This post was updated Dec. 20 at 7:30 p.m.

Coach Cori Close preaches consistency as the standard for her team.

Remaining consistent, though, is difficult to do when the bar is an 87-point victory.

Coming off its largest win differential in nearly five decades, No. 4 UCLA women’s basketball (11-1, 1-0 Big Ten) had no trouble following up its historic night with a 106-44 domination over Long Beach State (0-10, 0-2 Big West) Saturday afternoon at Pauley Pavilion. The second consecutive triple-digit victory closed nonconference play for the Bruins, who will commence the rest of their Big Ten slate Dec. 28.

“Our coaches have been doing a great job of pulling the standard, and we continue to talk about how that’s coming in every day ready to work,” said senior guard Gabriela Jaquez. “We took it and applied it in the game, … making sure we’re maintaining our focus, even though we’re up by how many points.”

Jaquez generated early separation for UCLA, opening the game with four 3-pointers on a perfect clip. Jaquez entered the game with a team-high 50% 3-point shooting percentage, and her 83% clip in Saturday’s game only improved her prolific accuracy rate.

Jaquez’s shooting efficiency paved the way for the Bruins, with the senior ending the game with 17 points and four rebounds. But it was UCLA’s depth that ultimately allowed for the back-to-back triple-digit outings.

Not only did Close’s squad score 45 points off the bench, but four of its five starters posted double digits, including graduate student guard Gianna Kneepkens, who notched her first double-double at UCLA with 10 points and 10 rebounds. 

“I’m not sure you’re going to find a roster of the country with as many diverse weapons as we have,” Close said.

Even freshman guard Christina Karamouzi – who averages 3.4 minutes per game played – logged her first-ever field goal with a successful attempt from the perimeter in the fourth quarter. 

Fellow freshman forward Sienna Betts made an early impact with four points across the initial frame, netting both her field goal attempts. Saturday was just the Centennial, Colorado, local’s second collegiate game after missing the first 10 games of the season because of a left lower leg injury.  

“I’m a really impatient person in every aspect, so being injured for the first time this long in my life – it was really, really hard to be able to be okay with it,” Betts said. “And coach Cori, the whole support staff, everyone in the whole program, … they really get me through it every single day.”

Betts’ minutes restriction was expanded to 15 minutes after she was limited to 10 minutes during Tuesday’s win. The increased court time allowed for boosted production from the freshman, who ended the game with 14 points and two assists.

One of those assists connected with her older sister, senior center Lauren Betts, as the pair’s chemistry was on display Saturday afternoon. Off the hands of her younger sister, Lauren Betts made a long-range shot from just inside the 3-point line in the second quarter. 

The reigning Naismith Defensive Player of the Year has discussed expanding her shooting range in the offseason, and she gave fans a taste of that with her first 3-point attempt of the season coming in the third quarter.  

The defensive dominance that held Cal Poly to just 28 points early in the week was on display Saturday for UCLA, limiting the Beach to just 32.7% from the field, compared to the Bruins’ 55.3%. 

Senior guard Kiki Rice’s nine defensive rebounds, which put her on the verge of double-double, helped limit Long Beach’s second-chance opportunities. 

“The two areas that we’re focusing in terms of growth right now are limiting three-point attempts by our opponents and defensive rebound percentage,” Close said. “I don’t think we’re boxing out as well as we need to.”

The dominant night ended with the third basket of the season from senior guard/forward Megan Grant, who generated some of the loudest cheers of the night when she landed a layup through contact, drawing a foul in the blowout’s closing minutes.