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UCLA Women's Basketball: Bruins Comeback Falls Short in Upset

Kiki Rice scored a career-high 25 points for UCLA.
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UCLA Women's Basketball: Bruins Comeback Falls Short in Upset
UCLA Women's Basketball: Bruins Comeback Falls Short in Upset

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Kiki Rice got a shot off at the buzzer to tie the game, the ball bounced off the backboard then the front of the rim then out, and the No. 2 UCLA Bruins lost 85-82 to Washington State on Sunday afternoon at Pauley Pavilion. 

With Lauren Betts missing her second straight game, the Bruins offense struggled again in the first half. They appeared discombobulated in the opening quarter and bled into the second.

Charisma Osborne only played four minutes in the first quarter and was held to four points in the first half.

From the start, UCLA couldn't hang with Washington State's Charlisse Leger-Walker and Belle Murekatete. They led the Cougars with 15 and 13 points through the first two quarters.

In the third quarter, Leger-Walker went down with an apparent knee injury and didn't return. 

The Bruins started to figure it out in the second half, outscoring the Cougars in both the third and fourth quarters. Their effort was valiant but fell short.

Four Bruins finished in double-digits. Rice led all scorers with a career-high 25, Osborne had 20, Londynn Jones had 19 and Angela Dugalic scored 10.

Christeen Iwaula had a huge first quarter for the Bruins with four points in five minutes of play.

Jones took over on offense for UCLA in the second, but the Bruins were held to 13 points.

Osborne showed up and showed out in the second half. She had seven points in the third, and nine in the fourth.

Rice scored 19 of her points in the second half with 10 in the third quarter and nine in the fourth.

Up next for UCLA is a trip to Cal and Stanford. The Bruins and Bears square off on Friday, Feb. 2, and with the Cardinal on Sunday, Feb. 4.

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Maren Angus-Coombs
MAREN ANGUS-COOMBS

Maren Angus-Coombs was born in Los Angeles and raised in Nashville, Tenn. She is a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University and has been a sports writer since 2008. Despite being raised in the South, her sports obsession has always been in Los Angeles. She is currently a staff writer for the LA Sports Report Network.