2017–18 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team

2017–18 UCLA Bruins women's basketball
2017–18 UCLA Bruins women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 9
Record	27–8 (14–4 Pac-12)
Head coach	Cori Close (7th season);
Assistant coaches	Jenny Huth; Tony Newnan; Shannon Perry;
Home arena	Pauley Pavilion
	Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017–18 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 6 Oregon †	16	–	2	.889	33	–	5	.868
No. 15 Stanford	14	–	3	.824	24	–	11	.686
No. 9 UCLA	14	–	4	.778	27	–	8	.771
No. 13 Oregon State	14	–	4	.778	26	–	8	.765
California	11	–	7	.611	21	–	11	.656
Arizona State	10	–	8	.556	22	–	13	.629
USC	9	–	9	.500	20	–	11	.645
Utah	8	–	10	.444	18	–	14	.563
Colorado	5	–	13	.278	15	–	16	.484
Washington State	3	–	14	.176	10	–	20	.333
Arizona	2	–	16	.111	6	–	24	.200
Washington	1	–	17	.056	7	–	23	.233


† 2018 Pac-12 Tournament winner As of 26 March 2018 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2017–18 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bruins, led by seventh-year head coach Cori Close, played their home games at the Pauley Pavilion and were members of the Pac-12 Conference.^[1] They finished the season 27–8, 14–4 in Pac-12 play, to finish in a tie for third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Pac-12 women's tournament where they lost to Oregon.^[2] They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament in which they defeated American^[3] and Creighton^[4] in the first and second rounds, respectively. They went on to defeat Texas in the Sweet Sixteen and advance to the program's first Elite Eight since 1999.^[5] They lost to Mississippi State in the Elite Eight.^[6]

Offseason

Departures

Name	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Nicole Kornet	G	6' 1"	RS Sr.	Lantana, TX	Graduated
Kari Korver	G	6' 1"	RS Sr.	Paramount, CA	Graduated
Dominique Williams	G	5' 8"	RS Jr.	Phoenix, AZ	Medically retired; will serve as an undergraduate assistant during the 2017–18 season
Paulina Hersler	F	6' 3"	RS Jr.	Malmö, Sweden	Graduated; transferred to Florida

2017 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
Michaela Onyenwere F	Aurora, CO	Grandview	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	N/A
Michaela Onyenwere F	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 98
Chantel Horvat G	Geelong, Australia	Geelong College	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
Chantel Horvat G	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 98
Kayla Owens W	Houston, TX	Langham Creek	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
Kayla Owens W	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 97
Lauryn Miller F	Kirkwood, MO	Kirkwood	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
Lauryn Miller F	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 90
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources:

Roster

2017–18 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Chantel Horvat	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Geelong College	Geelong, Australia
G	1	Kayla Owens	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Langham Creek	Houston, TX
G	3	Jordin Canada	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Sr	Windward	Los Angeles, CA
F	4	Ashley Hearn	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Jr	Sachse	Rowlett, TX
G	5	Lindsey Corsaro	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Fr	Roncalli	Indianapolis, IN
F	10	Ally Rosenblum	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	So	Mater Dei	Newport Coast, CA
F	11	Lajahna Drummer	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Jr	Long Beach Poly HS	Inglewood, CA
F	21	Michaela Onyenwere	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Grandview	Aurora, CO
G	22	Kennedy Burke	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Sierra Canyon School	Northridge, CA
G	23	Kelli Hayes	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Archbishop Mitty	San Jose, CA
G	24	Japreece Dean	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Vista Ridge Texas Tech	Austin, TX
F	25	Monique Billings	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Sr	Santiago	Corona, CA
G	32	Chrissy Baird	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Jr	Wheaton North	Wheaton, IL
F	33	Lauryn Miller	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Kirkwood	Kirkwood, MO

Head coach

Cori Close (UC Santa Barbara)

Assistant coach(es)

Shannon Perry (Iowa)
Jenny Huth (Colorado)
Tony Newnan (UC Santa Barbara)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: November 1, 2024

