For the second-straight game in L.A., Iowa’s opponent shot over 62 percent and had lots of easy baskets. The Bruins made their first nine shots and cruised to a 33-point halftime lead.
Lauren Betts had 22 points and 12 rebounds, and No. 1 UCLA held off Penn State 83-67. Angela Dugalic scored 11 and Kiki Rice and Gabriela Jaquez each had 10 for UCLA, which remained unbeaten at 17-0.
The deadly wildfires that have ravaged sections of Los Angeles left an indelible imprint on the region's landscape and psyche.
Lew Alcindor, Bill Walton, and John Wooden haven’t played or coached for UCLA inside Pauley Pavilion since the late 1960s and early 1970s, but the Iowa men’s basketball team allowed the 2024-25 rendition of the Bruins to look just like those famous squads on Friday evening in Los Angeles.
According to the university, in-person work will resume this weekend for people who have been working remotely.
This post was updated Jan. 16 at 1:32 p.m. UCLA plans to return in-person classes Tuesday. Undergraduate instruction was cancelled Jan. 9 and Jan. 10 – and moved online for week two of winter quarter – following the onset of fires across County.
Amid a four-game losing streak, Mick Cronin acknowledges that the Bruins haven't adjusted well to Big Ten play. Cronin wants to see more fight from his players.
Trying to shake a four-game losing streak, the Bruins look ahead to Big Ten home games against high-scoring Iowa and Wisconsin.
The study highlighted that at least 35,000 jobs held by Latinos are at risk due to the fires, emphasizing the economic vulnerability of this demographic group.
Iowa tries to salvage its first Big Ten Conference Los Angeles road swing, while host UCLA is looking to pull out of a four-game tailspin on Friday.