Presley scores 27, Cougars gain first conference victory
By Seattle Times news services
PULLMAN — Tia Presley scored 27 points Sunday and Washington State defeated Arizona State 77-65.
Sage Romberg and Taylor Edmondson scored 17 points apiece for the Cougars (5-8, 1-1). Edmondson made all three of her three-point attempts and Washington State was 7 for 11 from behind the arc.
Janae Fulcher led the Sun Devils (8-6, 0-2) with 23 points. Joy Burke added 14 points and Jada Blackwell had 11 points.
Washington State took the lead for good with just over a minute left in the first half on Presley's three-point play. That made it 34-32 and the Cougars led by as many as 14 in the second half.
The Cougars travel to face UCLA on Friday and USC on Sunday.
Other games
No. 4 Stanford 70,
at Utah 56
Chiney Ogwumike scored 20 points and Sara James added a career-high 18 as the Cardinal (13-1, 2-0) extended its conference winning streak to 80 games and improved to 15-0 against the Utes.
Iwalani Rodrigues led Utah (9-4, 0-2) with 21 points. The Utes closed to 37-35 with 14:32 left but Ogwumike sparked a 10-2 Stanford run with a contested jumper. Joslyn Tinkle capped the run with a steal and a layup for 47-37 Cardinal lead.
No. 16 UCLA 68,
at Oregon St. 64
Alyssia Brewer scored 15 points and grabbed eight rebounds for the Bruins (11-2, 2-0). Atonye Nyingifa scored 14 points and Markel Walker had 13.
Ali Gibson scored 15 points for the Beavers (6-8, 0-2), who led 34-29 at halftime.
No. 7 California 53,
at No. 20 Colorado 49
Brittany Boyd scored 15 points and the Golden Bears got some timely rebounding to withstand a late surge by the Buffaloes (11-2, 0-2), who got 13 points from Chucky Jeffery.
Afure Jemerigbe and Reshanda Gray added 10 points apiece for Cal (12-1, 2-0), which won its sixth straight.
USC 67, at Oregon 62
Ariya Crook and Cassie Harberts scored 16 points each for the Women of Troy (5-8, 2-0).
Ariel Thomas and Amanda Delgado led the Ducks (2-12, 0-2) with 15 points each.
College sports information contributed to this report.
| Pac-12 women | ||||
| Conf. | Overall | |||
| W | L | W | L | |
| Washington | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
| Stanford | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| California | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| UCLA | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| USC | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| Wash. St. | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| Arizona | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 |
| Colorado | 0 | 2 | 11 | 2 |
| Utah | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 |
| Arizona St. | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 |
| Oregon St. | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Oregon | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
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SUNDAY'S RESULTS
Washington 76, Arizona 65 WSU 77, Arizona St. 65 California 53, Colorado 49 USC 67, Oregon 62 Stanford 70, Utah 56 UCLA 68, Oregon St. 64 |
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