Can another Jaquez reach the Final Four with UCLA?
Bruins guard Gabriela Jaquez, a few years after her brother Jaime Jaquez Jr. led the Bruins from the First Four to the Final Four, looks to help UCLA women’s basketball to its first-ever Final Four appearance in the women’s NCAA Tournament on Sunday. The Bruins will take on No. 3 seed LSU.
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UCLA last made the Final Four in 1979, when the women’s tournament was still under the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW). The Bruins secured the No. 1 overall seed this season, with Gabriela Jaquez playing a large role.
Jaime Jaquez Jr., the No. 18 overall pick of the 2023 NBA draft, was an All-America selection at UCLA, and plays a key role for the Miami Heat in 2025.
Here’s everything to know about Gabriela and Jaime Jaquez as the brother-sister duo look to become a pair of UCLA players to make the Final Four:
Are Gabriela Jaquez, Jaime Jaquez Jr. related?
Yes. The UCLA women’s basketball guard is the younger sister to Jaime Jaquez Jr., a former Bruins All-American and Miami Heat guard.
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The two overlapped at UCLA for one season, when Gabriela Jaquez was a freshman and Jaime Jaquez Jr. was a senior in 2022-23.
Jaime Jaquez Jr. helped lead UCLA to the Final Four of the 2021 men’s NCAA Tournament alongside another future NBA guard in Johnny Juzang. He later became the Pac-12 Player of the Year in 2023 as a senior, averaging 17.8 points with 8.2 rebounds per game.
Gabriela Jaquez is quite the player herself, averaging 9.6 points with 5.1 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game while shooting 53% from the field in 31 starts this season.
Their parents, Angela and Jaime Jaquez Sr., both played basketball at Concordia University.
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Gabriela Jaquez stats
Here are Gabriela Jaquez’s year-by-year stat averages in college:
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2022-23: 6.3 points, 3.5 rebounds, 0.6 assists per game on 45.5% shooting
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2023-24: 10.0 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.6 assists per game on 47.8% shooting
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2024-25: 9.6 points, 5.1 rebounds, 2.2 assists per game on 53% shooting
Jaime Jaquez Jr. college stats
Here are Jaime Jaquez Jr.’s stat averages in college:
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2019-20: 8.9 points, 4.8 rebounds, 1.4 assists per game on 45.4% shooting
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2020-21: 12.3 points, 6.1 rebounds, 1.7 assists per game on 48.6% shooting
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2021-22: 13.9 points, 5.7 rebounds, 2.3 assists per game on 47.2% shooting
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2022-23: 17.8 points, 8.2 rebounds, 2.4 assists per game on 48.1% shooting
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Are Gabriela Jaquez, Jaime Jaquez related? What to know of UCLA guards
