Cougs give Daugherty 400th win

Lia Galdeira scored 23 points on and pulled down 10 rebounds to lead Washington State to a 61-52 win over Utah in Salt Lake City on Sunday, giving coach June Daugherty her 400th career win.

Daugherty is 400-371 in her 26th season, the first seven at Boise State followed by 11 at Washington.

“It was fun to get a win like this today,” Daugherty said. “Every player contributed, we buckled down on defense and shared the basketball on the offensive end. I am very fortunate to have been blessed to have great players, great coaching staffs and unbelievable support throughout the years. Today was a big win for us to get back on track.”

Tia Presley scored all 12 of her points in the second half for Washington State (14-11, 5-9 Pac-12), which trailed by as many as eight points early in the first half.

Leading by two at the break, the Cougars broke it open early in the second half with an 11-2 run capped by Presley’s bucket to make it 37-28 with 13:43 left. Utah cut the gap to 55-50 at 3:29 after a 9-2 burst but WSUclinched it by scoring six of the game’s final eight points.

Taryn Wicijowski led Utah (8-17, 2-12) with 20 points and 11 rebounds, and Danielle Rodriguez had 12.

 Washington St. (14-11, 5-9) — Cooks 4-8 1-1 9, Brown 0-4 1-2 1, Galdeira 8-16 4-5 23, Presley 4-9 4-5 12, Awa 2-2 2-2 7, Hailey 1-2 1-2 3, Williamson 1-1 0-0 2, Edmondson 1-5 0-0 2, Kmetovska 1-4 0-0 2, Pavlopoulou 0-2 0-0 0, Blanaru 0-2 0-0 0, Totals 22-55 13-17 61.

Utah (8-17, 2-12) — Wicijowski 7-15 6-7 20, Boclair 1-3 4-6 6, Fatuesi 1-5 0-0 2, Wilson 3-11 3-4 10, Rodriguez 4-11 2-3 13, Arquette 0-2 0-0 0, Nawahine 1-2 0-0 2, Totals 17-49 15-20 52.

Halftime—WSU 26-24. 3-Point Goals—WSU 4-7 (Galdeira 3-5, Awa 1-1, Edmondson 0-1), Utah 3-13 (Fatuesi 0-2, Wilson 1-6, Rodriguez 2-5). Fouled Out—Brown, Boclair. Rebounds—WSU 36 (Galdeira 10), Utah 36 (Wicijowski 11). Assists—WSU 7 (Presley, Awa 2), Utah 6 (Wilson 3). Total Fouls—WSU 18, Utah 14. Technicals—None. A—653.

Washington 79, Colorado 67: Kelsey Plum had 28 points and the Huskies defeated the Buffaloes in Boulder, Colorado.

Washington (19-7, 8-6 Pac-12) opened with a 16-2 lead and let Colorado back within three points but closed the half with 10 straight points for a 41-28 edge.

Colorado (11-14, 4-10) cut the deficit to 10 six times in the second half but never closed within single digits.

Chantel Osahor added 16 points while Aminah Williams and Jazmine Davis had 13 each.

 Washington (19-7, 8-6) — Oshahor 4-8 5-8 16, Williams 3-7 6-7 13, Plum 7-21 10-10 28, Ruiz 0-5 0-0 0, Davis 3-6 7-8 13, Gilling 0-0 0-0 0, Collier 0-0 0-0 0, Lark 2-4 4-4 9, Totals 19-51 32-37 79.

Colorado (11-14, 4-10) — Beard-Fallis 0-6 0-0 0, Kresl 2-5 4-4 9, Thomas 2-5 2-2 6, Sborov 3-6 1-2 8, Smith 4-10 2-2 10, Correal 1-3 1-3 3, Hartmann 0-1 0-0 0, Huggins 3-5 0-0 8, Reese 5-12 0-0 10, Swan 4-13 5-8 13, Totals 24-66 15-21 67.

Halftime—UW 41-28. 3-Point Goals—UW 9-24 (Oshahor 3-7, Williams 1-2, Plum 4-7, Ruiz 0-4, Davis 0-1, Lark 1-3), Colorado 4-14 (Beard-Fails 0-1, Kresl 1-2, Thomas 0-1, Sborov 1-1, Smith 0-1, Huggins 2-4, Reese 0-3, Swan 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—UW 37 (Williams 9), Colorado 44 (Swan 12). Assists—UW 7 (Plum, Davis 2), Colorado 16 (Thomas, Swan 4). Total Fouls—UW 17, Colorado 26. Technicals—UW. A—2,029.