March Madness: I-UCLA ihlula iSacramento State, izodlala ne-Oklahoma

U-Charisma Osborne wayengakalungeli ukuvalelisa ku-Pauley Pavilion okwamanje.

Unogada omkhulu uhole i-UCLA ku-67-45 rout ngaphezu kweNo. 13 Sacramento State emzuliswaneni wokuqala womqhudelwano we-NCAA ngoMgqibelo ukuze atholele i-No. 4 Bruins ithuba lokugcina lokudlala phambi kwesixuku sasekhaya kulo nyaka.

I-UCLA izobhekana no-No. 5 seed Oklahoma ngoMsombuluko ngo-7 pm PDT indawo ku-Sweet 16 ngemuva kokuthi i-Sooners ihlule u-No. 12 Portland 85-63 ngoMgqibelo.

U-Osborne ukhanyise ikhono lakhe nxazonke elingamenza ukuba akhethe okusalungiswa kwe-WNBA kule sizini ngamaphuzu angu-11, ama-rebounds angu-12, abasizi abahlanu namabhulokhi amabili. Umgadli u-Emily Bessoir ube namaphuzu angu-14 kanye nama-rebounds ayisishiyagalombili kuyilapho umdlali omusha u-Kiki Rice enamaphuzu angu-15 aphezulu eqenjini, okuhlanganisa namaphuzu angu-10 ngekota yokuqala alingana nenani lamaphuzu e-Sacramento State ohlakeni lokuqala.

I-UCLA (26-9) manje isingu-7-0 emidlalweni yomqhudelwano ye-NCAA yomzuliswano wokuqala ngaphansi komqeqeshi u-Cori Close. Ukuwina ngoMsombuluko kuzothumela i-UCLA ku-Sweet 16 yayo yesihlanu yeminyaka engu-12 ka-Close futhi eyokuqala kubadlali bayo bamanje.

Ukushoda kokuhlangenwe nakho kwe-postseason ikakhulukazi kuwumphumela walolu bhubhane, olukhansele umqhudelwano we-NCAA ka-2020 ka-Osborne noCamryn Brown, ababengabadlali abasha eqenjini elalikleliswe kwabayi-11 abaphambili isizini yonke. Ngonyaka olandelayo, amaBruins akhishwa emzuliswaneni wesibili womqhudelwano wamabhamuza endaweni yaseSan Antonio ngenxa yezivumelwano ze-COVID-19.

Ecabanga ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe okuyingqayizivele kwangemva kwesizini, u-Osborne wamangala ngethuba lokuba nomqhudelwano “ovamile” kulo nyaka. Yilokho afike e-UCLA ukuzokufeza, futhi ngoMgqibelo, wenza ukulinda isikhathi eside kwakufanele.

U-Osborne ubedlala ngothando ngomsebenzi wakhe ophakeme ekubuyiseleni emuva ngesikhathi sekhefu, ehlisa amabhodi ayisishiyagalolunye ngamaphuzu ayisithupha nabasizi abane njengoba amaBruins ehola phambili ngamaphuzu angu-17 ngesikhathi sekhefu. Uqophe amabhlogo amaningi okwesibili kule sizini, futhi, ngokuzivikela, wasebenza njengomunye wabadlali abaqapha isihlabani saseSacramento State uKahlaijah Dean.

I-Big Sky MVP, eyayinesilinganiso samaphuzu angu-21.1 ngomdlalo ngamunye, ibanjelwe kumaphuzu angu-11 ekudubuleni kanzima okuthathu kwabangu-19. Ukudluliswa okuvela e-Oakland kuthole ama-rebound ayisithupha kanye nabasizi abahlanu njengesikhungo u-Isnelle Natabou ehola iSacramento State ngamaphuzu ayi-16 nama-rebounds ayi-10.