramid". January 12, 2025. Retrieved January 12, 2025.
  11. ^ "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". uclabruins.com. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
  12. ^ "Big Ten Announces 2024-25 Women's Basketball Conference Schedule". uclabruins.com. September 19, 2024. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
  13. ^ De Leon, Anthony - Lauren Betts breaks a school record in UCLA victory over Illinois. Los Angeles Times, February 20, 2025
  14. ^ "2025 WBB All-Tournament Team" (PDF). BigTen.org. March 9, 2025. Retrieved March 9, 2025.
  15. ^ Women’s Basketball Captures Big Ten Championship Over Trojans, 72-67. UCLABRUINS.com, March 9, 2025
  16. ^ Feinberg, Doug - JuJu Watkins, Hannah Hidalgo headline women’s AP All-America team; Bueckers, Betts, Booker join them. Associated Press, March 19, 2025
  17. ^ Greenberg, Mel - USBWA unveils 2024-25 Women's All-America Team U.S. Basketball Writers Association, March 19, 2025
  18. ^ Considine, Madeline - Bruins Star Lauren Betts Reaches New Heights. Sports Illustrated, March 21, 2025
  19. ^ Moran, Malcom - UCLA's Close is USBWA Women's National Coach of the Year. U.S. Basketball Writers Association, March 20, 2025
  20. ^ Feinberg, Doug - UCLA’s Cori Close is the AP Coach of the Year after a historic season for the top-seeded Bruins. Associated Press, ABC4 KTVX, April 3, 2025
  21. ^ NAISMITH BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME REVEALS WINNERS OF MEN AND WOMEN’S NAISMITH STARTING FIVE AWARDS ON ESPN’S COLLEGE GAMEDAY. The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall Of Fame, April 5, 2025

Notes

  1. ^ The UCLA Bruins women's basketball team has played in the semi-finals of the AIAW women's basketball tournament twice, winning the championship in 1978
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_UCLA_Bruins_women%27s_basketball_team
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