Lauren Betts, whose UCLA Bruins take on UConn in the second national semifinal Friday in Tampa, is fast joining the Lakers’ Luka Doncic as one of freshest new faces in the L.A. hoops scene.

While Betts would have been a premiere WNBA prospect for the 2025 draft, she'll remain a Bruin for another year. Here's why.

The Bruins’ 6-foot-7 star, brave enough to open up about the times in her life that left her feeling small, was again her team’s self-assured center of attention in an NCAA Tournament victory over ...

Lauren Betts has spent the past year working on her mental game. It's helped her. And UCLA. Now, she'll pay in the women's March Madness Final Four.

Lauren Betts finished with 14 points and six rebounds and No. 1-seeded UCLA capitalized on its size advantage to dominate Southern 84-46 in the opening round of the NCAA tournament.

Let's take a look at why the likes of USC's JuJu Watkins, UConn's Azzi Fudd, UCLA's Lauren Betts or TCU's Olivia Miles aren't ...

Lauren Betts took center stage in the Final Four, as the UCLA star attempted to lead the Bruins against the UConn Huskies. In the second game of a star-studded two-game slate in the women’s Final Four ...

Lauren Betts finishes with 30 points as UCLA goes on a scoring spree in the second half to defeat Richmond 84-67 and reach the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament.

In the latest episode of the UCLA Bruins Insider Podcast, Madeleine Considine breaks down how the 2025 WNBA Draft has barely concluded and yet all eyes are alre ...

Look back at Lauren Betts' biggest moments from UCLA's terrific 2024-25 season, where the first-team All-American and ...

And a big reason for the top-seeded Bruins storybook season has been their starting center, junior Lauren Betts. Betts, who hails from Centennial, Colorado, has been a force to be reckoned with ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. UCLA center Lauren Betts, second from left, hugs UCLA guard Gabriela Jaquez (11) during the second half of a ...