Charisma Osborne scored 11 of her 19 points in the fourth quarter to lift No. 17 UCLA to a 70-62 win over Washington on Saturday to close out the regular season.
Kiki Rice added 15 points for the Bruins (22-8, 11-7 Pac-12 Conference), who drove away by making nine of 15 shots. Londynn Jones had 10 points as all 10 players scored for UCLA, which placed No. 5 in next week’s Pac-12 tournament.
Haley Van Dyke scored 12 points for the Huskies (15-13, 7-11) and Elle Ladine and Hannah Stines each added 11.
The Bruins scored the first seven points of the third quarter to take a 40–34 lead. Later, Rice made two free throws to make it 48-39. The lead was seven heading into the fourth quarter.
The Huskies came in midway through the last quarter 57-53 on a Ladine three. Osborne then hit a jumper and a three-pointer and had nine points in an 11–2 run for a 13-point lead with less than two minutes to play.
Washington shot only 39%, but was 8-of-18 (44%) from three-point range and 14-of-14 from the foul line. The Huskies had 17 turnovers. UCLA shot 48% with six three-pointers.
UCLA led 10 on a Jones layup late in the first quarter, but the Huskies scored the final seven points to pull within 16-13. After a Bruins bucket to open the second quarter, Washington scored seven more to take a 20–18 lead on a three-pointer by Ladine. Stines hit a three in the last minute of the quarter to give Washington a 34–33 lead at halftime.
