MIAMI — Heat forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. got back to Miami in the early hours on Monday morning. He spent the previous day in Phoenix, rooting for his sister, Gabriela, in the women’s college basketball national title game.

The younger Jaquez and her UCLA basketball team beat South Carolina on Sunday night, securing the program’s first national championship.

“I feel like I won a championship,” Jaquez said Monday after arriving back in South Florida around 5 a.m. “So I’m still feeling that love, but understanding that my season’s not over yet.”

Gabriela Jaquez is a standout in her own right. A guard for UCLA, she averaged 13.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.1 assists for the national champions. Jaquez notched a double-double in the title game, scoring 21 points and bringing in 10 rebounds.

“It’s got to be No. 1, for sure,” the Heat’s Jaquez said when asked if it was his sister’s best game. “She’s had pretty incredible ones in high school. I’ve seen her drop 50. But this one, just the determination and the will in this game was unbelievable.”

Watching from the stands, the Heat forward said he was confident in the Bruins. They went on to dominate South Carolina, winning by 28 points.

“I was very confident,” Jaquez said. “I was talking to my sister. I was talking to some of the staff about the game plan. I was like, I need to get the inside, see what you guys are feeling. And everyone felt very confident about the game. So that gave me a lot of peace going into it, thinking that they had that.”

When Jaquez played for the UCLA men’s team, he helped the Bruins reach the Final Four. But that UCLA team lost to Gonzaga, ending their title hopes. The younger Jaquez has what her brother could not secure: a national championship.

“She definitely has all the bragging rights,” Jaquez said, “and there’s nothing really I can say.”

Jaquez said he is proud that his family has helped the Bruins succeed in their time in college.

“This is something that’s going to stand the test of time, at least for my sister,” Jaquez said. “They can say whatever you want, but they can’t take away a championship. And once you put that up into the rafters, it’s going to hang there forever. I know both of the coaches there, they say legacy is overrated, but I think for her and our family, it definitely means a lot to be able to have an imprint on such a historic program and historic institution of UCLA.”