UCLA Beats South Carolina 79-51 For First Women's NCAA Title

This one was for coach Cori Close and Lauren Betts and all the current players wearing UCLA on their jerseys. But it was also for Ann Meyers Drysdale and Denise Curry and John Wooden, and every Bruin who poured into what would become the first NCAA championship in UCLA women's basketball history. The Bruins beat South Carolina 79-51 on Sunday in the national title game, and they did it the same way they have won all season -- with a dominating inside presence, an unselfish offensive approach and a suffocating defense that handed the Gamecocks their second-worst loss in NCAA tournament history.