No. 5 UCLA Faces No. 12 Arizona State in First Round of Pac-12 Tournament

LOS ANGELES – UCLA Women’s Basketball (22-8, 11-7 Pac-12) heads to Las Vegas to play in the 2023 Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Tournament presented by New York Life. No. 5 UCLA will play No. 12 Arizona State in the first round of the conference tourney; the Bruins downed Arizona State 82-63 when the Sun Devils visited Los Angeles on Feb. 5.
 
GAME INFORMATION
 
Venue: Michelob ULTRA Arena
Location: Las Vegas, Nev.
Tip-off Time: 12 p.m. PST
TV: Pac-12 Network
TV Talent: Ann Schatz, Tammy Blackburn
Radio: ucla.leanplayer.com
Radio Talent: Dave Marcus
 
KEY NOTES ON THE BRUINS
• UCLA made 363 free throws in its 30 regular season games, shooting 75.8% on the year (2nd – Pac-12, 363-479 FT). The Bruins ranked 1st in offensive rebounds per game in the Pac-12 (14.8 ORPG, 18th – NCAA). UCLA is 3rd in the Pac-12 in total rebounding (40.3 RPG). The Bruins also rank 3rd in rebounding margin (+6.5 RPG), 4th in 3PM per game (6.9 3PM), steals per game (8.6 SPG) and blocks per game (4.2 BPG), and 6th in defensive FG% (38.1%) in the conference.
• No. 3 Stanford snapped UCLA’s four-game win streak on Big Monday, its longest winning streak in conference play.
• UCLA is one of four teams in Division I women’s basketball with a scoring margin of -7.0 or less in its losses (min. 5 losses): Houston (15 L, -5.1), UCLA (8 L, -6.125), Colorado State (10 L, -6.3), Fordham (11 L, -6.7).
• Charisma Osborne scored 444 points (7th – Pac-12) in 29 games, averaging 15.3 ppg (7th – Pac-12). She is 7th in the Pac-12 in field goals made (156 FGM) on the second-most field goal attempts (411 FGA) in the Pac-12. Osborne ranks 6th the Pac-12 in minutes played (953 MIN), 8th in FT% (80.0%), and T-10th in FTM (84).
• Kiki Rice started 29 of her 30 games during the freshman’s first collegiate season, averaging 27.8 minutes per game (834 MIN, 2nd among Pac-12 freshmen). The first-year floor general ranks second on the team in assists (88 AST), which is the second most among freshmen in the Pac-12 (13th overall).
• Londynn Jones has scored in double digits 13 out of the last 19 games, averaging 12.0 PPG over that stretch. She ranks 3rd in the conference in 3P% during Pac-12 play (.466 3FG%). The freshman is averaging 11.3 points per game in conference matchups, and she is leading the conference in FT% (.882, min. 2 FTM/G).
 
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