Despite losing team leader Charisma Osborne, skilled sophomores could come back more experienced and complemented by a highly ranked Bruins recruiting class
The UCLA women’s basketball team, seen during its Sweet 16 loss to LSU on Saturday, March 30, 2024, in the NCAA Tournament, figures to be formidable next season with the likely returns of, from left, Kiki Rice, Angela Dugalic, Lauren Betts and Londynn Jones. UCLA women’s basketball coach Cori Close was joined by sophomores Lauren Betts and Londynn Jones at Saturday’s press conference afterThe room was glum but not tearful.
That includes the post presence of the 6-foot-7 Betts, the leadership of Kiki Rice, the silky 3-point shooting of Jones, the competitiveness of Gabriela Jaquez, the defensive potential of Lina Sontag and the forcefulness of Christine Iwuala. It became common to see four sophomores on the court at a time this season.
They went into halftime trailing by seven points, but Jones found her rhythm to create a scoring run and keep UCLA in the game. The Bruins held the Tigers to 14 points in the third quarter, but gave up 30 points in the final frame. Dudley, a 6-foot-2 wing, and Socka, a 6-foot-3 forward, come from Sidwell Friends School – the same Washington, D.C., prep program that produced Rice – and could bolster UCLA’s post presence so it doesn’t have to rely so heavily on Betts.
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