2020–21 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team

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.

2020–21 UCLA Bruins women's basketball
NCAA tournament, second round
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
AP	No. 9
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

2020–21 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings

	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

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.

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

College recruiting information

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Emily Bessoir F	Munich, Germany	Wilhelm-Hausenstein Gymnasium	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	N/A
	Star ratings: 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
	Star ratings: 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:

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	Canceled		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	Canceled		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	Canceled		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	Canceled		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	Canceled		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	Canceled		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	Canceled		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

Main article: 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball 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

See also

2020–21 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team