This post was updated Feb. 15 at 4:48 p.m.

UCLA football coach Bob Chesney, former men’s basketball forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. and three-time Olympian Jackie Joyner-Kersee were all at Pauley Pavilion on Sunday.

If the trio wished to see what a major program at UCLA can accomplish, then they could not have watched a better match.

No. 2 UCLA women’s basketball (25-1, 15-0 Big Ten) wiped out Indiana (14-13, 3-12) 92-48 at Pauley Pavilion for the Bruins’ second-widest margin of victory against a conference opponent this season.

After amassing 18 turnovers against No. 13 Michigan State on Wednesday, UCLA cut that figure to four against Indiana – while forcing the latter to give up the ball 20 times.

“I love to study elite teams from all different sports,” said coach Cori Close. “There’s about four things that are pretty steady, and one of them is you can’t give away plays.

Close, senior guard Kiki Rice and senior center Lauren Betts added that the team had to do a bike sprint for every turnover the Bruins committed against the Spartans, as well for the team’s “passion play” deficit – all while watching video of every error on screen.  

But after Sunday’s performance, the whole experience – which Close said is just one example of how her team teases she’s the least popular coach – the pair of seniors were able to laugh about it.

Lauren Betts and freshman forward Sienna Betts totaled 26 points while each recorded one of the team’s two blocks – possibly beating the Jaquez siblings’ stardom on the night. 

“It speaks to how talented this team is,” Lauren Betts said. “If they’re going to double, triple (team me), I’m going to find somebody who’s able to score.”

Lauren Betts made the 2025-26 campaign her third straight with double-digit double-doubles, garnering 16 points and 14 boards.

Meanwhile, Sienna Betts’ 10 points – eight coming in the third quarter – produced her fourth double-digit performance in her last six games.

Despite an 0-for-3 showing in the second half, Charlisse Leger-Walker posted her most points in seven games with 12, courtesy of a perfect 4-for-4 from the field and 2-for-2 from deep in the second quarter.

On a team powered by its upperclassmen, freshman guard Lena Bilić – just one of three freshmen on the veteran team – appeared more than capable of carrying her weight. Despite playing just 17 minutes, the Zagreb, Croatia, local put up eight points on 4-for-4 shooting, including two baskets from deep and three offensive rebounds.

“I looked her in the eye (yesterday),” Close said. “I said, ‘Lena, I have never wavered one time about the big dog I think you’re going to grow into.’ She’s not just a good player for us. I mean, she’s going to be a pillar of what we do moving forward.”

In the third quarter, Bilić cut across the baseline to retrieve an errant ball before delivering an on-the-run pass to Rice, promptly making a two-point basket.

Rice came alive in that third frame, turning around what was a 1-for-5 night at the half with nine points off 4-for-4 shooting. Ultimately, the Bruin point guard finished with 17 points on 7-for-13 shooting, giving her eight straight games with 10-plus points.

“In the second half, the way we continued to compete throughout the whole game, regardless of the scoreboard, was something I was really proud of,” Rice said. “We had set some tough goals for us. …To see us get those goals, that’s a testament to the way we continue to work.”

The Bruins’ pink shoes – in celebration of UCLA’s “Play4Kay” game – seemed to give the team flamingo-like balance as the team recorded 40 points in the paint and went 10-for-23 on layups.

By the final buzzer, UCLA had seven players with 10-plus points. 

“We want to be a really well balanced team,” Lauren Betts said. “We want to make sure that we use every person’s skills on this team. We’ve done a really good job of just continuing to do that every single day in practice.”

With UCLA’s win and No. 8 Ohio State’s loss to No. 20 Maryland, a No. 7 Michigan – which plays No. 13 Michigan State on Sunday – loss or an additional UCLA victory over its next three games would clinch the program its first-ever No. 1 seed in the Big Ten tournamen