- Associated Press - Friday, December 30, 2016

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - 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.

Plum exceeded her nation-leading 29.6-point average in the third quarter and added 14 in the fourth for her third 44-point game of the season. She was 14 of 23 from the field and 13 of 15 at the foul line to go with five rebounds and four assists.

Ruthy Hebard led the Ducks (10-3, 0-1) with 25 points, and Justine Hall added 13. Oregon played without its starting backcourt of Sabrina Ionescu and Maite Cazorla because of injuries.

No. 10 UCLA 67, UTAH 56

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jordin Canada had 18 points and seven assists to lead UCLA to a victory over previously unbeaten Utah in the Pac-12 opener for both teams.

Monique Billings added 10 points and 13 rebounds for the Bruins (10-2), who have won 19 consecutive home games dating back to last season. Kennedy Burke also had 10 points.

Utah (11-1) won its first 11 games, but it had difficulty working its offense against a top-10 team. Forward Emily Potter had a game-high 20 points for the Utes, and Erika Bean and Tanaeya Boclair added 10 points each.

No. 13 STANFORD 64, No. 18 ARIZONA STATE 57

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - 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.

McCall made 8 of 9 free throws and finished with 12 points and 11 rebounds.

Sophie Brunner’s layup with 2:13 left in the third quarter gave Arizona State 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.

Brunner had 15 points and nine rebounds and Richardson scored 14 for the Sun Devils (9-3), who had won seven in a row.

No. 19 VIRGINIA TECH 88, DELAWARE STATE 48

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Chanette Hicks had 14 points, seven assists and five steals and Virginia Tech finished its nonconference season undefeated with a win over Delaware State.

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.

Samantha Hill added 14 points, Vanessa Panousis scored 12, Sidney Cook had 10 points and 14 rebounds and Regan Magarity had 10 points and 11 boards.

NaJai Pollard led the Hornets (1-11) with 24 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks.

SOUTHERN CAL 79, No. 20 COLORADO 54

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Sadie Edwards and Courtney Jaco combined for 30 points and powered the Southern Cal women to a dismantling of Colorado in a Pac-12 opener.

Four Trojans 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. Kristen Simon just missed her seventh double-double with nine points and 11 rebounds.

The loss was the second-straight for Colorado, which fell 82-75 to Wyoming before Christmas.

Kennedy Leonard led the Buffs with 19 points.

No. 22 OREGON STATE 80, WASHINGTON STATE 58

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - Marie Gulich had career highs of 27 points and 13 rebounds to help Oregon State beat Washington State.

Gulich made 12 of 15 from the field and 3 of 3 from the free throw line. Kat Tudor had 11 points and Katie McWilliams scored 10 for Oregon State, which has won seven in a row against the Cougars and nine straight overall.

The Beavers (12-2, 1-0 Pac-12) scored 12 straight over a seven-minute stretch to open up a 33-23 lead late in the first half and led the rest of the way.

Ivana Kmetovska and Chanelle Molina had 11 points apiece for WSU (5-8, 0-2).

No. 23 SOUTH FLORIDA 74, STETSON 60

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - 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.

Jespersen shot 10 of 19 from the floor. Kitija Laksa added 20 points on 8-of-26 shooting for the Bulls (11-1). Tamara Henshaw had 12 points and 13 rebounds for her first career double-double.

Brittney Chambers scored 18 points to lead Stetson (11-4). Brianti Saunders added 14 points.

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