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UCLA bounces back with victory over Washington

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Charisma Osborne scored 11 of her 19 points in the fourth quarter to lift the No. 17 UCLA women to a 70-62 home win over Washington on Saturday to close the regular season.

The Bruins were coming off Thursday's upset loss to Washington State, which earned its first-ever victory at Pauley Pavilion.

KiKi Rice added 15 points Saturday for UCLA (22-8, 11-7 Pac-12).

Haley Van Dyke scored 12 points for the Huskies (15-13, 7-11).

The Bruins scored the first seven points of the third quarter to take a 4034 lead. Later, Rice made two free throws to make it 48-39. The lead was seven heading into the fourth.

Washington pulled within 57-53 midway through the final quarter on a Ladine 3. Osborne then hit a jumper and a 3-pointer and had nine points in an 11-2 run for a 13-point lead with less than two minutes to play.

Washington shot only 39% but was 8 of 18 (44%) from 3-point range and 14 of 14 from the foul line. The Huskies had 17 turnovers. UCLA shot 48% with six 3s.

UCLA led by 10 on a Jones layup late in the first quarter but the Huskies scored the last seven points to pull within 16-13. After a Bruins bucket to open the second quarter Washington scored seven more, taking a 20-18 lead on a 3-pointer by Ladine. Stines hit a 3 in the final minute of the quarter to give Washington a 34-33 lead at the break.

NO. 25 USC 68, WASHINGTON STATE 65, 2OT » The Trojans clawed back from a 19-point deficit to defeat the visiting Cougars in their regular-season finale.

USC (21-8, 11-7 Pac-12) outscored the Cougars (1910, 9-9) in the fourth 21-9.

WSU shot 56.5% from the floor in the first half, including 6 of 12 from 3-point range, to build a 32-16 lead at the break. USC, meanwhile, shot just 17.6% over the first 20 minutes.

The Trojans shot 60% in the fourth while the Cougars went 3 of 11.

USC was led by Kadi Sissoko, who had a game-high 18 points along with 13 rebounds. Destiny Littleton added 14 points.

WSU got 17 points apiece from Bella Murekatete and Charlisse Leger-Walker, who also had 10 rebounds. NO. 8 UTAH 84, NO. 3 STANFORD 78 » Gianna Kneepkens scored 28 points to lead the Utes to a victory over the visiting Cardinal and a share of their first regular-season Pac-12 title.

Alissa Pili finished with 14 points and Kennedy McQueen had 10 points, five rebounds, four assists and six steals for Utah (25-3, 153), which shares the conference title with Stanford.

Hannah Jump led Stanford (27-4, 15-3) with 24 points. Cameron Brink had 14 points, 12 rebounds and six assists, and Haley Jones added nine points and eight rebounds.

Utah led the entire second half, but Stanford pulled within one at 73-72 after Brink and Jones combined to make four straight baskets.

Kneepkens hit a 3 to keep the Cardinal from erasing the deficit completely.

The Utes forced three straight turnovers in the final minute to secure the win.

Stanford seized a quick 9-0 lead after making four straight baskets. Utah used stout defense to erase the deficit, going ahead 10-9 on a pair of free throws from Kelsey Rees. The Utes held the Cardinal scoreless for five minutes and forced four turnovers in that stretch.

OREGON ST. 78, NO. 14 ARIZONA 70 » Raegan Beers had 24 points and 13 rebounds, fellow freshman Adlee Blacklock scored 22 and the Beavers (12-17, 4-14 Pac-12) ended a nine-game losing streak with a home upset of the Wildcats.

Esmery Martinez had 16 points and eight rebounds for Arizona (21-8, 11-7).

NO. 21 COLORADO 95, CAL 69 » Aaronette Vonleh scored 25 points and the host Buffaloes (22-7, 13-5 Pac-12) beat the Golden Bears (1316, 4-14).

NO. 4 UCONN 72, DEPAUL 69 » Aaliyah Edwards scored 16 points and the Huskies beat the host Blue Demons to clinch at least a share of the Big East regular season championsh­ip.

DePaul led by as much as seven in the second half and was nursing a four-point lead late in the fourth, but Edwards and Lou Lopez Sénéchal scored to tie it at 65 with 3:10 left.

Then Edwards scored off a turnover with 2:40 to go to put the Huskies (26-5, 17-2 Big East) ahead.

Aneesah Morrow had 25 points and eight rebounds for DePaul (15-15, 8-11).

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