UCLA: UCLA's Gabriela Jaquez drops 1-word reaction to Lauren Betts’ stylish off-court outfit snaps

Lauren Betts is stepping out in style this offseason. The UCLA star shared three of her recent outfits on Instagram on Wednesday.

Teammate Gabriela Jaquez hyped her up in the comments with a one-word reaction.

"Beauty," Jaquez commented.

Gabriela Jaquez shows love to UCLA teammate Lauren Betts in her IG comments

Betts has been keeping fans up to date on her offseason adventures via Instagram. The Bruins center has posted many outfit pictures, photos of travel, food, friends and snaps of the work she's doing this offseason. Betts spoke at the Business of Women's Sports Summit in April and visited with kids at the Mattel Children's Hospital earlier this month.

The UCLA star is staying busy ahead of her senior campaign and is getting creative with her sense of style.

Lauren Betts' standout junior season at UCLA

Lauren Betts is coming off the best season of her college career. After spending her freshman campaign at Stanford, the 6'7" center transferred to UCLA. She was an immediate difference maker for the Bruins, serving as a starter in both seasons of her tenure at UCLA, but emerged as a star as a junior.

This season, Betts led the Bruins with 20.2 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 64.8%.

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Betts helped guide her squad to its first-ever Big Ten Tournament championship in program history. In a 72-67 championship game win over rival USC, the center contributed 17 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists. She highlighted her defensive depth with 4 steals and 4 blocks. NCAA analyst Rachel Annamarie DeMita discussed Betts' performance and attitude in the championship win on Youtube.

"One of my favorite moments from it, it was so funny. Lauren Betts, she had a huge game," DeMita said. "Right as they won and the buzzer went off, she's running over to her bench, and she's initially pointing to her bench, and then she turns and points to the USC bench."

After the big win, the Bruins received a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Betts saved some of her best basketball for the postseason, recording 23.6 points, 8.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game. She added 1.0 steals and 3.0 blocks per game.

UCLA made a March Madness run to the first Final Four appearance in program history. After a dominant junior campaign, Betts aims to hone her skill set in her senior season with the Bruins.

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Lindsey Ware is a college sports journalist at Sportskeeda with over five years of experience working with publications such as The News & Observer, The Daily Tar Heel, Triangle Tribune and Cardiac Cane. She has also worked for Major League Baseball, The Holly Springs Salamanders, The Tri-City Chili Peppers, Tuffy Talk, Super Meteors Basketball, Just Good Network and Living Sport.

Lindsey has a Bachelor’s Degree in Media and Journalism from UNC Chapel Hill. Her education allowed Lindsey to gain experience in sports communication, which she honed in internships. Other than being a storyteller and sports fanatic, Lindsey is also a social media and marketing specialist.

Her favorite college team is UNC, although she grew up a N.C. State fan as both of her parents are Wolfpack alumni. Michael Jordan was a huge deal in North Carolina when Lindsey was growing up, and after a summer spent at UNC’s Sports Journalism Camp back in high school, Lindsey was set on being a Tar Heel.

Lindsey's favorite college coach of all time is Roy Williams. During her time attending UNC Chapel Hill and writing for The Daily Tar Heel, Lindsey was lucky enough to meet and speak with Williams a few times. He was like a celebrity on UNC’s campus and was beloved for his coaching style and success with the Tar Heels, accumulating three NCAA championship titles in 18 years.

When not watching or writing about sports, Lindsey enjoys reading, trying new restaurants and coffee shops, and spending time with my friends, family and dog. She also likes to journal, watch movies and paint.

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