{"id":179647,"date":"2026-02-16T01:52:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T01:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/179647\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T01:52:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T01:52:20","slug":"no-2-ucla-wins-its-19th-straight-game-with-thrashing-of-indiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/179647\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 2 UCLA wins its 19th straight game with thrashing of Indiana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The No. 2 UCLA<\/a> women\u2019s basketball team beat Indiana 92-48<\/a> at Pauley Pavilion on Sunday afternoon. Lauren Betts picked up a first-half double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. She finished with 16 points and was one of seven players to reach double figures. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt speaks to how talented this team is,\u201d Betts said. \u201cWe have threats at every single position, and it makes it so much easier for me to do my job, because I know that if they\u2019re going to double, triple, I\u2019m going to find somebody who\u2019s able to score.\u201d<\/p>\n

UCLA extended its win streak to 19 games. With another lopsided victory under their belt, the Bruins said they have focused on consistency, no matter the opponent.<\/p>\n

\u201cI actually did bring that up in the locker room, and I should have, because that\u2019s really been the challenge is to enjoy, relish, lean into, that we\u2019re playing for our standard,\u201d said coach Cori Close. \u201cI\u2019ve been really honest that we haven\u2019t been doing that consistently against opponents that maybe don\u2019t give the scoreboard, won\u2019t give us that exact read.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"UCLA <\/p>\n

UCLA guard Kiki Rice drives to the basket under pressure from Indiana guard Nevaeh Caffey as Hoosiers forward Maya Makalusky watches at Pauley Pavilion on Sunday.<\/p>\n

(Jessie Alcheh \/ Associated Press)<\/p>\n

UCLA\u2019s Charlisse Leger-Walker scored 10 points in the second quarter alone and Kiki Rice, who recorded a 15-point second half after only scoring two in the first, led all Bruins in points.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wasn\u2019t happy with the way I competed in the first half,\u201d Rice said. \u201cRegardless of the outcome offensively, I can control how hard I play. I\u2019m proud of my defense, and in the second half I focused in on that and started to find a better rhythm.\u201d<\/p>\n

UCLA (25-1, 15-0 Big Ten) separated itself from Indiana (14-13, 3-12) in the second quarter with 30 points, taking a 47-20 halftime lead. In the third quarter, the Bruins outscored the Hoosiers 29-14.<\/p>\n

Maya Makalusky scored 13 points for Indiana and Len\u00e9e Beaumont added 11. They were the only Hoosiers in double figures.<\/p>\n

Close said Angela Dugalic led the way for the Bruins in the first half, playing at the level of aggression that the coaching staff was looking for. Close added that Dugalic\u2019s intense effort was in response to a couple of games during which Dugalic wasn\u2019t playing to her usual standard.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Yesterday] we\u2019re talking about what was leading to that,\u201d Close said of a conversation with Dugalic. \u201cShe was like, \u2018I just start second guessing when I get that first foul.\u2019 And I was actually thankful that she had that scenario. And I just said, \u2018Hey, this is what we talked about yesterday, you got to play the same way.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Indiana <\/p>\n

Indiana guard Len\u00e9e Beaumont drives to the basket under pressure from UCLA guards Charlisse Leger-Walker and Kiki Rice Sunday at Pauley Pavilion.<\/p>\n

(Jessie Alcheh \/ Associated Press)<\/p>\n

Dugalic picked up a foul in the first quarter, providing a chance to respond to adversity in a different way.<\/p>\n

The Bruins\u2019 four turnovers were their lowest total in a game this season after giving up the second most during a close win last week against No. 13 Michigan State. Close put the players through a special workout in between the games to reduce the giveaways.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot only did they have to do a bike sprint for every single turnover and every one under our passion play goal that they didn\u2019t get, but they had to watch their lack of productivity while they did it,\u201d Close said.<\/p>\n

The Bruins held Indiana to 31.3% shooting from the field, below the Hoosiers\u2019 47.9% average on the season, fifth best in the Big Ten.<\/p>\n

UCLA has three more games before the Big Ten tournament, with Washington up next at 7 p.m. PST on Thursday. A Bruins win or a Michigan loss would clinch the No. 1 tournament seed for UCLA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The No. 2 UCLA women\u2019s basketball team beat Indiana 92-48 at Pauley Pavilion on Sunday afternoon. Lauren Betts…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[85308,48966,48031,8932,56178,423,59335,9520,48,52,51,48226,47,50,49,39708,1417,7555,31447,1092,28054],"class_list":{"0":"post-179647","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-19th-straight-game","9":"tag-basketball-team","10":"tag-big-ten","11":"tag-bruins","12":"tag-charlisse-leger-walker","13":"tag-game","14":"tag-hoosiers","15":"tag-indiana","16":"tag-la","17":"tag-la-headlines","18":"tag-la-news","19":"tag-lauren-betts","20":"tag-los-angeles","21":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","22":"tag-los-angeles-news","23":"tag-pauley-pavilion","24":"tag-point","25":"tag-second-quarter","26":"tag-sunday-afternoon","27":"tag-ucla","28":"tag-win-streak"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}