UCLA head coach Cori Close emphasized the importance of the sold-out game, calling it a “Final Four dress rehearsal ... The Bruins, led by junior center Lauren Betts, are the top offensive ...

USC won both regular-season games, but after the last one, UCLA held a players-only film session to regroup. Can Bruins get revenge in title game?

USC women's basketball has hit the big time. Make that, the B1G time. The Trojans hammered No. 2 UCLA on Saturday night in Pauley Pavilion to win the Big Ten women's basketball championship and win it ...

The energy will be high when two of the best teams in the country square off for another edition of the star-studded rivalry.

“At this time of year, you want to have the best kind of dress rehearsal for March Madness ... best defensive players in the country in Lauren Betts. USC is playing as well as anyone down ...

Lauren Betts transferred from Stanford to UCLA and ... Close called the game "a Final Four dress rehearsal." Of the 23 victories, the last 22 have been by double-digits and most of the time ...

“We wanted to get the ball inside, not just to Lauren [Betts], but also I thought Janiah ... This is like a dress rehearsal for the Final Four.” With a quick turnaround before Sunday’s ...