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Janiah Barker's passion and toughness have helped vault UCLA to a No. 1 ranking

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Janiah Barker scored eight points, eight rebounds and four assists in UCLA 's 91 -54 win over Nebraska .

Barker was a star for the Texas A&M women's basketball team in the first NCAA tournament she played in.

She transferred to UCLA in the summer .

The Bruins coach Cori Close was shocked when Barker ’s agent reached out to explain she wanted to come to UCLA .

Barker is averaging 10 points and eight rebounds in 21 minutes per game for UCLA .

Her energy helped the Bruins dominate then-No. 1 South Carolina from wire to wire, rolling to a 77 -62 statement win.

"They knew I was a dog and they knew that they needed a little more toughness and they felt like I could give that to them".