Kiki Rice scores 17 of her 24 points in the second half and Lauren Betts adds 20 points and 10 rebounds as the second-seeded Bruins erase a 10-point third-quarter deficit in a 67-63 win. They will …
UCLA’s Kiki Rice, right, celebrates with Angela Dugalic, left, after a basket during the second half of their 67-63 victory over Creighton in a second-round game of the NCAA Tournament on Monday night at Pauley Pavilion. Rice scored 17 of her game-high 24 points in the second half.
The Bruins trailed by 10 points in the third quarter but outscored the Bluejays 33-21 in the second half to secure the win. UCLA will face third-seeded defending national champion LSU in a regional semifinal on Saturday afternoon in Albany, New York. Top-seeded Iowa and fifth-seeded Colorado are in the other semi.
Rice scored 17 of her 24 points after halftime and Gabriela Jaquez added eight points to go with 11 rebounds for UCLA. The Bruins’ seven-point lead was shaved to two in the final minutes, but Charisma Osborne drove into the lane for a floater that put the Bruins ahead 67-63 with 1:27 left. The teams then traded empty possessions before UCLA’s Angela Dugalic blocked a Creighton layup and the Bruins forced a jump ball with 3.6 seconds left that gave them possession.
UCLA struggled with Creighton’s off ball screens and transition game during the first half. Creighton went on an 8-0 scoring run sparked by Morgan Maly to start the second quarter, which forced UCLA to call a timeout. Rice scored on a layup coming out of the break and Osborne hit a corner 3-pointer, but the Bluejays continued to shoot with no hesitation to maintain their advantage.
UCLA locked in on defense in the third quarter and made shots fall for themselves. Brown jumped up for a block to force a turnover and Jaquez went in for a layup as the Bruins scored six straight points.
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