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Kingma spurs UW women to 5th straight victory

Kristi Kingma scored 22 points and Washington’s starters all scored in double figures as the Huskies defeated Arizona, 74-65, Friday night in Tuscon for their fifth consecutive win.

Published: Feb. 2, 2013 at 12:05 a.m. PST
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Kristi Kingma scored 22 points and Washington’s starters all scored in double figures as the Huskies defeated Arizona, 74-65, Friday night in Tuscon for their fifth consecutive win.

The five players accounted for all but four points for Washington (15-5, 7-2), which stayed within a game of first place in the Pacific-12 Conference. Jazmine Davis returned after being sidelined with a concussion and scored 13 points. Aminah Williams also had 13 points.

Talia Walton added 12 points and had a team-high eight rebounds for the Huskies and Mercedes Wetmore scored 10 points.

Davellyn Whyte led the Wildcats (11-9, 3-6) with 20 points. Kama Griffitts scored 15 points for Arizona, which has lost four in a row.

Washington State 54, at Arizona State 43: Lia Galdeira had 20 points, eight rebounds and seven steals to lead the Cougars to a victory over the Sun Devils.

Washington State (7-13, 3-6) led 30-20 at halftime and kept a double-figure lead throughout the second half. It was a 24-point margin with 4 minutes to go, after which Arizona State outscored the Cougars 17-4 to make the final score closer.

The Sun Devils (11-10, 3-6) shot 19 percent in the second half. Four of their six field goals after halftime were 3-pointers.

Arnecia Hawkins scored 18 points to lead Arizona State.

No. 4 Stanford 86, at Oregon 62: Chiney Ogwumike had 22 points and 13 rebounds, and the Cardinal beat the Ducks for its fifth consecutive win.

It was the 400th Pac-12 victory for Tara VanDerveer, who is the only coach in conference history to win that many league games.

Joslyn Tinkle added 16 points for the Cardinal (19-2, 7-1), who led by as many as 29 points in their 12th straight victory on the road this season.

Ariel Thomas had 17 points for the overmatched Ducks (3-8, 1-7). Freshman Jillian Alleyne added 13 points and 13 rebounds.

The Cardinal are undefeated since a 67-55 loss to then-No. 7 California on Jan. 13 at Maples Pavilion. Stanford’s only other loss came against then-No. 2 Connecticut in late December.

No. 6 Cal 60, at Oregon State 38: Brittany Boyd had 10 points and 11 rebounds and the Golden Bears pulled away from the Beavers.

Gennifer Brandon, coming back from a one-game absence due to an ankle injury, added 11 points and nine rebounds for Cal (18-2, 8-1).

Ali Gibson had 13 points and six rebounds to lead Oregon State (9-12, 3-6).

At No. 18 UCLA 62, No. 22 Colorado 46: Markel Walker had 17 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists, and Bruins beat the Buffaloes for their third straight victory.

Jasmine Dixon grabbed 10 rebounds in helping UCLA (16-4, 7-2) control the boards 44-29 against the league’s second-best rebounding team.

Brittany Wilson scored 12 points and Chucky Jeffery added 11 points for the Buffaloes (15-5, 4-5).

Utah 63, at USC 60: Iwalani Rodrigues scored 23 points and the Utes held on to beat the Trojans (8-12, 5-4) .

Paige Crozon, who finished with 13 points, made two free throws with 4 seconds remaining to give Utah (11-9, 2-7) a three-point lead. USC had a chance to tie, but Ariya Crook’s 3-pointer missed.

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