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CANCUN, Mexico -- UCLA coach Cori Close was more delighted with Monique Billings performance at the foul line than the career high in points she had.Billings scored 27 points, going 9 for 9 on free throws, to lead the ninth-ranked Bruins to a 78-65 win over Iowa on Thursday night at the Cancun Challenge.Im so excited for Billings, Close said. Im in the business to watch young women grow, and she shot under 50 percent as a freshman and got better as a sophomore. Even a few weeks ago, she had a tough night from the free throw line. Im thrilled for her career high, but most proud of her growth from the free throw line.Billings also made nine of her 12 shots from the field for UCLA (4-1). But the star junior forward was particularly pleased with her perfect night at the foul line.I practiced it this week. Struggled last week, Billings said. I tried to get better at it and happy I finished.UCLA led by four at halftime and Iowa (4-2) cut the margin to two early in the third quarter, but was unable to get any closer.Compliments to Iowa. I think they are such a fundamentally sound basketball team, Close said. They know who they are. They play hard. They are really focused to get what they want.Jordin Canada and Kennedy Burke each added 13 points for UCLA.Ally Disterhoft scored 16 points and Megan Gustafson added 15 to lead the Hawkeyes.They went mostly zone against us. Surprised how much that really hurt us, Iowa coach Lisa Bluder said. We werent able to get the ball inside. Megan was doing a great job inside.After a back-and-forth first half, UCLA led 42-38 at the break. Trailing 35-30, the Bruins went on a 12-3 run to close the opening 20 minutes.We competed with them. Knock down some shots and take care of the ball better and theres always that what if? Bluder added.BIG PICTUREUCLA: After falling one assist short of a second consecutive triple-double on Sunday, Canada had two rebounds and six assists in this one. ... For the first time since 1999-2000 and the third time in program history, UCLA was picked to win the Pac-12.Iowa: The Hawkeyes fell to 7-2 all-time in Cancun. ... Coming into the game, the Hawkeyes led the nation in rebounds with 239 in five games. ... Disterhoft has reached double figures in 84 of her 90 career starts.STELLAR SOPHOMOREIowa sophomore Hannah Stewart tied a career high with 10 points and added six rebounds. Her effort impressed Bluder.Hannah did a really good job for us, the coach said. We need to have more people put the ball in the hole from the outside for us.UP NEXTUCLA plays Toledo in its final game in Cancun.Iowa faces James Madison on Friday in its tournament finale. 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In a season of multiple firsts for Greater Western Sydney, another prestigious one looms tantalisingly within reach.With two more victories the Giants would secure an AFL flag faster than any non-Victorian club.Locked in to a home preliminary final showdown with Western Bulldogs on Saturday, GWS are hurtling towards the end of their fifth season.No club starting from scratch outside Victoria has won a flag that quickly.A Giants premiership this year would also create another record as none of the non-Victorian clubs won a flag in their first finals campaign.West Coast won their first flag in their sixth year in 1992 and added a second two years later.The two SA clubs got there almost as quickly, with the Crows taking seven years and Port Adelaide eight.The Giants were far from the fastest of the non-Victorian clubs to make a finals debut.West Coast made it in just their second season and the two South Australian clubs got there in their third.Some clubs had longer growing pains.Fremantle and the Brisbane Bears each had to wait till their ninth season before they got a taste of finals action.Brisbanes extraordinary hat-trick of titles from 2001-2003 didnt materialise until they became the Lions, having merged with Fitzroy in 1996.The two South Australian and West Australian clubs were built along different lines from the leagues two youngest clubs, Gold Coast and GWS, who were loaded with high draft picks but were relatively light on players with AFL experience.It (the list building method) was different, but whether the quality of player was any greater or less, thats subjective, said Giants general manager of football operations Wayne Campbell.But they didnt just go through the draft, they were given players essentially.ddddddddddddBrisbane got the Fitzroy players that went up there that they could then either have or trade.It was done differently but all the sides had success relatively quickly.You look at Port Adelaide and Adelaide and West Coast when they came into the competition and when Fitzroy merged with Brisbane.They (all) had success in a relatively similar period of time (to the Giants), so its not unprecedented.THE WAIT FOR FINALS SUCCESS FROM NON-VICTORIAN CLUBS STARTING FROM SCRATCH:ADELAIDE*Year entered comp: 1991*Flags won: 2 (1997, 98)*How many seasons to make first final :3*How far in first finals campaign: Lost prelim finalBRISBANE (factors in Lions and Bears)*Year entered comp: 1987*Flags won: 3 (2001-2-3)*How many seasons to make first final: 9*How far in first finals campaign: Lost quarter-finalFREMANTLE*Year entered comp: 1995*Flags won: 0*How many seasons to make first final: 9*How far in fIrst finals campaign: Lost elimination finalGOLD COAST*Year entered comp : 2011*Flags won: 0*How many seasons to make first final: Yet to make finalsGREATER WESTERN SYDNEY*Year entered comp: 2012*Flags won: 0*How many seasons to make first final: 5*How far in first finals campaign: Through to prelim finalPORT ADELAIDE*Year entered comp: 1997*Flags won: 1 (2004)*How many seasons to make first finals: 3*How far in first finals campaign: Lost qualifying finalWEST COAST*Year entered comp: 1987*Flags won: 3 (1992, 1994, 2006)*How many seasons to make first final: 2*How far in first finals campaign: Lost elimination final ' ' '