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Women’s basketball: WSU lose to No. 16 Stanford; No. 25 UW wins

Washington State forward Mariah Cooks, bottom left, celebrates with teammates after drawing a charge against Stanford during the first half Sunday’s game. (AP / AP)
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Washington State forward Mariah Cooks, bottom left, celebrates with teammates after drawing a charge against Stanford during the first half Sunday’s game. (AP / AP)

Lili Thompson scored 24 of her career-high 30 points in the second half as the No. 16 Stanford women overcame a poor start Sunday to defeat visiting Washington State 69-52.

Erica McCall had 11 points and 14 rebounds and Kaylee Johnson had a season-high 19 rebounds to go with seven points for the Cardinal (17-5, 7-3 Pac-12), who improved to 60-0 against the Cougars. Stanford had a 46-26 rebounding advantage.

Washington State (12-9, 3-7) took an 18-11 lead in the first quarter, holding the Cardinal to nine free throws before a basket by Thompson, after eight team misses, with 31 seconds left. A corner trey by Mariah Cooks gave the Cougars a 27-25 lead at the half.

Thompson, who had 10 points in the third quarter for a 45-39 lead, made all five of her 3s and was 9 of 11 in the second half.

Cooks led the Cougars with 12 points.

(25) Washington 75, Cal 65: Kelsey Plum scored 28 points, surpassing 2,000 for her career, and No. 25 Washington host defeated California 75-65 in Berkeley.

Plum, third on the Husky career list (2,025) reached 2,000 in 88 games, the quickest in Pac-12 history.

Chantel Osahor had 16 points and 10 rebounds for the Huskies (16-5, 7-3), who bounced back from a 69-53 loss at Stanford after making the Top 25 for the first time in 13 seasons.

Asha Thomas hit six 3-pointers and had 22 points for the Golden Bears (11-10, 2-8). Mikayla Cowling had 15 points and Kristine Anigwe had 14 rebounds with nine points.

The Huskies led 38-34 at the half but stretched that to 58-47 after three quarters. Cal was within 62-57 with 6:04 to play but Plum made two free throws and Osahor and Alexus Atchley had layups to make it 68-57 at 3:47.

Washington had 19 points off 16 Cal turnovers.