Plum scores 44 as Washington wins
EUGENE, Ore. — Kelsey Plum scored 44 points, Chantel Osahor had 18 points and 12 rebounds, and No. 9 Washington rolled to a 99-77 Pac-12 victory over Oregon on Friday.
Heather Corral added a career-high 19 points with five 3-pointers for the Huskies (14-1, 2-0), who won their 11th consecutive game since losing at then-No. 1 Notre Dame six weeks ago.
Ruthy Hebard led the Ducks (10-3, 0-1) with 25 points. (10) UCLA 67, UTAH 56: In Los Angeles, Jordin Canada had 18 points and seven assists to lead UCLA to a victory over previously unbeaten Utah (11-1) in the Pac-12 opener for both teams.
Monqiue Billings added 10 points and 13 rebounds for the Bruins (10-2). (13) STANFORD 64, (18)
ARIZONA STATE 57: In Tempe, Ariz., Erica McCall had her sixth double-double of the season, Karlie Samuelson scored 16 and Stanford scored the last six points in its win over Arizona State in the Pac-12 opener for both teams.
Sophie Brunner’s layup with 2:13 left in the third quarter gave Arizona State (9-3) a 42-41 lead, but Samuelson hit a 3 during a 7-0 run to close the quarter. The Sun Devils went more than five minutes without a field goal and Stanford (11-2) led 50-44 with 7:16 remaining. Reili Richardson and Quinn Dornstrauder each converted 3-point plays during a 9-2 spurt that pulled Arizona State within one with 1:19 to go, but McCall and Samuelson combined to make 6 of 7 from the free throw line as ASU missed its last three shots and committed two turnovers. (19) VIRGINIA TECH 88,
DELAWARE STATE 48: In Blacksburg, Va., Chanette Hicks had 14 points, seven assists and five steals and Virginia Tech finished its nonconference season undefeated.
The Hokies (13-0) pulled away with a 20-3 run to lead 35-14 in the second quarter and stretched the margin to
65-25 with a 23-4 run in the third quarter.
NaJai Pollard led the Hornets (1-11) with 24 points. SOUTHERN CAL 79, (20)
COLORADO 54: In Los Angeles, Sadie Edwards and Courtney Jaco combined for 30 points and powered Southern Cal to a dismantling of Colorado in a Pac-12 opener.
Four Trojans (10-2) reached double figures — Edwards, 16, Jaco 14, Minyon Moore 12 and Aliyah Mazyck 11 — while shooting 47 percent and harassing the Buffaloes into 24 turnovers.
The loss was the secondstraight for Colorado (10-2). (22) OREGON STATE 80, WASHINGTON STATE 58: In Corvallis, Ore., Marie Gulich had career highs of 27 points and 13 rebounds to help Oregon State beat Washington State.
The Beavers (12-2, 1-0 Pac12) scored 12 straight over a seven-minute stretch to open up a 33-23 lead late in the first half.
Ivana Kmetovska and Chanelle Molina had 11 points apiece for WSU (5-8, 0-2). (23) SOUTH FLORIDA 74, STETSON 60: In Tampa, Fla., Maria Jespersen scored a career-best 26 points and had 15 rebounds as South Florida pulled away in the third quarter and cruised to a victory over Stetson (11-4).
Jespersen shot 10 of 19 from the floor. Kitija Laksa added 20 points on 8-of-26 shooting for the Bulls (11-1). State
WNMU-NMSU: In Las Cruces, the Aggies (7-6) conclude 2016 today at 2 p.m. as host of Western New Mexico (4-7). EASTERN NEW MEXICO 82, SUL ROSS STATE 46: In Portales, Daeshi McCants scored 15 points to lead ENMU (8-3) to a blowout win.
SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES & TECHNOLOGY 81, NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS 56: In Las Vegas, N.M., Ari Baca scored 19 points as the Cowgirls (2-8, 1-6 RMAC) lost to the Hardrockers (4-8, 2-5).