No. 1 UCLA women’s basketball team focused on improving after upset of South Carolina
LA TimesThe UCLA women’s basketball team is focused on improving after upsetting then-No. A day after UCLA was anointed the best women’s college basketball team in the country in the season’s opening month, Cori Close showed up at the practice facility to see another early riser. Close said she received an “amazing text” from Bruins legend Ann Meyers-Drysdale while also getting congratulated by professors, chancellors and former coaches. “The parity of our game,” Close said, “is just getting better.” While UCLA dominated South Carolina in every facet, Close identified several areas that needed improvement, including defensive rebounding, transition defense, communication and off-ball rotations. “Gabriela Jaquez said, ‘It makes me so excited that we were able to play at such a high level and we have so much more we need to grow in,’ ” Close said, referencing the junior forward who has established herself as one of the top reserves in the country because of her toughness and playmaking.
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