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Fresh off national title, UCLA adds impact transfer KK Bransford

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Cori Close wasn’t kidding when she said her team was going to reload. The UCLA women’s basketball coach added a fifth transfer on Tuesday when the Bruins secured a commitment...

Cori Close wasn’t kidding when she said her team was going to reload. The UCLA women’s basketball coach added a fifth transfer on Tuesday when the Bruins secured a commitment from former Notre Dame guard KK Bransford. Notre Dame guard KK Bransford missed her entire junior season due to injury before he senior season was cut short last year after suffering a midseason knee injury.

Getty Images A versatile player who will be a redshirt senior next season, the 5-foot-11 Bransford played every position except center for the Fighting Irish. Last season, she averaged 7. 4 points, 4.

0 rebounds, 1. 3 assists and 1. 1 steals while missing 12 games because of a midseason knee injury.

Bransford started nine of 24 games in her final season with the Irish and made 27. 3% of her 3-pointers on low volume, taking only 22 shots from long range. The previous season, Bransford redshirted because of a lower-body injury.