And she's not the only highly-regarded transfer among Cori Close's fresh crop...
Following a good-but-not-great 27-7 season that ended in a Sweet Sixteen exit, the UCLA Bruins are revamping their cast around returning stars Kiki Rice and Lauren Betts, two All-Pac-12 rising juniors.
Head coach Cori Close is bringing in a new backcourt mate for Rice, with Charisma Osborne having used up her collegiate eligibility : senior ex-Washington State Cougars guard Charlisse Leger-Walker, who's seen as a top transfer on the market this year.considers Leger-Walker the fourth-best transfer changing teams in the offseason.
But Close didn't stop there, adding former Oregon State Beavers forward Timea Gardiner, who like Rice and Betts is a rising junior. Creme considers the 6-foot-3 Gardiner this year's sixth-best transfer. "In Gardiner, Scott Rueck also has to say goodbye to the highest-rated high school player he ever brought to Corvallis," Creme writes. "A McDonald's All American out of Utah, Gardiner only played 15 games as a freshman because of injuries, but she had a breakout sophomore season, winning the Pac-12's sixth player of the year. A good shooter with size, Gardiner has two years of eligibility remaining.
An All-Pac-12 honoree in 2023-24, Gardiner averaged 11.6 points on .445/.395/.885 shooting splits, seven rebounds and 1.4 dimes per bout during her sophomore season. She'll fit in nicely as a stretch four for a Bruins club angling to advance beyond the Sweet Sixteen in 2025.
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