Lauren Betts hit the 1,000-career rebound mark in the win over Minnesota in the Sweet 16

Lauren Betts joined a big category after the win against Minnesota on Friday night. After her fourth rebound of the night, she hit the 1,000-career rebounding mark. That is a huge feat for the UCLA senior, as she is in her final few games of her college career. At most she has three games left in her career, as she looks to lead UCLA to a national championship. For her career, she has averaged 7.7 rebounds per game, which includes her freshman season at Stanford where she got minimal playing time.

Her numbers would be even higher if she played more her freshman year. But that is not how the game works and here is where we are now. Betts is one of the best UCLA women’s basketball players of all-time. She will leave behind a big legacy that hopefully her sister will step into shoes and help carry on. Sienna Betts largely chose UCLA because of the impact that her sister has had on the college.

Lauren has been a First-team All American in each of the last two seasons being a dominant player on both ends of the floor. Her numbers are a little bit down from her junior year, but she doesn’t need to have the impact that she did last season. This UCLA team is absolutely loaded, and it can help save her with stamina. As the season goes longer, you want fresh legs to be able to help late in games. You’re seeing that impact with Giana Kneepkens and Charlisse Leger-Walker now on this team.

Getting to 1,000 career rebounds in your college career is not something that is easy to do. Lauren has shown through hard work and learning from her freshman season how to be a good college player. Has gone a long way and helping build the player that she has become. Her next opportunity at adding to that total will come on Sunday against Duke. If the Bruins are able to win that game, they will find themselves in the Final Four for a second straight season. Congrats on the accolade, Lauren!