(Brandon Morquecho/Daily Bruin senior staff)
No. 1 UCLA women’s basketball took on Creighten at Chase Center on Dec. 20 as part of the Invisalign Bay Area Women’s Classic. The duel against the Bluejays was a rematch of the second round of last season’s NCAA Tournament, where the Bruins emerged victorious 67-63.
In Sunday’s matchup against then-No.1 South Carolina (5-1), then-No. 5 UCLA women’s basketball (5-0) took home a resounding victory, unseating the top team in the nation 77-62.
Prior to their showdown against the Bruins, the Gamecocks were on a 43-game win streak and had been undefeated on the road since December 2021.
UCLA football (4-6, 3-5 Big Ten) struggled in Seattle on Friday against Washington (6-5, 4-4) – succumbing to a 31-19 defeat at Husky Stadium. The Bruins allowed the Huskies to extend their four-year home win streak to 20 consecutive games.
In its annual homecoming game Nov. 8, UCLA football (4-6, 3-5 Big Ten) took home its first Rose Bowl victory of the season against Iowa (6-4, 4-3).
UCLA football (3-5, 2-4 Big Ten) emerged victorious against Nebraska (5-4, 2-3) by a score of 27-20 at Memorial Stadium. Led by redshirt senior quarterback Ethan Garbers, Saturday’s game marked the Bruins’ second Big Ten conference win.
On the other side of the country in Piscataway, New Jersey, UCLA football (2-5, 1-4 Big Ten) triumphed over Rutgers (4-4, 1-4) 35-32 to collect its first Big Ten win.
Despite holding the lead midway through the fourth quarter, UCLA football (1-5, 0-4 Big Ten) fell 21-17 to Minnesota (4-3, 2-2) in Saturday’s Rose Bowl matchup, continuing the team’s worst start since 2019 under then-head coach Chip Kelly.
With just 27 seconds left in the game, UCLA gave up a touchdown to the Minnesota offense and subsequently failed to convert an end-of-game Hail Mary, cementing its fifth consecutive loss.
UCLA football (1-4, 0-3 Big Ten) traveled to State College, Pennsylvania, to play then-No. 7 Penn State (5-0, 2-0), with UCLA ultimately losing its fourth straight game by a score of 27-11.
In a cross-conference finale of a home-and-home series against No. 16 LSU (3-1, 1-0 SEC) and its second road game of the season, UCLA football (1-2, 0-1 Big Ten) fell 34-17, going scoreless in the second half following a first-half tie.
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