No. 14 UCLA crushes Washington State for fifth straight win
LOS ANGELES -- Atonye Nyingifa scored 17 points and No. 14 UCLA pulled away to start the second half in beating Washington State 78-52 on Friday night for its fifth straight victory.
Thea Lemberger added 13 points, and Nirra Fields scored all 10 of her points in the first half for the Bruins (12-2, 3-0 Pac-12). They improved to 47-7 in the all-time series, having won all 27 games played in Los Angeles.
Tia Presley scored 16 points to lead the Cougars (5-9, 1-2), who got 11 points from Lia Galdeira in losing for the fourth time in six games.
The Bruins stretched a four-point halftime lead into a 55-35 advantage to open the second half. Markel Walker scored six points, and Nyingifa and Lemberger had four points each in the 18-4 run that gave them the lead for good.
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2021-22 Pac-12 Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
Stanford | 16-0 | - | 32-4 |
Washington State | 11-6 | 5.5 | 19-11 |
Oregon | 11-6 | 5.5 | 20-12 |
Arizona | 10-6 | 6 | 21-8 |
Colorado | 9-7 | 7 | 22-9 |
Utah | 8-7 | 7.5 | 21-12 |
UCLA | 8-8 | 8 | 18-13 |
Oregon State | 6-9 | 9.5 | 17-14 |
Arizona State | 4-9 | 10.5 | 12-14 |
USC | 5-12 | 11.5 | 12-16 |
California | 2-10 | 12 | 11-13 |
Washington | 2-12 | 13 | 7-16 |