The best women’s basketball team in the country plays at Pauley Pavilion.
How else can UCLA be described after its 77-62 destruction of No. 1 South Carolina?
The No. 5 Bruins dominated the defending national champions from the opening tip to the final buzzer in their breakthrough win, the first in program history over a top-ranked opponent.
South Carolina was expected to provide a formidable early-season test for the Bruins, but coach Cori Close’s team showed up at Nell and John Wooden Court with all of the answers.
The answers came in the form of Lauren Betts’ presence and Kiki Rice’s playmaking, Londynn Jones’ shooting and Gabriela Jaquez’s tenacity, Elina Aarnisalo’s creativity and Janiah Barker’s athleticism.