{"id":107,"date":"2023-03-04T08:02:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-04T14:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thekingandqueenpub.com\/ucla-bruins-pull-off-historic-comeback-to-defeat-top-seeded-stanford-in-pac-12-semifinals\/"},"modified":"2023-03-04T08:02:05","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T14:02:05","slug":"ucla-bruins-pull-off-historic-comeback-to-defeat-top-seeded-stanford-in-pac-12-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thekingandqueenpub.com\/ucla-bruins-pull-off-historic-comeback-to-defeat-top-seeded-stanford-in-pac-12-semifinals\/","title":{"rendered":"UCLA Bruins Pull Off Historic Comeback to Defeat Top-Seeded Stanford in Pac-12 Semifinals"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UCLA Bruins pulled off a dramatic upset in the Pac-12 Tournament semifinals on Friday, coming back from a 16-point halftime deficit to defeat the top-seeded Stanford Cardinal 69-65. Freshman Kiki Rice led the Bruins with 22 points and made several key free throws late to seal the victory.[0]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

Cardinal's Cameron Brink had a double-double with 19 points and 11 rebounds, and Haley Jones added 15 points and 10 rebounds. Stanford had a 16-point lead midway through the second quarter, but UCLA launched a 9-2 run to open the fourth quarter and take their first lead since the opening seconds of the game.[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

Rice amassed 11 of her 22 points in the fourth quarter, including two free throws with 5.3 seconds left to secure the victory.[2]<\/a><\/sup> She was also 12-of-13 from the line. Emily Bessoir finished with 14 points and six rebounds, and Charisma Osborne added 13 points for the Bruins.[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

Despite the loss, Stanford is still on track to claim a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.[3]<\/a><\/sup> Brink dropped 19 points and had 11 rebounds for the Cardinal in the loss, and Jones finished with 15 points and 10 rebounds. The Cardinal shot 4-of-11 from 3-point range, and were the only two players to reach double digits in the scoring column.[3]<\/a><\/sup> <\/p>\n

The Bruins' remarkable comeback victory put them in the Pac-12 championship game, where they will face the winner of the Washington\/Oregon State semifinal.<\/p>\n

0. <\/span>“5-seed UCLA rallies in 4th quarter to stun 1-seed Stanford in semifinals of 2023 Pac-12 Women's Basketball Tournament” Yahoo Entertainment, 4 Mar. 2023, https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/5-seed-ucla-rallies-4th-044059402.html<\/a><\/p>\n

1. <\/span>“UCLA stuns top-seeded Stanford to reach Pac-12 tournament championship game” Yahoo Sports, 4 Mar. 2023, https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/ucla-stuns-top-seeded-stanford-to-reach-pac-12-tournament-championship-game-045254273.html<\/a><\/p>\n

2. <\/span>“Women\u2019s basketball: UCLA stuns Stanford with late rally in Pac-12 semifinals” BuffZone, 4 Mar. 2023, https:\/\/www.buffzone.com\/2023\/03\/03\/womens-basketball-ucla-stuns-stanford-with-late-rally-in-pac-12-semifinals<\/a><\/p>\n

3. <\/span>“‘Monumental' win over Stanford sends UCLA to Pac-12 Tournament title game” Pac-12.com, 4 Mar. 2023, https:\/\/pac-12.com\/article\/2023\/03\/03\/monumental-win-over-stanford-sends-ucla-pac-12-tournament-title-game<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The UCLA Bruins pulled off a dramatic upset in the Pac-12 Tournament semifinals on Friday, coming back from a 16-point halftime deficit to defeat the top-seeded Stanford Cardinal 69-65. Freshman Kiki Rice led the Bruins with 22 points and made several key free throws late to seal the victory.[0] Cardinal’s Cameron Brink had a double-double […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thekingandqueenpub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thekingandqueenpub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thekingandqueenpub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thekingandqueenpub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thekingandqueenpub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thekingandqueenpub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thekingandqueenpub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thekingandqueenpub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thekingandqueenpub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thekingandqueenpub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}