UCLA
20-7, 11-5P12
Washington State
10-17, 5-11P12
No. 18/16 UCLA Defeats Washington State, 67-48
February 19, 2017 | Women's Basketball
Monique Billings tied a UCLA single-game record with 25 rebounds in the win over the Cougars.
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. (AP) -- Junior Monique Billings tied a UCLA single-game record with 25 rebounds (Denise Curry and Natalie Williams) and scored 12 points for her 16th double-double of the year as No. 18/16 UCLA beat Washington State 67-48 on Sunday in Pauley Pavilion on Senior Day for its 30th straight win against the Cougars at home. The 25 boards by Billings were a Pauley Pavilion record.
Sophomore Kennedy Burke scored 17 points and senior Nicole Kornet had 12 with five boards for UCLA (20-7, 11-5 Pac12), which has won 27 straight home games and completed its second straight Pac-12 season undefeated at home. The 27 straight home wins is the second-longest active winning streak in the country. Senior Kari Korver had 10 points, including two 3-pointers for her 17th straight game with a 3-pointer.
The Bruins opened with a 12-1 run and were never seriously threatened as the Cougars (10-17, 5-11) made only three field goals in the first quarter. WSU closed to 23-17 on Maria Kostourkova's jumper but trailed 38-25 at halftime after Burke scored 10 points in the half and Billings grabbed 14 rebounds.
UCLA dominated the boards 56-44 and outscored the Cougars 32-26 in the paint and 10-6 off fast-breaks. The 56 rebounds tied for the second-most for UCLA this season.
Burke and Korver scored consecutive 3-pointers and UCLA opened the third quarter with a 14-5 run for a 52-30 lead and were up by 26 at the start of the fourth after Korver's second 3 of the game and a layup by Burke. The Cougars outscored the Bruins 14-13 in the fourth, finishing on an 8-2 run in which Kostourkova scored four points.
Calla Hailey scored 10 points for Washington State, which has lost five straight and finished shooting 29.9 percent from the floor.
UCLA leads the series with Washington State 53-8, but was beaten by the Cougars 82-73 in Pullman, Washington, on Jan. 6, 2017.
UP NEXTWashington State: hosts Utah on Feb. 23.
UCLA: concludes the regular season on the road at the Arizona schools. The Bruins open up the weekend at Arizona on Friday, Feb. 24 at 5:00 p.m. PT/6:00 p.m. MT on the Pac-12 Networks.
| SCOREBOARD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F |
| Washington State | 8 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 48 |
| #18/16 UCLA | 20 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 67 |
