All Ball Sports: UCLA Women Make History; Coach Geno fouls Out
by Paul Teetor When senior point guard Kiki Rice scooped up a loose ball and threw in a three-point buzzer-beater to give UCLA a 21-10 lead at the end of the first quarter in Sunday’s championship game against South Carolina, you just knew the Bruins were on their way to a magical win. Exactly one year ago, the UCLA women’s basketball team was blown out and embarrassed on the national stage during a 34-point loss to eventual champion University of Connecticut in the NCAA semifinals. This year the Bruins did the embarrassing – winning by 28 points in the title game. UCLA led wire-to-wire while crushing the Gamecocks for their first NCAA title. And they did it with a unique formula: all the points were scored by seniors. When this amazing achievement is recorded in the history books, it will be noted that the Bruins were led this year – and last year — by 6-foot-7 superstar center Lauren Betts, a scoring machine who also patrols the paint and puts up No Trespassing signs wherever she needs to. She was named Most Valuable Player of the Final Four, and deservedly so. But the other players in this historic win should also be memorialized so their contributions are not forgotten or…
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