Columbia, S.C. – The UCLA women’s basketball team conceded its first loss of the season to South Carolina on Tuesday evening in a tightly contested matchup with the top-ranked Gamecocks. The No. 15 Bruins are now 7-1 after the 64-73 road loss.
Charisma Osborne (24 pts, 6 reb, 10-11 FT) led all scorers for the sixth time in eight games, surpassing the 20-point mark for the fifth time this year. Kiki Rice added 16 points on 6-for-13 shooting and knocked down 4-of-5 free throws in the game. Emily Bessoir grabbed a team-high eight rebounds in the game and was the third Bruin to reach double figures (10 points, 2-for-7 3FG).
UCLA led the way through a low scoring first half and put up nearly four identical scoring quarters in Tuesday’s game. The Bruins led by 10 points with 2:47 remaining in the second quarter but went into the break up 31-27 after a series of paint scores by the Gamecocks.
South Carolina outscored UCLA by four in the third quarter to tie the ballgame when the third buzzer sounded. The Bruins and Gamecocks were locked at 47-47 with 10 minutes to play.
Late foul trouble left an already shorthanded Bruin squad with even less depth off the bench – three Bruins fouled out in the fourth quarter trying to contain the oversized bigs in South Carolina. The Gamecocks used their size advantage to outscor UCLA 26-17 in the final period, pulling off the nine-point comeback victory over the Bruins.
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