Texas 44, at UCLA 51

PHOENIX (Interstat) — In a defensive struggle defined by critical plays in the final minute, the UCLA Bruins edged the Texas Longhorns 51-44 in a women’s NCAA Division I playoff game Friday night at Mortgage Matchup Center. A crowd of 15,856 watched as the top-seeded Bruins, now 35-1, advanced by surviving a ferocious challenge from a Texas team that finished its season at 35-4. The game, a rematch of a Longhorns victory in November, was a stark contrast to the high-scoring offenses both teams had displayed throughout the season, instead becoming a grinding battle of attrition. The most important part… Read more...