2020–21 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team

2020–21 UCLA Bruins women's basketball
2020–21 UCLA Bruins women's basketball
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
AP	No. 9
2020–21 record	17–6 (12–4 Pac-12)
Head coach	Cori Close (10th season);
Associate head coach	Shannon Perry-LeBeauf
Assistant coaches	Tasha Brown; Tony Newnan;
Home arena	Pauley Pavilion
	Seasons ← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bruins, led by tenth year head coach Cori Close, played their home games at Pauley Pavilion and competed as members of the Pac-12 Conference.

Previous season[]

The Bruins finished the season 26–5, 14–4 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for second place. As the second seed in the Pac-12 Women's Tournament they advanced to the semifinals where they lost to Stanford. The NCAA Tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.^[1]

Offseason[]

Departures[]

Name	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Ally Rosenblum	F	6'4"	Sr.	Newport Coast, California	Graduated
Japreece Dean	G	5'6"	Sr.	Austin, Texas	Graduated; selected 30th overall by the Chicago Sky in the 2020 WNBA Draft
Jaden Owens	G	5'6"	Fr.	Plano, Texas	Transferred to Baylor

2020 recruiting class[]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
Emily Bessoir F	Munich, Germany	Wilhelm-Hausenstein Gymnasium	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	N/A
Emily Bessoir F	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: N/A
Isobel Anstey P	Melbourne, Australia	Caulfield	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A
Isobel Anstey P	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 90
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources:

Roster[]

2020–21 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Chantel Horvat	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Jr	Geelong College	Geelong, Australia
G	1	Kayla Owens	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Jr	Langham Creek	Houston, TX
G	2	Dominique Darius	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Blair Academy	Jacksonville, FL
G	3	Kiara Jefferson	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	West Campus	Sacramento, CA
G	4	Lindsey Corsaro	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Jr	Roncalli	Indianapolis, IN
F	5	Brynn Masikewich	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Lincoln Prep	Calgary, Alberta
F	11	Emily Bessoir	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	Wilhelm-Hausenstein Gymnasium	Munich, Germany
G	20	Charisma Osborne	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Windward School	Moreno Valley, CA
F	21	Michaela Onyenwere	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Grandview	Aurora, CO
G	23	Natalie Chou	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Sr	Plano West Baylor	Plano, TX
F	33	Lauryn Miller	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Kirkwood	Kirkwood, MO
G	35	Camryn Brown	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Prestonwood Christian	Lewisville, TX
F	43	Izzy Anstey	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	Caulfield	Melbourne, Australia
G	51	Eliana Sigal (W)	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Tarbut V' Torah	Irvine, CA

Head coach

Cori Close (UC Santa Barbara)

Assistant coach(es)

Shannon Perry-LeBeauf (Iowa)
Tony Newnan (UC Santa Barbara)
Tasha Brown (St. Ambrose)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Kayla Owens and Kiara Jefferson declined to participate in the 2020-21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Brynn Masikewich chose to remain home in Canada for the 2020-21 season to rehab from an injury.
Izzy Anstey and Gemma Potter, both from Australia, were not allowed to enter the United States for the 2020-21 academic year due to immigration restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Potter later elected to play professionally in Australia.
December 28, 2020: Class of 2021 high school recruit Dominque Darius graduated early so she could enroll at UCLA and participate in the 2020-21 season.

Schedule[]

