Ucla Women Blitz Wisconsin On Senior Day, Win 21st In A Row

The No. 2 UCLA women’s hoops squad hit Wisconsin 80-60 connected Sunday day astatine Pauley Pavilion. Lauren Betts recorded a double-double pinch 19 points and 14 rebounds — including 3 successful speedy succession successful nan 4th fourth — arsenic nan Bruins celebrated their six graduates connected Senior Day by winning their 21st crippled successful a row. Five Bruins — each seniors — scored successful double digits.

Gabriela Jaquez had 14 points and six rebounds successful nan first half for the Bruins, while nan Badgers’ starring scorer, Dorja Zaja, had 10 points successful nan first half and 16 connected nan game.

While Jaquez led nan measurement successful nan first half, Betts took complete successful nan second, pinch a double-double successful nan 2nd half alone.

After jumping retired to a 14-4 lead conscionable complete 3 minutes into nan game, UCLA (27-1 overall, 17-0 successful nan Big Ten) was held scoreless from nan section for astir 5 minutes, until a Betts handbasket ended nan drought. Wisconsin (13-15, 5-12) trim nan lead successful half to 16-11 during that stretch, but UCLA extended it to 25-15 to extremity nan first quarter.

The Badgers committed six fouls successful nan first 4th and nan Bruins capitalized for 7 points from nan free-throw line.

Wisconsin held astir moreover pinch UCLA connected nan scoreboard successful nan 2nd 4th (15-14), while starring nan rebound crippled 12-9.

The Badgers scored nan first 5 points of nan 3rd 4th to tighten nan spread to seven, but nan Bruins took power from location and led 65-49 by nan extremity of nan quarter.

The Bruins won nan 4th fourth 15-11, and they took clip for nan crowd to grant their seniors arsenic nan 4th came to a close.

UCLA has 1 remaining crippled successful nan regular season, against USC connected March 1.