The Go Joe Bruin UCLA Women’s Basketball Preseason Guide

It is time for UCLA Women’s Basketball!

UCLA Women’s Basketball Roster

Feb 8, 2014; Los Angeles, CA, USA; UCLA Bruins guard Nirra Fields (21) dribbles the ball against the Southern California Trojans at Galen Center. USC defeated UCLA 68-54. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

Nirra Fields, The Face of UCLA Women’s Basketball

The Bruin Coaches

Feb 17, 2013; Los Angeles, CA, USA; UCLA Bruins head coach Cori Close in the first half of the game against the Stanford Cardinal at Pauley Pavilion. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports

Head Coach – Cori Close

Assistant Coaches – Jenny Huth, Tony Newnan, Shannon Perry

Director of Operations – Pam Walker

Athletic Performance Coach – David Wood

Althletic Trainer – Lisa Friesen

Staff Associate – Debbie Haliday

Video Coordinator – Wendale Farrow

Undergraduate Assistant – Rhema Gardner

Schedule

Excited about the opportunities our preseason schedule will present. Hope you are, too! What game will we see you at? pic.twitter.com/gQjn95xeHh
— UCLA W. Basketball (@UCLAWBB) July 24, 2014

For full schedule, click HERE.

The Returners

Nirra Fields – 17.6 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 2.2 spg

Luiana Livulo – 4.3 ppg, 4.8 rpg, started all 31 games last year

Dominique Williams – 0.6 ppg, 1.8 rpg, 1.2 apg

Corinne Costa – 6.2 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 2.5 bpg, All-time UCLA leader in blocks

Kari Korver – 4.7 ppg, 1.5 rpg

Kacy Swain – 3.1 ppg, 3.0 rpg, .816 FT%

Madeline Poteet 2.2 ppg, 1.4 rpg, .347 3FG%

Paulina Hersler – redshirt freshman

The #1 Recruiting Class In The Nation

The Bruins have landed their first ever #1 recruiting class in program history! Here are the newcomers that will be joining UCLA Women’s Basketball this season:

Recee’ Caldwell – McDonald’s All-Amrican

Jordin Canada – McDonald’s All-Amrican

Lajahna Drummer – McDonald’s All-Amrican

Kelli Hayes – Top 30 ranking

Monique Billings – Top 30 ranking

Chrissy Baird – recruited walk-on

Last Season

Overall: 13-18, Conference: 7-11, Finished 8th in the Pac-12

Pac-12 Tournament: Lost in 1st Round

NCAA Tournament: DNQ

Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Final 2013-14 Standings

TV/Radio Information

UCLA Basketball will be broadcasted on: ESPN2, Pac-12

For full television schedule, click HERE. For Live Audio, click HERE.

Ticket Information

Visit uclabruins.com for single-game tickets and packages

Outlook

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Things are going to be completely different from last season when the Burins struggled through the regular season and had a first round exit in the Pac-12 Tournament. Why is that? Well aside from having a solid core of returning players, the Bruins, as mentioned above, bring in the #1 recruiting class in the nation. Because of that, the Bruins were voted to finish 4th in the conference in the Pac-12 Media Day Preseason Poll and are the overall #23 team in the country per the AP Preseason Poll. That is a jump in expectations if we ever saw one.

Still, under the leadership of head coach Cori Close, who is now in her fourth season boasting a 53-42 record in that time, the UCLA Women’s basketball team looks to make a statement this year and has the weapons to do it.

The superstar of this team is none other than junior guard Nirra Fields who is the returning leading scorer for the Bruins who averaged 17.3 ppg. She will get help from senior center Luiana Livulo who pulled down close to 5 boards a game last season. Add in the experience of Dominique Williams and Corinne Costa and you have a very formidable group of contenders on this squad. Now mix in the skills of the seven Bruins joining in this season and you have a serious collection of ball players that will not only be looking to fight their way back to the NCAA Tournament, but will be battling for the conference title in the process. I do not know about you, but Friday cannot get here soon enough!

Go Bruins!