UCLA Women's Basketball: Bruins Reach Highest AP Ranking Ever

Your UCLA Bruins women’s basketball team is on the rise.

Off to a flawless 4-0 start thus far, the Bruins have now achieved their top ranking on an Associated Press poll in the program’s history.

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— UCLA Women's Basketball (@UCLAWBB) November 20, 2023

UCLA will face its first major test of the season this afternoon, a 4:30 p.m. PT meeting with the 3-1 Connecticut Huskies, ranked as the No. 6 club in the land, during their first game of the Cayman Island Classic series.

Head coach Cori Close brought in 6'7" star center Lauren Betts, a transfer out of Stanford, to compliment four returning starters from a club that reached the 2022-23 NCAA Tournament's Sweet Sixteen.

Per Mike Regalado of Bruin Report Online, the club is powered by four scorers in double digits. Betts leads the pack with 19.5 points (on 78.6% shooting from the field), along with 10.8 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.3 blocks.

Three-time All-Pac-12 fifth-year redshirt senior guard Charisma Osborne, a 5'9" Moreno Valley native, is averaging 17.3 points on a .512/.538/.846 slash line. 5'11" sophomore forward Gabriela Jaquez, a Camarillo native, is averaging 16.8 points on .542/.357/.769 shooting splits, 6.8 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.3 steals.

5'4" sophomore guard Londynn Jones of Riverside, a Pac-12 All-Freshman honoree last year, is logging averages of 14 points on .370/.412/.800 shooting splits, 2.3 assists, two rebounds, and 0.8 steals per bout. 5'11" sophomore wing Kiki Rice, a 2023 All-Pac-12 Tourney inclusion, posted averages of 12.3 points on .471/.400/.929 shooting splits, 6.3 dimes, four rebounds, 1.8 steals and 0.5 blocks per bout.

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