scored 20 points and raced out to a big lead on its way to a over Creighton on Friday night in the Invisalign Bay Area Women’s Classic, winning .
Rice shot eight for 13 and also had five rebounds and four assists.
added 13 points and 14 rebounds for her second double-double for the Bruins (12-0, 1-0 Big Ten), whose stingy defense made Creighton’s top shooters uncomfortable.
UCLA shot 11 for 22 in the opening quarter — four of six from three-point range — to jump to a 26-4 lead.
The Bruins held a commanding 59-26 rebounding advantage — 29-12 in the first half on the way to a 42-23 lead at the break. grabbed 11.
Morgan Maly scored 15 points to lead the Bluejays (9-3, 1-0 Big East), whose eight-game winning streak ended.
The 6-foot-7 Betts sat out a second straight game with a leg injury she on Dec. 14. She averages team-bests of 19.8 points and 10.0 rebounds.
Creighton leading scorer Lauren Jensen was held to four points on two-of-15 shooting after coming into the game averaging 19.1 points.
Creighton was one for 13 in the opening quarter, missing all five of its threes to fall behind in a hurry and finishing five of 22 from deep.
The Bluejays are 0-4 in the series, having lost to UCLA 67-63 in the second round of last season’s NCAA tournament.
Bruins freshman guard increased her team-leading assists total to 63 through the first 12 games of her collegiate career.
UCLA begins Big Ten play on Dec. 29 when it hosts Nebraska.
