UCLA 13, Michigan 17.
Michigan came out playing quick and hard and our shots weren't falling early. Kneepkens, Rice and Jaquez each missed a three early. Our defense slowed the small wolves down some though to give us some time to warm up a bit.
There is a factor of time involved as both UCLA and UConn tend to wear opponents down as the minutes pass in games.
With the score 10-4 they had their first media Time Out, Bruins cut it to two and had a chance to even it but Sienna got a feed underneath and again turned into the defense with her left hand getting shut down. Then Gabriela hit her first three and closed it to a one point game at 11-12. Terrific hustle and hard defense on both sides. UM got a bank off the backboard for a three, Lauren scored inside late, and UM hit a jumper at the buzzer for the lead after one.
Boards are even, points in the paint are even, defense is the Mae of the game to this point. UM has made two more shots than have the Bruins including two threes to our one (out of six attempts).
Q2 coming up - one has the feeling this one will be decided in the second half