Freeny is producing a growing legion of believers, with his coach leading the way. Referencing one of his measures of toughness, Cronin posed a hypothetical scenario: If a ball was dropped from the ceiling with both teams gathered in the middle of the court, who would come away with it?

Breaking down how each starter performed in the win over Nebraska.

It was an LA story when the Big Ten Conference announced its women’s basketball awards. UCLA and USC swept the major honors. Bruins center Lauren Betts was named Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year – becoming the first player in conference history to win both awards in the same season – while Cori Close was named Coach of the Year and graduate forward Angela Dugalic Sixth Player of the Year.

The New Zealand native had a big scoring game in Sunday’s win over USC women’s basketball, but her contributions go way beyond the stat sheet.

UCLA becomes the first women's basketball team in more than a decade to finish Big Ten play undefeated in a 73-50 victory over rival USC.

No. 2 UCLA has spent the past year celebrating one net-cutting ceremony after another. The Bruins won their first conference tournament title in nearly two decades last March.

The No. 9 Nebraska Cornhuskers and the UCLA Bruins meet Tuesday. Tip-off from Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California, is scheduled for 11 p.m. ET.

Charlisse Leger-Walker matches her season high with 20 points as the Bruins rout the Trojans, 73-50. UCLA finishes 18-0 in Big Ten play, completing the conference’s first undefeated women’s