The takeover started with a flurry of shotmaking.
Worried about Cal Baptist’s ability to make three-pointers in bunches Saturday at Pauley Pavilion, it was UCLA that opened the game with back-to-back shots from long range.
The takeover continued with a blur of highlights immediately after halftime.
A Gabriela Jaquez three-pointer was followed by a Charisma Osborne jumper and an Osborne steal leading to a Kiki Rice and-one layup that gave the Bruins a 20-point lead.
The takeover ended with the expected result.
In what UCLA coach Cori Close had described earlier this week as a women’s basketball takeover of Southern California, her second-seeded Bruins took a convincing first step with an 84-55 victory over the 15th-seeded Lancers in the opening round of the Albany 2 Region of the NCAA tournament.