University of Washington
17-2, 5-1Pac-12
Arizona
10-6, 1-4Pac-12
Plum Tops 3,000 Career Points, Huskies Beat Wildcats
January 13, 2017 | Women's Basketball
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Kelsey Plum scored 36 points to become the 12th player in women's basketball history to top 3,000 career points and No. 8 Washington rolled past Arizona 90-73 on Friday night.
The senior guard, the nation's leading scorer at 31 points per game, made 12 of 19 field goals and 10 of 11 free throws to lead the Huskies (17-2, 5-1 Pac-12) to their third straight conference victory.
Plum became the first player, man or woman, to top 3,000 points since the conference became the Pac-12 and the first woman from a Pac-12 school to do it since Cheryl Miller of USC in 1986.
LaBrittney Jones scored 20 points for Arizona (10-6, 1-4).
Washington was without starter Heather Corral after she injured a knee in the shootaround Friday.
The Wildcats, in their first season under ex-Washington assistant Adia Barnes, led only at 2-0 and were last tied at 8-8.
The Huskies were up by as many as 18 points in the first half and 25 in the second.
Washington led 46-31 at break, as usual thanks to their 3-point shooting. They made 8 of 19 3s, led by 4 of 5 from Natalie Romeo.
Arizona scored the first five points in the second half, aided by a flagrant one foul against Washington's big Deja Strother for an elbow to the face of Destiny Graham, and Workman's 3-pointer cut the Huskies' lead to 46-36.
Washington responded with a 19-2 run. A 3-pointer by Aarion McDonald followed by an inside basket by Osahor put the Huskies ahead 63-38 with 3:57 left in the third.
The Wildcats, who threw a variety of defenses against Plum, cut it to as few as 14 in the final minutes.
BIG PICTURE
Washington: The Huskies were never in real trouble in what amounted to a tuneup leading into a game at Arizona State Sunday, a matchup of two of the seven Pac-12 teams in the Top 25.
