Bruins Maul Cold-Shooting Cougars

Women’s basketball

UCLA scored the first 16 points of the game and cruised to an 87-60 win over Washington State in Pacific-10 Conference women’s basketball action Sunday in Los Angeles.

Maylana Martin led four UCLA players in double-figure scoring with a game-high 21 points and added eight rebounds. Janae Hubbard added 15 points and eight boards for the Bruins (8-4, 2-0 Pac-10).

Juniors Victoria Harrod and Joanna Smith each recorded season highs with 14 and 11 points, respectively, for Washington State (3-8, 0-2.

The Cougars didn’t score their first points until the 11:41 mark in the first half. Alke Dietel’s basket sparked a 10-2 run by WSU to pull the Cougars within 18-10 with 8:07 remaining in the half.

However, Martin scored 16 points in the first half to enable the Bruins to open a 40-18 lead at intermission.

Dietel, the Cougars’ leading scorer, was held to eight points on 3-for-11 shooting. Dietel finished with a team-high eight rebounds.

Washington State opens its Pac-10 home season against Arizona on Feb. 13 at 7p.m.

UCLA 87, Washington State 60

Washington State (3-8) - Kerns 1-6 0-0 2, Volkman 2-6 0-0 4, Dietel 3-11 1-2 8, Collins 3-6 0-0 6, Nyseth 2-3 0-0 5, Harrod 3-5 8-8 14, Smith 4-6 0-0 11, Berglund 1-3 2-3 4, DeAnda 1-1 0-0 2, Ottmar 1-4 2-4 4. Totals 21-51 13-17 60.

UCLA (8-4) - Philman 3-6 4-4 10, Martin 9-18 3-9 21, Hubbard 6-12 3-4 15, Gomez 2-5 2-2 7, Kaczmarski 6-16 0-0 14, Nakase 0-0 0-0 0, Rembert 0-1 0-0 0, Jarrett 0-1 0-0 0, Greco 3-7 1-2 8, Bradley 1-1 2-2 4, Jackson 1-2 0-0 2, Flannigan 3-5 0-2 6. Totals 34-74 15-25 87.

Halftime-UCLA 40, Washington St. 18. 3-Point goals- Washington St. 5-11 (Smith 3-3, Nyseth 1-2, Dietel 1-2, Collins 0-1, Kerns 0-3), UCLA 4-12 (Kaczmarski 2-4, Greco 1-3, Gomez 1-4, Jackson 0-1). Fouled out- None. Rebounds-Washington St. 32 (Dietel 8), UCLA 47 (Martin, Hubbard 8). Assists-Washington St. 13 (Collins, Nyseth, Harrod 3), UCLA 23 (Greco 7). Total fouls- Washington St. 18, UCLA 19. A-2,189.

USC 77, Washington 66

Tashara Carter had 21 points to lead Southern California to a 77-66 Pacific-10 Conference victory over Washington in Los Angeles.

Carter scored eight of her points in the game’s final 2 minutes. Southern California (7-5, 2-0) was also led by Danielle Golay with 17 points and Tiffany Elmore posted 16 points.

Loree Payne was Washington’s top scorer with 22 points and four assists. Megan Franza added 18 points for the Huskies (4-10, 0-2).

Southern California had a 17-point advantage, 48-31, at halftime, while shooting a season best 51.4 percent from the floor in the half.

The Trojans opened the second half with a 7-0 run, but Washington was able to cut into the team’s 22-point lead.

Melissa Erickson had a layup that brought the Huskies within three points with 2:15 remaining in the game.

Carter’s jumper with 1:54 left allowed USC to regain control of the game.

Washington (4-10, 0-2) - O’Neill 3-4 0-0 6, Sheets 4-10 1-4 9, Gray 1-3 0-0 2, Franza 8-18 1-2 18, Payne 9-21 3-3 22, Erickson 3-4 0-0 6, Duncan 0-0 1-2 1, Conley 0-0 0-0 0, Autrey 0-1 0-0 0, Pimley 0-0 0-3 0, Reichmann 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 29-64 6-14 66.

Southern California (7-5, 2-0) - Carter 9-13 2-4 21, Washington 0-3 0-0 0, Golay 6-14 5-6 17, Elmore 7-11 1-1 16, Mashia 2-9 2-3 7, Woods 4-4 0-0 8, Krause 1-2 0-1 2, Smith-Hams 3-6 0-0 6, Young 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 32-63 10-15 77.

Halftime - Southern California 48, Washington 31. 3-Point goals-Washington 2-7 (Franza 1-3, Payne 1-4), Southern California 3-12 (Carter 1-1, Elmore 1-1, Mashia 1-6, Young 0-1, SmithHams 0-3). Fouled out- Sheets. Rebounds-Washington 37 (Sheets 10), Southern California 34 (Carter, Golay 6). Assists- Washington 11 (Payne 4), Southern California 12 (Elmore, Mashia 3). Total fouls-Washington 17, Southern California 17. A- 589.

Top 25

(16) LSU 61, (20) Mississippi St. 54

Detrina White had 21 points and 10 rebounds as the Tigers (11-3, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) beat the visiting Bulldogs (11-2, 0-2).

LSU seized a 26-24 halftime lead and pulled away in the second half behind 60 percent field goal shooting.

Cynthia Hall led Mississippi State with 15 of her 18 points from 3-point range.