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LOS ANGELES -- UCLA guard Jordin Canada was focused on grabbing the rebound she needed for her first triple-double.So when teammate Monique Billings flung away the rebounded ball they both held, Canada glared at her. Players and coaches on the UCLA bench all knew what was at stake and collectively groaned in disbelief.Everyone finished with smiles because Canada notched her 10th rebound with 48 seconds left.Canada had 11 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists to lead No. 9 UCLA to a 95-47 win over Southern University on Friday night.Its the sixth triple-double in school history, and Canada also crossed the 1,000-point mark, a milestone she didnt know about until after the game.Its also an honor. Its a great feeling to know that Ive put in the work, Canada said. Im very proud of myself, but its not all about points. Yes, its a great honor, but its not everything.Kennedy Burke led the Bruins with 23 points, including a career-high five 3-pointers. UCLA finished with a school-record 14 3-pointers, breaking the 12 set against Hawaii in 2009.Billings had a double-double with 22 points and 15 rebounds, her fifth consecutive since last season. She also set a career high with six steals.But she drew the ire of her point guard.We have goals that we have to meet. Mo was one rebound away from getting 15 rebounds, which was her goal, Canada said. I was one rebound away from getting a triple-double. At the time, I thought she already met her goal. When the ball went up we both had it, and I was screaming because I wanted it. She took it away. I was mad.I didnt realize she hadnt met her goal until afterward, so I felt bad. Were just really passionate about getting our goals.UCLA had just nine players available for the game. Four players are injured and have yet to play this season.Canada prides herself on passing, defending and, when a milestone is on the line, rebounding.Ive never seen Jordan so mad at me running down the court, said Billings, with a laugh. She got her rebound, too. So its all good.Skylar OBear scored 14 points and Briana Green added 12 for Southern (1-2).BIG PICTURE:Southern got the experience of playing one of the best teams in the country on the road and will have plenty of learning opportunities in a postgame film session.UCLA has its sights set on a national championship. With an 84-70 loss to No. 2 Baylor on the road four days ago, it showed theres work to be done. UCLA dominated Southern at home, where it plays so well, but hasnt won a road game against a ranked opponent in its last 13 consecutive games. After the loss to Baylor, UCLA likely will fall out of the top 10.QUOTABLE:I think were still not playing anywhere close to what were going to become. Thats a good news-bad news. 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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Simone Biles and Mallory Pugh are the fresh U.S. faces of the Rio Games.Up next: Ashima Shiraishi.The 15-year-old rock climbers sport debuts at the Tokyo Games in four years, and the daughter of Japanese immigrants is an early favorite to serve as the next American teen Olympic sensation.Shes a prodigy, said filmmaker Peter Mortimer, co-founder of the International REEL ROCK film tour, which this year features Shiraishi and fellow teen climber Kai Lightner, of Fayetteville, North Carolina.Already one of the worlds best rock climbers, male or female, Shiraishi (pronounced ASH-ih-mah shee-RAY-shee) isnt from a Colorado mountain town like you might expect. Shes a Brooklynite and the vanguard of a new generation of climbers coming out of urban rock wall gyms.Rock climbing is exactly what the International Olympic Committee had in mind when it passed new regulations allowing hosts cites to propose additional sports for their own games on what is essentially a trial basis.Tokyo added the traditional: baseball-softball -- hugely popular in Japan and absent since being dumped after the 2008 Beijing Games -- along with rock climbing and skateboarding, surfing and karate, all magnets for millennials .While the Olympic stamp will provide enormous boosts to these sports, its a two-way street: Olympic organizers and broadcasters need the new blood, too.The more classic Olympic disciplines are somewhat irrelevant to the younger generation, said Mortimer. These new sports are so popular with the kids.Or, as Shiraishi says: Like, young people are the next generation.And Shiraishi is just the kind of star the new sports need.At such a young age, shes already impressed fellow climbers and competition judges worldwide with her remarkable abilities more befitting seasoned climbers.Shes really climbing at the level now as the best men in the sport, Mortimeer said.dddddddddddd Many people think she will be the best climber, male or female, within a few years. Shes just incredibly strong, climbing since she was a kid, focused and disciplined with a strength-to-weight ratio thats just off the charts. Four years is a long time but shes definitely the gold medal favorite.The highest established grade in competitive climbing is known as V-15, something only a handful of men have ever accomplished. Shiraishi is the only female and the youngest climber ever to reach that score, and she just did it for the second time earlier this month in Melbourne, Australia.Shiraishis rise coincided with the sports exploding popularity as climbing spread from mountain towns to urban centers with the proliferation of rock climbing walls and gyms in the 1990s and 2000s.There are so many good gyms now that even if youre not from the mountains you can still be a good climber and have fun with it, Shiraishi said. And Im one of those people.In climbing, 40 competitors will take part in the disciplines of speed, bouldering (without a rope) and lead (also known as sport).Shiraishi counts as her inspiration 18-year-old Pugh in U.S. womens soccer and Biles, the 19-year-old American who soared to the all-around womens gymnastics title on Thursday, cementing her reputation as the best of her generation and perhaps ever.She wonders whether shell serve as an inspiration in Tokyo.The Olympics are something that inspires young people, Shiraishi said. When you add sports that attract younger people, more people watch and get inspired by them. So, I think its awesome.---AP Summer Games website: http://summergames.ap.org---Follow AP Sports Writer Arnie Melendrez Stapleton on Twitter: http://twitter.com/arniestapleton ' ' '