Source:^[2]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 27, 2020* 4:00 p.m.	No. 9	Cal State Fullerton	W 98–49	1–0	Pauley Pavilion (0) Los Angeles, CA
November 29, 2020* 4:00 p.m., WCCN	No. 9	at Pepperdine	Postponed		Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
December 4, 2020 6:00 p.m., P12N	No. 9	at No. 7 Arizona	L 65–68	1–1 (0–1)	McKale Center (0) Tucson, AZ
December 6, 2020 1:00 p.m., P12N	No. 9	at Arizona State	W 63–59	2–1 (1–1)	Desert Financial Arena (0) Tempe, AZ
December 9, 2020* 11:00 a.m.	No. 11	UC Santa Barbara	W 102–45	3–1	Pauley Pavilion (0) Los Angeles, CA
December 13, 2020 Noon, P12N	No. 11	at USC Rivalry	W 73–52	4–1 (2–1)	Galen Center (0) Los Angeles, CA
December 19, 2020 Noon, P12N	No. 11	California	W 71–37	5–1 (3–1)	Pauley Pavilion (0) Los Angeles, CA
December 21, 2020 Noon, P12N	No. 10	No. 1 Stanford	L 49–61	5–2 (3–2)	Pauley Pavilion (0) Los Angeles, CA
January 1, 2021 TBD, P12N	No. 11	at Oregon State	Postponed		Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR
January 3, 2021 1:00 p.m., P12N	No. 11	at No. 8 Oregon	W 73–71	6–2 (4–2)	Matthew Knight Arena (0) Eugene, OR
January 8, 2021 4:00 p.m., P12N	No. 9	Colorado	Postponed		Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
January 10, 2021 1:00 p.m., P12N	No. 9	Utah	W 92–67	7–2 (5–2)	Pauley Pavilion (0) Los Angeles, CA
January 15, 2021 6:30 p.m., P12N	No. 8	Washington	Postponed		Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
January 17, 2021 11:00 a.m., P12N	No. 8	Washington State	W 68–66 ^OT	8–2 (6–2)	Pauley Pavilion (0) Los Angeles, CA
January 22, 2021 7:00 p.m., P12N	No. 6	at No. 5 Stanford	W 70–66	9–2 (7–2)	Maples Pavilion (1) Stanford, CA
January 24, 2021 3:00 p.m.	No. 6	at California	Postponed		Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA
January 29, 2021 6:00 p.m., P12N	No. 5	Arizona State	W 60–57	10–2 (8–2)	Pauley Pavilion (0) Los Angeles, CA
January 31, 2021 3:00 p.m., P12N	No. 5	No. 10 Arizona	Postponed		Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
February 5, 2021 Noon	No. 5	at Washington State	L 63–67	10–3 (8–3)	Beasley Coliseum (0) Pullman, WA
February 7, 2021 2:00 p.m.	No. 5	at Washington	W 84–50	11–3 (9–3)	Alaska Airlines Arena (0) Seattle, WA
February 12, 2021 10:00 p.m.	No. 8	at Utah	W 69–58	12–3 (10–3)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (0) Salt Lake City, UT
February 14, 2021 Noon	No. 8	at Colorado	Postponed		CU Events Center Boulder, CO
February 19, 2021 5:00 p.m., P12N	No. 8	No. 13 Oregon	W 83–56	13–3 (11–3)	Pauley Pavilion (0) Los Angeles, CA
February 21, 2021 1:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 8	Oregon State	L 64–71	13–4 (11–4)	Pauley Pavilion (0) Los Angeles, CA
February 26, 2021 5:00 p.m.	No. 10	USC Rivalry	W 93–51	14–4 (12–4)	Pauley Pavilion (0) Los Angeles, CA
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
March 4, 2021 8:00 p.m., P12N	(3) No. 9	vs. (11) Washington Quarterfinals	W 58–46	15–4	Michelob Ultra Arena (38) Paradise, NV
March 5, 2021 8:00 p.m., P12N	(3) No. 9	vs. (2) No. 11 Arizona Semifinals	W 58–49	16–4	Michelob Ultra Arena (0) Paradise, NV
March 7, 2021 5:00 p.m, ESPN2	(3) No. 9	vs. (1) No. 4 Stanford Finals	L 55–75	16–5	Michelob Ultra Arena (0) Paradise, NV
NCAA Tournament
March 22, 2021 7:00 p.m., ESPN	(3 H) No. 9	vs. (14 H) Wyoming First Round	W 69–48	17–5	Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX
March 24, 2021 6:00 p.m., ESPN2	(3 H) No. 9	vs. (6 H) Texas Second Round	L 62–71	17–6	Alamodome San Antonio, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. H=HemisFair. All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings[]

Ranking Movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Final
AP	9	9	11	11	10	11	9	8	6	5	5	8	8	10	9	10	9
Coaches	10	11	11	11	12	9	8	6	5	4	7	9	10	9	10	9

References[]

^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships".
^ "2020-21 Women's Basketball Schedule". uclabruins.com. UCLA Athletics. Retrieved March 17, 2021.

[1] "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships".

[2] "2020-21 Women's Basketball Schedule". uclabruins.com. UCLA Athletics. Retrieved March 17, 2021.

[1]

[2]

v t UCLA Bruins women's basketball
Venues	Pauley Pavilion (1974–present)
Rivalries	USC Crosstown Cup
Culture & lore	Joe Bruin
People	Head coaches
	1977–78 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
AIAW and NCAA national championships in bold; AIAW and NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

2020–21 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team

Contents

Previous season[]

Offseason[]

Departures[]

2020 recruiting class[]

Roster[]

Schedule[]

Rankings[]

See also[]

References[]


v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Stanford†	19	–	2	.905	31	–	2	.939
No. 11 Arizona	13	–	4	.765	21	–	6	.778
No. 9 UCLA	12	–	4	.750	17	–	6	.739
No. 23 Oregon	10	–	7	.588	15	–	9	.625
Oregon State	7	–	6	.538	12	–	8	.600
Colorado	8	–	8	.500	12	–	11	.522
Washington State	9	–	10	.474	12	–	12	.500
USC	8	–	10	.444	11	–	12	.478
Arizona State	6	–	9	.400	11	–	12	.478
Utah	4	–	15	.211	5	–	16	.238
Washington	3	–	13	.188	7	–	14	.333
California	1	–	12	.077	1	–	16	.059

† 2021 Pac-12 Tournament winner As of March 29, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll