No. 2 UCLA women rout Niagara after opening on 23-0 run

Gabriela Jaquez scored a game-high 23 points and Londynn Jones had 21 as No. 2 UCLA beat Niagara 97-46 Saturday at the Cayman Islands Classic.

Angela Dugalic added 14 points and had seven rebounds for the Bruins (6-0), who scored the game’s first 23 points.

Niagara finally got on the board when Destiny Strother made a pair of free throws with 2:19 left in the first quarter. She finished with 16 points for the Purple Eagles (2-4).

The Bruins finished with 54 rebounds to Niagara’s 27. They outscored the Purple Eagles 64-10 in the paint in the first meeting between the schools.

A day after beating No. 6 Connecticut, UCLA rested some of its starters. Center Lauren Betts played five minutes. She opened the scoring 22 seconds into the game and those were her only points.

Kiki Rice played 20 minutes after finishing two assists shy of a triple-double Friday night. She had eight points and eight assists. Charisma Osborne contributed seven rebounds, five assists and four points.

UCLA’s bench scored 48 of its 97 points, and 11 Bruins scored, a season high.