This was the first Tournament meeting between the Beavers and the Bruins.
UCLA advances to the Tournament’s semifinal round, where it will face Stanford at 8:30 tomorrow night.
Stanford is 4-1 vs. UCLA in the Tournament, but the one loss came in the 2006 title game (85-76 in OT).
The Bruins’ Tournament record is now 9-6. UCLA will be making its 5th appearance in the Tournament’s semifinal round, where it has a 1-3 record.
OSU’s Tournament record is now 4-8. This season its record is 19-11.
UCLA won for the first time this season after trailing at halftime (0-9 before tonight.)
With the score tied 2-2, OSU guard Brittany Davis scored her team’s next 12 points (OSU led 14-12 at 7:07.) She finished the half with 15 of the Beavers’ 26 points.
After being held scoreless in the 1st half, UCLA F/C Christina Nzekwe scored the Bruins’ first 7 points of the 2nd half (OSU led 32-28).
UCLA tied the game at 41-41 with 9:35 to go in the game, the first the game was tied since 12-12 midway through the 1st half.
UCLA retook the lead, 46-45 at the 5:53 mark, its first since it led 6-5. The lead then changed 5 times in the next 2:22 before UCLA took its largest lead of the game to that point at 2:36 (55-49). The Beavers did not get closer than three points after that.
Davis earned her 8th 20+ scoring game of the season.
UCLA trailed 47-46 with less than 5:00 to go. In winning, it did so for the first time in 11 tries this season.
Bruin forward Atonye Nyingifa scored a career high 18 points and equaled her career high for rebounds with 10.
Nzekwe had 10 rebounds, one off her career high and 3rd double digit game of her career. Her 7 offensive rebounds tied her career high in that category.
UCLA had a season low 10 turnovers. This also tied for 10th place on the Tournament single game list for fewest turnovers.
OSU’s 28 rebounds were the 5th (tie) lowest in a single Tournament game.
