2019–20 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team

The 2019–20 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bruins, led by ninth year head coach Cori Close, played their home games at Pauley Pavilion and competed as members of the Pac-12 Conference.

2019–20 UCLA Bruins women's basketball
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 10
2019–20 record	26–5 (14–4 Pac-12)
Head coach	Cori Close (9th season)
Associate head coach	Shannon Perry-LeBeauf
Assistant coaches	Tasha Brown Tony Newnan
Home arena	Pauley Pavilion

2019–20 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Oregon†	17	–	1		.944			31	–	2		.939
No. 10 UCLA	14	–	4		.778			26	–	5		.839
No. 7 Stanford	14	–	4		.778			27	–	6		.818
No. 13 Arizona	12	–	6		.667			24	–	7		.774
No. 14 Oregon State	10	–	8		.556			23	–	9		.719
No. 25 Arizona State	10	–	8		.556			20	–	11		.645
USC	8	–	10		.444			17	–	14		.548
Utah	6	–	12		.333			14	–	17		.452
Colorado	5	–	13		.278			16	–	14		.533
Washington	5	–	13		.278			13	–	17		.433
Washington State	4	–	14		.222			11	–	20		.355
California	3	–	15		.167			12	–	19		.387
† 2020 Pac-12 Tournament winner As of January 29, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the NCAA Tournament was canceled. The Bruins finished the season 26–5 and 14–4 in conference play for a second-place tie in the Pac-12. They advanced to the semifinals of the Pac-12 Tournament, where they lost to Stanford. Had the NCAA Tournament not been canceled, the Bruins were projected to receive a #3-seed and to host a 1st/2nd Round pod. UCLA's overall winning percentage of .839 was its highest since the 2010–11 season, when the Bruins finished 28–5 (.848).

The Bruins were 17–0 when scoring at least 70 points and 22–0 when holding opponents to under 67 points.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Ahlana Smith	G	5'9"	Fr.	Charlotte, North Carolina	Transferred to Gulf Coast State College
Kennedy Burke	G	6'1"	Sr.	Northridge, California	Graduated; selected 22nd overall by the Dallas Wings in the 2019 WNBA Draft
Lajahna Drummer	F	6'1"	RS Sr.	Inglewood, California	Graduated
Chrissy Baird	G	6'1"	RS Sr.	Wheaton, Illinois	Graduated
Shayley Harris	F/C	6'5"	Fr.	Redding, California	Transferred to Santa Clara

2019 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Jaden Owens G	Plano, TX	Plano West	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 98
Charisma Osborne G	Moreno Valley, CA	Windward School	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 98
Brynn Masikewich F	Calgary, AB	Lincoln Prep	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 90
Camryn Brown G	Lewisville, TX	Prestonwood Christian	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	N/A
	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

2019–20 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) Jr Geelong College Geelong, Australia G 1 Kayla Owens 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS So Langham Creek Houston, TX G 3 Kiara Jefferson 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So West Campus Sacramento, CA G 4 Lindsey Corsaro 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS So Roncalli Indianapolis, IN F 5 Brynn Masikewich 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Lincoln Prep Calgary, Alberta F 10 Ally Rosenblum 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Mater Dei Newport Coast, CA G 13 Jaden Owens 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Plano West Plano, TX G 20 Charisma Osborne 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Windward School Moreno Valley, CA F 21 Michaela Onyenwere 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Grandview Aurora, CO G 23 Natalie Chou 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr Plano West Baylor Plano, TX G 24 Japreece Dean 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Vista Ridge Texas Tech Austin, TX F 33 Lauryn Miller 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Kirkwood Kirkwood, MO G 35 Camryn Brown 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Prestonwood Christian Lewisville, TX G 51 Eliana Sigal (W) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Tarbut V' Torah Irvine, CA	Head coach Cori Close (UC Santa Barbara) Assistant coach(es) Shannon Perry (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 Last update: November 18, 2019

• March 7, 2019 - The NCAA granted Japreece Dean an additional year of eligibility since she played in only two games at the start of her sophomore year at Texas Tech before transferring to UCLA. However, because of those two games she played, she would have to sit out the first two games of the 2019–20 season.

