Monique Billings lifted the UCLA Womens’ basketball team to victory with her career night against Oregon.
Monique Billings was also a piece of the Bruins win Friday against then-top ten ranked Oregon State.
Billings and the Bruins are rolling in conference play.
They seem to be playing with more confidence and chemistry is showing. Not only that but in the last two games, two different players stepped up having big games.
Jordan Canada on Friday and Monique Billings on Sunday.
The UCLA Bruins ladies basketball team seem to be winning basketball games.
1:10 | 4Q @MoniqueeCharice with a career-high 30 points as UCLA leads Oregon 76-60. #GoBruins #BruinGrit pic.twitter.com/RSrUaYdsx9
— UCLA W. Basketball (@UCLAWBB) January 15, 2017
Monique Billings’ career night included her scoring a career high 30 points, while recording 14 rebounds, and six steals.
In her performance she earned a double-double and Billings was just four steals shy of a triple-double.
Also, she was inches shy of accomplishing a dunk in the game.
.@MoniqueeCharice Billings was so close! Says, "It will happen eventually." https://t.co/LbPeARzLEq
— UCLA W. Basketball (@UCLAWBB) January 16, 2017
Not only will she accomplish a dunk in the future, but she will earn herself a triple-double and beat her career high 30 points in a game.
Thanks to a big performance by Billings and teammates, they moved up from 17 to 13 in the AP Poll.
Billings wasn’t the only Bruin to have a good game; every starter scored and produced in this victory.
Playing as a team is what helped lead them to a win behind Monique Billings and move up in the rankings.
After a home sweep of the Oregon schools, the Bruins are up four spots to No. 13 in this week's @AP_Top25! #GoBruins #BruinGrit pic.twitter.com/85bqT8VYCi
— UCLA W. Basketball (@UCLAWBB) January 16, 2017
There were four Bruins in double figures. This game was a team effort, despite the bench not scoring.
During the postseason the bench will need to have production in the points department to have consistency when the starters need rest.
Even though they did not produce points, they did make hustle plays.
The Bruins only made 3 three-pointers, 12 free throws, and 32 shots from the field out of 73 attempts.
In addition to the bench producing, the Bruins will need to make the ball from downtown.
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Monique Billings career high night shows how much endurance the Bruins women are in and how dangerous they can be when everyone is clicking.