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Boley helps No. 5 Oregon women defeat Washington 76-57

Oregon's Sabrina Ionescu, right, drives upcourt as Washington's Khayla Rooks defends in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019, in Seattle. (Elaine Thompson / AP)
By Terry Blount Associated Press

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 in Seattlel on Sunday.

Oregon (19-1, 8-0 Pac-12) 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.

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: The Ducks could move up in the poll this week with top-ranked Notre Dame’s loss at North Carolina

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 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.