On Monday, the No. 13 Ohio State Buckeyes (9-1) will host No. 2 UCLA Bruins (9-0) at 6:30 p.m. ET on Fox Sports 1.
Both teams are currently on long winning streaks, with the Bruins unbeaten this year with nine straight wins and Ohio State also on an nine-game winning streak, with their only defeat happening in the season opener against the JuJu Watkins-led USC Trojans.
One of these top programs will lose on Monday and head into their conference competition on a sour note. Which one will it be?
Don’t bet against Betts
There are a myriad of reasons the Bruins are playing the best basketball of anyone in the country. At the top of those reasons? Lauren Betts. Offensively, she’s the epicenter of everything the Bruins are doing. On the defensive side, everything gets funneled to her as she defends the rim and discourages just as many field goal attempts as she blocks.
With Betts as the biggest of bigs and the excellent guard play from the Bruins, no one has been able to crack the code and defeat this team. They have a near-perfect balance of dynamic players who spread the floor and can play well on the perimeter, while Betts takes care of the production from the inside. They may be on the road, but UCLA will be a force to be reckoned with in the Midwest.
If the Buckeyes…