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/05/2019* 7:00 pm	No. 11	Weber State	W 85–55	1–0	Pauley Pavilion (1,259) Los Angeles, CA
11/09/2019* 2:00 pm	No. 11	Loyola Marymount	W 74–52	2–0	Pauley Pavilion (2,317) Los Angeles, CA
11/14/2019* 11:00 am	No. 11	Long Beach State	W 86–51	3–0	Pauley Pavilion (5,734) Los Angeles, CA
11/22/2019* 7:00 pm	No. 11	Northern Colorado	W 92–58	4–0	Pauley Pavilion (1,201) Los Angeles, CA
11/26/2019* 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 11	Yale	W 100–65	5–0	Pauley Pavilion (1,582) Los Angeles, CA
11/30/2019* 1:30 pm	No. 11	vs. UCF Cavalier Classic	W 61–56	6–0	John Paul Jones Arena  Charlottesville, VA
12/01/2019* 12:30 pm, ACCNX	No. 11	at Virginia Cavalier Classic	W 73–62	7–0	John Paul Jones Arena (2,621) Charlottesville, VA
12/07/2019* 4:00 pm	No. 11	at CSUN	W 58–44	8–0	Matadome (685) Northridge, CA
12/15/2019* 2:00 pm	No. 10	Pacific	W 68–57	9–0	Pauley Pavilion (1,502) Los Angeles, CA
12/19/2019* 8:00 am, SECN	No. 10	at Georgia	W 59–50	10–0	Stegeman Coliseum (7,123) Athens, GA
12/22/2019* 9:00 am, BTN	No. 10	at No. 12 Indiana	W 68–58	11–0	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (5,272) Bloomington, IN
Pac-12 regular season
12/29/2019 1:00 pm, P12N	No. 10	USC Rivalry	W 83–59	12–0 (1–0)	Pauley Pavilion (4,255) Los Angeles, CA
01/03/2020 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 10	Arizona State	W 68–66	13–0 (2–0)	Pauley Pavilion (1,582) Los Angeles, CA
01/05/2020 12:00 pm, P12N	No. 10	No. 18 Arizona	W 70–58	14–0 (3–0)	Pauley Pavilion (3,011) Los Angeles, CA
01/10/2020 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 8	at Utah	W 84–54	15–0 (4–0)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (3,053) Salt Lake City, UT
01/12/2020 11:00 am, P12N	No. 8	at Colorado	W 65–62	16–0 (5–0)	CU Events Center (2,808) Boulder, CO
01/17/2020 7:30 pm, P12N	No. 7	at USC Rivalry	L 68–70 ^2OT	16–1 (5–1)	Galen Center (1,527) Los Angeles, CA
01/24/2020 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 10	Washington	W 85–80 ^OT	17–1 (6–1)	Pauley Pavilion (2,412) Los Angeles, CA
01/26/2020 12:00 pm, P12N	No. 10	Washington State	W 66–50	18–1 (7–1)	Pauley Pavilion (2,501) Los Angeles, CA
01/31/2020 5:00 pm, P12N	No. 8	at No. 16 Arizona	L 66–92	18–2 (7–2)	McKale Center (7,407) Tucson, AZ
02/02/2020 11:00 am, P12N	No. 8	at No. 19 Arizona State	W 70–61	19–2 (8–2)	Desert Financial Arena (2,664) Tempe, AZ
02/07/2020 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 10	at No. 6 Stanford	W 79–69	20–2 (9–2)	Maples Pavilion (4,530) Stanford, CA
02/09/2020 2:00 pm, P12N	No. 10	at California	W 74–70 ^OT	21–2 (10–2)	Haas Pavilion (2,447) Berkeley, CA
02/14/2020 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 7	No. 3 Oregon	L 66–80	21–3 (10–3)	Pauley Pavilion (5,912) Los Angeles, CA
02/17/2020 6:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 8	No. 15 Oregon State	W 83–74 ^OT	22–3 (11–3)	Pauley Pavilion (5,994) Los Angeles, CA
02/21/2020 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 8	at Washington State	W 70–62	23–3 (12–3)	Beasley Coliseum (956) Pullman, WA
02/23/2020 12:00 pm, P12N	No. 8	at Washington	L 68–74	23–4 (12–4)	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,123) Seattle, WA
02/28/2020 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 9	Colorado	W 62–52	24–4 (13–4)	Pauley Pavilion (1,937) Los Angeles, CA
03/01/2020 1:00 pm, P12N	No. 9	Utah	W 77–54	25–4 (14–4)	Pauley Pavilion (2,899) Los Angeles, CA
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/06/2020 6:00 pm, P12N	(2) No. 8	vs. (7) USC Quarterfinals	W 73–66	26–4	Mandalay Bay Events Center  Paradise, NV
03/07/2020 8:30 pm, P12N	(2) No. 8	vs. (3) No. 7 Stanford Semifinals	L 51–67	26–5	Mandalay Bay Events Center (7,266) Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	8	7	10	8	10	7	8	9	8	10	10
Coaches	11	N/A	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	8	10	9	10	8	7	8	7	9	9

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

Honors

• December 2, 2019 – Japreece Dean was named the Pac-12 Player of the Week
• December 23, 2019 – Michaela Onyenwere received her first-ever Pac-12 Player of the Week
• February 10, 2020 – Michaela Onyenwere was named the Pac-12 Player of the Week

See also

2019–20 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

References

1. "UCLA Athletics". UCLABruins.com. Retrieved 2019-11-18.