Julianne Hough Enjoys Hoop Time with Girlfriends After Split from Ryan Seacrest

By Andrea Billups

03/18/2013 at 10:10 AM EDT

She's getting by with a little help – and hoops – from her friends.

Just two day after sources officially confirmed a breakup with longtime boyfriend Ryan Seacrest, Julianne Hough was seen out cheering on the Los Angeles Lakers with galpals Kaley Cuoco, Briana Cuoco and Nina Dobrev.

The hot quartet seemed happy as they rooted for the home team (who beat the Sacramento Kings 113-102) from their choice courtside seats at L.A.'s Staples Center on Sunday.

Hough, 24, wearing sleek jeans, black ankle boots and an olive green shirt – a slight St. Patrick's Day fashion nod, perhaps – put on her best team spirit even as friends reported her upset by the split with Seacrest, 38, which was blamed on competing schedules and careers that kept them frequently apart.



Her Laker basketball outing came a day after Hough posted a photo on her Instagram account of a beach outing with girlfriends. "Beachin' with my bitches..." Hough captioned the group photo with the telling hashtag: #friendsarethebesttherapy.