Boley helps No. 5 Oregon defeat Washington 76-57
SEATTLE (AP) – Erin Boley scored a career-high 31 points, hitting nine 3-pointers, to lead No. 5 Oregon to a 76-57 victory over the Washington Huskies on Sunday.
Oregon (19-1, 8-0) has won 12 consecutive games and is the only team left with an unbeaten conference record in the Pac-12. It’s the best conference start ever for the Ducks. No. 6 Stanford suffered its first Pac-12 loss Sunday at Utah.
Washington (8-13, 1-8) lost in fifth straight game. Sophomore guard Missy Peterson led the Huskies 13 points.
Boley, a 6-foot-2 sophomore forward, has been at her best this season in the two games against Washington. Boley had 28 points and made eight 3-pointers in the 84-71 victory over the Huskies on Jan. 4 at Eugene, Ore.
The Ducks built a 12-4 lead with five minutes to go in the first quarter before the Huskies went on an 11-0 run to take a 15-12 lead after a 3-pointer by Montana Hagstrom, the first points of her college career.
After making only 4 of 33 shots from the 3-point arc in the 86-39 loss to Oregon State Friday, the Huskies made 4 of 8 shots from 3-point range in the first quarter Sunday and led 18-16 after the first 10 minutes.
The Huskies led 27-25 after a 3-pointer by Peterson with 4:40 to go in the second quarter before Oregon went on an 11-0 run, led by three consecutive 3-pointers by Boley, who had 19 points in the first half and made 5 of 6 shots from beyond the 3-point arc. The Ducks led 36-29 at the half.
BIG PICTURE
Oregon:
Washington: With her 15-foot jumper to start the game Sunday, UW junior guard Amber Mendoza reached 1,000 points for her career, becoming the 28th player in program history to cross that threshold. … UW freshman guard T.T. Watkins has not played the last two games because of a concussion.
UP NEXT
The Ducks return home next weekend to face Utah on Friday night and Colorado next Sunday.
The Huskies travel to Southern California to play USC Friday at UCLA next Sunday. The UW women will play five of their next seven games on the road.