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 5, 2017* 2:00 p.m.	No. 8	Vanguard	W 87–40		Pauley Pavilion (759) Los Angeles, CA
Non-conference regular season
November 10, 2017* 7:00 p.m.	No. 8	San Jose State	W 129–69	1–0	Pauley Pavilion (1,437) Los Angeles, CA
November 12, 2017* 2:00 p.m.	No. 8	Presbyterian	W 76–40	2–0	Pauley Pavilion (1,101) Los Angeles, CA
November 18, 2017* 1:00 p.m., P12N	No. 8	No. 3 Baylor	W 82–68	3–0	Pauley Pavilion (3,912) Los Angeles, CA
November 21, 2017* 7:30 p.m., ESPNU	No. 5	No. 1 Connecticut	L 60–78	3–1	Pauley Pavilion (9,263) Los Angeles, CA
November 24, 2017* 1:15 p.m.	No. 5	vs. Kansas State South Point Thanksgiving Shootout	W 64–55	4–1	South Point Arena (550) Las Vegas, NV
November 25, 2017* 3:30 p.m.	No. 5	vs. Creighton South Point Thanksgiving Shootout	W 72–63	5–1	South Point Arena (550) Las Vegas, NV
November 28, 2017* 7:00 p.m.	No. 7	UC Riverside	W 68–48	6–1	Pauley Pavilion (1,890) Los Angeles, CA
December 3, 2017* 1:30 p.m., P12N	No. 7	UC Santa Barbara	W 74–44	7–1	Pauley Pavilion (2,044) Los Angeles, CA
December 8, 2017* 5:00 p.m., FSOK	No. 7	at Oklahoma State	L 72–87	7–2	Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,969) Stillwater, OK
December 17, 2017* 10:00 a.m.	No. 11	at Seton Hall	W 77–68	8–2	Walsh Gymnasium (1,165) South Orange, NJ
December 20, 2017* 4:00 p.m.	No. 11	at Fordham	W 67–30	9–2	Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,327) The Bronx, NY
Pac-12 regular season
December 29, 2017 5:30 p.m., P12N	No. 11	at Stanford	L 65–76	9–3 (0–1)	Maples Pavilion (3,102) Stanford, CA
December 31, 2017 11:00 a.m., P12N	No. 11	at No. 20 California	W 82–46	10–3 (1–1)	Haas Pavilion (2,570) Berkeley, CA
January 5, 2018 6:00 p.m., P12N	No. 14	No. 16 Oregon State	W 84–49	11–3 (2–1)	Pauley Pavilion (1,986) Los Angeles, CA
January 7, 2018 5:00 p.m., P12N	No. 14	No. 9 Oregon	L 61–70	11–4 (2–2)	Pauley Pavilion (7,190) Los Angeles, CA
January 12, 2018 7:00 p.m., P12N	No. 14	at Utah	W 81–74	12–4 (3–2)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (3,281) Salt Lake City, UT
January 14, 2018 3:00 p.m., P12N	No. 14	at Colorado	W 93–55	13–4 (4–2)	Coors Events Center (2,160) Boulder, CO
January 19, 2018 6:00 p.m., P12N	No. 13	No. 21 California	W 60–52	14–4 (5–2)	Pauley Pavilion (2,704) Los Angeles, CA
January 21, 2018 3:00 p.m., P12N	No. 13	Stanford	W 64–53	15–4 (6–2)	Pauley Pavilion (2,948) Los Angeles, CA
January 26, 2018 7:00 p.m., P12N	No. 13	at Washington	W 86–69	16–4 (7–2)	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,688) Seattle, WA
January 28, 2018 3:00 p.m., P12N	No. 13	at Washington State	W 79–71	17–4 (8–2)	Beasley Coliseum (1,093) Pullman, WA
February 2, 2018 8:00 p.m., P12N	No. 9	USC Rivalry	W 59–46	18–4 (9–2)	Pauley Pavilion (6,057) Los Angeles, CA
February 5, 2018 6:00 p.m., P12N	No. 8	at USC Rivalry	W 84–70	19–4 (10–2)	Galen Center (876) Los Angeles, CA
February 9, 2018 8:00 p.m., P12N	No. 8	Arizona	W 69–46	20–4 (11–2)	Pauley Pavilion (1,883) Los Angeles, CA
February 11, 2018 1:00 p.m., P12N	No. 8	No. 25 Arizona State	W 71–63	21–4 (12–2)	Pauley Pavilion (3,690) Los Angeles, CA
February 16, 2018 8:00 p.m., P12N	No. 7	at No. 15 Oregon State	L 64–67 ^OT	21–5 (12–3)	Gill Coliseum (5,011) Corvallis, OR
February 19, 2018 7:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 10	at No. 8 Oregon	L 94–101 ^OT	21–6 (12–4)	Matthew Knight Arena (7,098) Eugene, OR
February 22, 2018 8:00 p.m., P12N	No. 10	Colorado	W 73–67	22–6 (13–4)	Pauley Pavilion (902) Los Angeles, CA
February 24, 2018 2:00 p.m.	No. 10	Utah	W 78–71 ^OT	23–6 (14–4)	Pauley Pavilion (3,866) Los Angeles, CA
Pac-12 women's tournament
March 2, 2018 2:00 p.m., P12N	(4) No. 9	vs. (5) California Quarterfinals	W 77–74	24–6	KeyArena (4,852) Seattle, WA
March 3, 2018 6:00 p.m., P12N	(4) No. 9	vs. (1) No. 6 Oregon Semifinals	L 62–65	24–7	KeyArena Seattle, WA
NCAA women's tournament
March 17, 2018* 12:30 p.m., ESPN2	(3 KC) No. 9	(14 KC) American First round	W 71–60	25–7	Pauley Pavilion (2,304) Los Angeles, CA
March 19, 2018* 6:00 p.m., ESPN2	(3 KC) No. 9	(11 KC) Creighton Second round	W 86–64	26–7	Pauley Pavilion (1,860) Los Angeles, CA
March 23, 2018* 6:00 p.m., ESPN2	(3 KC) No. 9	vs. (2 KC) No. 8 Texas Sweet Sixteen	W 84–75	27–7	Sprint Center (4,280) Kansas City, MO
March 25, 2018* 4:30 p.m., ESPN	(3 KC) No. 9	vs. (1 KC) No. 4 Mississippi State Elite Eight	L 73–89	27–8	Sprint Center (4,089) Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. KC=Kansas City Region. All times are in Pacific.

