Four weeks after the Bruins edged the Trojans in their Pac-12 opener, they square off Sunday at Pauley Pavilion possibly without their leading scorers
Rivalry week comes at an interesting time for Los Angeles’ Pac-12 women’s basketball teams.
UCLA sits in a four-way tie for second place in the Pac-12 with its 2-1 conference record. USC is tied with four teams at 1-2 for third. The former is coming off a win over Oregon and a loss to Oregon State, while the latter beat Oregon State and lost to Oregon. The 6-foot-4 former Lynwood High star is also third in the country with 38 blocks, 15th with 10.8 offensive rebounds per game and 16th with 7.7 defensive rebounds per game.held off a Trojans fourth-quarter surge for a 59-56 victory“We expect her to kind of anchor us defensively and then Kayla , our point guard, starts us off with putting a ton of pressure on the ball,” Gottlieb said, “but we really need it to be an effort from everyone on the floor because UCLA is so talented.
Conti came up big against Oregon State with 19 points and six assists. The graduate student leads the team with 59 assists after sitting last season out with injury. It’s her first season seeing game action for UCLA after transferring from Wake Forest.
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