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No. 4 UCLA hands Oregon women’s basketball first defeat
UCLA outplayed Oregon by outrebounding 52-29 and scoring 26 points in the paint, with Lauren Betts posting a season-high 24 points and 14 rebounds.
- On Dec. 7, 2025, No. 4 UCLA women's basketball team routed the Oregon women's basketball team 80-59 at Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, ending the Ducks' unbeaten start.
- Oregon's small frontline left the Ducks vulnerable as UCLA women's basketball team shot 49% overall and 35% from three in the first half, holding Oregon women's basketball team to 29%.
- Lauren Betts delivered season highs of 24 points, 14 rebounds and five blocks as UCLA women's basketball team overwhelmed the boards with 52 rebounds and built a halftime lead of 49-26 after a 19-8 first-quarter advantage.
- Oregon will get a week off before Dec. 14 to host Montana State at Matthew Knight Arena, while UCLA women's basketball team returns to nonconference play hosting Cal Poly on Dec. 16.
- Coaches noted ahead of conference play that Oregon coach Kelly Graves says the Ducks must fix aggression and rebounding issues before conference season later this month, as observers framed the game as a clear size mismatch against Big Ten-caliber UCLA.
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Lauren Betts plays up to billing in UCLA’s rout of Oregon
LOS ANGELES — UCLA battled through the wringer of tough non-conference foes over the previous two weeks. Oklahoma, Texas, and Tennessee tested the might of the Bruins and provided coach Cori Close some answers on what the fourth-ranked team in the country needed to improve. “We are really poor in our aggression and inconsistent with our rebounding levels,” Close told the Southern California News Group earlier this week, “and that has got to impr…
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