UCLA’s Kiki Rice takes next step in her senior season
LOS ANGELES — Kiki Rice has always been mild-mannered in front of the media, unafraid to honestly analyze what has and hasn’t worked in her first three years as a Bruin. The antithesis of such an approach would be aggressive; the type of basketball that Coach Cori Close has wanted the senior guard to embrace, the intense off- and on-ball defense with physical and confident shot-making – knowing the WNBA is watching No. 3 UCLA (16-1 overall, 6-0 Big Ten) with an eagle’s eye this season. Midway through the season, a journey where...