Source:^[7]

Rankings

Regular-season polls
Poll	Pre- season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP	8	8	5	7	7	11	11	14	14	14	13	13	9	8	7	10	9	9	9	N/A
Coaches	7	N/A	4T	7	7	12	12	12	14	14	13	12	9	7	7	10	9	9	9	7

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No change
(RV)		Received votes
(NR)		Not ranked

Awards

January 29 – Jordin Canada named Pac-12 Player of the Week
February 27 – Jordin Canada and Monique Billings named to the All-Pac-12 and All-Defensive teams. Michaela Onyenwere was named to the All-Freshman team and junior Kennedy Burke was honorable mention All-Pac-12 and honorable mention All-Defensive team.
March 25 – Jordin Canada and Monique Billings named to the NCAA Tournament Kansas City Region All-Regional team

References

^ "2016-17 UCLA Women's Basketball Information Guide by UCLA Athletics". issuu.com. October 14, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
^ "No. 9 UCLA Falls to No. 6 Oregon, 65-62". UCLA. March 3, 2018. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
^ "No. 3 UCLA Defeats No. 14 American, 71-60". UCLA. March 17, 2018. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
^ "No. 3 UCLA Advances to Third-Straight Sweet Sixteen". UCLA. March 19, 2018. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
^ "No. 3 UCLA Beats No. 2 Texas, 84-75". UCLA. March 23, 2018. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
^ "No. 3 UCLA Falls in Elite Eight". UCLA. March 25, 2018. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
^ "2017-18 Women's Basketball Schedule". UCLA. Retrieved November 1, 2024.

[1] "2016-17 UCLA Women's Basketball Information Guide by UCLA Athletics". issuu.com. October 14, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2017.

[2] "No. 9 UCLA Falls to No. 6 Oregon, 65-62". UCLA. March 3, 2018. Retrieved November 1, 2024.

[3] "No. 3 UCLA Defeats No. 14 American, 71-60". UCLA. March 17, 2018. Retrieved November 1, 2024.

[4] "No. 3 UCLA Advances to Third-Straight Sweet Sixteen". UCLA. March 19, 2018. Retrieved November 1, 2024.

[5] "No. 3 UCLA Beats No. 2 Texas, 84-75". UCLA. March 23, 2018. Retrieved November 1, 2024.

[6] "No. 3 UCLA Falls in Elite Eight". UCLA. March 25, 2018. Retrieved November 1, 2024.

[7] "2017-18 Women's Basketball Schedule". UCLA. Retrieved November 1, 2024.

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