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Ukube kwakunjalo Charisma OsborneUmdlalo wokugcina kaPauley Pavilion, uphethe ngokuwa kwe-mic.
Umuntu omdala ongase abe ngumfundi osezingeni eliphezulu we-WNBA kulo nyaka uma ekhetha ukuba ngumpetha esikhundleni sokusebenzisa isizini eyodwa yokufaneleka eholwa yimbewu yesine. UCLA endaweni yayo yokuqala ye-Sweet16 kusukela ngo-2019 ngokuthola amaphuzu aphezulu angama-36 futhi wengeze ama-rebound ayisishiyagalombili nabasizi abane ngoMsombuluko ebusuku ekunqobeni ngama-82-73 behlula i-Oklahoma enembewu yesihlanu.
Ukudlulela ku-Sweet16 okwesihlanu ngaphansi komqeqeshi u-Cori Close, ama-Bruins (27-9) azodlala no-No.1 oseed South Carolina ngoMgqibelo e-Greenville, SC, emdlalweni oyimpinda yomdlalo osondelene we-nonconference lapho umpetha wezwe ovikelayo u-Gamecocks. iphumelele enkantolo yasekhaya.
Ngemuva kokuphinda kabili ukunqoba kwe-UCLA ngomzuliswano wokuqala ibhekene ne-Sacramento State, u-Osborne wabophela umsebenzi wakhe wangaphambilini phezulu ekushayeni amagoli amathathu okuphonswa sekwephuzile okwamnika amaphuzu angu-32, kodwa kwaba ukugxuma kwakhe okuphakathi nendawo okusele u-1:37 okubonakale kuyinkemba. . Ishodi libeke amaBruins phambili ngamaphuzu angu-10 ngemuva kokuthi bengene ku-quarter behle ngelilodwa. Bawuvalile umdlalo bekude nomugqa wokuphosa mahhala, lapho benze ama-try angu-21 kwangu-23 ngekota yesine baqeda angu-25 kwangama-28 emdlalweni.
I-UCLA ingene kulo mdlalo ngejubane ukuze iqophe irekhodi lesikole lokudutshulwa kwamahhala ngesizini ku-77.4%.
Ngemuva kokuthi u-Osborne ebhoboze ukuphonswa kwamahhala okubili kokugcina, u-Vala ukhiphe umdlali omkhulu esikhundleni somdlalo. Uphakamise izandla ebhekise esixukwini abalandeli bemi. Ababehlezi eduze kwaphansi bahlabelela bathi “Amashumi amathathu nesithupha! Amashumi amathathu nesithupha!”
Njengoba kwenza abakwaBruins kumdlalo wabo womzuliswano wokuqala bebhekene ne-Sacramento State, bagxumele e-Oklahoma kusenesikhathi. Iphonsela inselelo amaphuzu angu-14 angaphenduliwe abawalengise eSacramento State, i-UCLA yahlwitha i-run engu-13-0 phakathi kwekota yokuqala neyesibili ibhekene ne-Oklahoma, iholwa ngamaphuzu ayisikhombisa ku-Osborne.
U-Emily Bessoir, osedlale imidlalo emihlanu yokugcina enamaphuzu angu-14.8 kanye nama-rebounds angu-8.2 ngomdlalo ngamunye ku-postseason, uthole iphutha lakhe lesibili sekusele u-3:19 kwikota yokuqala. Kepha abakwaBruins baphendukela kuBessoir’s Germany’s Countrywoman uLina Sontag ukuze akhuliswe ebhentshini kwathi umuntu omusha waletha amaphuzu amathathu, abasizi ababili, ama-rebounds amabili namabhulokhi amathathu emizuzwini eyisithupha kwikota yokuqala.
Ngenkathi i-6-foot-3 entsha ingene emdlalweni ilinganisa amaphuzu amahlanu kanye nama-4.2 rebounds, i-Sontag ivele njengomdlali obalulekile we-Bruins. Uhlaka lwakhe olude kanye ne-IQ ephezulu kubonakala ekuphambukeni okuvame ukunganakwa.
“Akudingeki ukuthi abe ngumshayimagoli ohamba phambili, akumele kube nguyena ohamba phambili ngokuphindisela emuva,” kusho u-Osborne ngeledlule, “kodwa ukubona nje yonke imidlalo emincane, kukwenza ufune ukudlala ngokuzikhandla ngoba uyazi ukuthi uzokunika konke anakho.”
USontag usize ukuvala icala eliqhumayo lase-Oklahoma elibanjwe lafinyelela inani lesithathu eliphansi kakhulu engxenyeni yokuqala yale sizini njengoba i-UCLA ibihamba phambili ngo-41-28 ngesikhathi sekhefu.
Kodwa i-UCLA ayikwazanga ukugcina iqembu lesibili elingcono kakhulu esizweni ubusuku bonke. I-Sooners inqume i-UCLA ehamba phambili nge-run 14-0 kwikota yesithathu. I-jumper esuka ku-Ana Llanusa ku-1:30 mark of the third quarter inikeze ama-Sooners ukuhola ngephuzu elilodwa, okuyingxenye ye-run enwetshiwe engu-18-2.
I-Sooners idubule u-76.9% enkundleni ngekota yesithathu kodwa yangena kweyesine ihamba phambili ngephuzu elilodwa ngemuva kokuthi u-Osborne eshaye amaphuzu amathathu sekusele imizuzwana emine. Lapho ebona i-layup yakhe eqhudelana naye iwela enethini, wampompa isibhakela futhi wamemeza njengoba enikeza ama-Bruins ukuphakama sekwephuzile eya kuhlaka lokugcina.
Umfutho uqhubekile njengoba amaBruins eqala ikota yesine ngokuphoqa ama-turnovers amathathu ezintweni ezine zokuqala zase-Oklahoma. Ngokucasulwa, abasha be-UCLA bakhuphuka. U-Londynn Jones wabeka ama-Bruins emuva ngaphambili nge-layup yokushayela. Bekuwubhasikidi wakhe wokuqala kulo mdlalo.
UJones noGabriela Jaquez bathole wonke amaphuzu ayisithupha okuqala e-UCLA kwikota yesine.
UJaquez uqede enamaphuzu ayisikhombisa nama-rebound amane esuka ebhentshini.
