""Every once in a while on the court, you'll hear, like, the bickering from a sister standpoint, you know what I mean?" Rice said. "Like, it's a special tone, you know, it only happens between siblings and they'll be like, 'Lauren, shut up' or something like that and they get on each other and it happens quick and they move on pretty fast, but it's always funny.""
""By the end, there were tears everywhere," Close said Wednesday at Big Ten media day inside the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center. "It was very heartfelt, it was very genuine. It was just why she wanted to share this experience with her sister and why they needed to share it together.""
""UCLA was my school," Sienna told Close. "I don't want to go where my sister's going.""
Lauren Betts transferred from Stanford to UCLA at her parents' request, and her younger sister Sienna ultimately joined the program after an emotional presentation. Lauren's PowerPoint convinced Sienna to change her mind and join for Lauren's final college season. UCLA enters the season picked to win the Big Ten and contend for a national title, with Lauren and point guard Kiki Rice on the preseason all-conference team and teammates Gianna Kneepkens and Charlisse Leger-Walker also in contention. Sienna, a 6-foot-4 forward, is an early candidate for Big Ten freshman of the year and has practiced extensively alongside her 6-foot-7 sister, generating typical sibling bickering during drills.
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