Plum leads No. 25 Washington women past Cal 75-65
BERKELEY, Calif. -- Kelsey Plum scored 28 points, surpassing 2,000 for her career, and No. 25 Washington defeated California 75-65 on Sunday.
Plum, third on the Husky career list (2,025) reached 2,000 in 88 games, the quickest in Pac 12 history.
Chantel Osahor had 16 points and 10 rebounds for the Huskies (16-5, 7-3), who bounced back from a 69-53 loss at Stanford after making the Top 25 for the first time in 13 seasons.
Asha Thomas hit six 3-pointers and had 22 points for the Golden Bears (11-10, 2-8). Mikayla Cowling had 15 points and Kristine Anigwe had 14 rebounds with nine points.
The Huskies led 38-34 at the half but stretched that to 58-47 after three quarters. Cal was within 62-57 with 6:04 to play but Plum made two free throws and Osahor and Alexus Atchley had layups to make it 68-57 at 3:47.
Washington had 19 points off 16 Cal turnovers.
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2021-22 Pac-12 Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
Stanford | 16-0 | - | 28-3 |
Washington State | 11-6 | 5.5 | 19-10 |
Oregon | 11-6 | 5.5 | 20-11 |
Arizona | 10-6 | 6 | 20-7 |
Colorado | 9-7 | 7 | 22-8 |
Utah | 8-7 | 7.5 | 20-11 |
UCLA | 8-8 | 8 | 14-12 |
Oregon State | 6-9 | 9.5 | 14-13 |
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 |