{"id":22987,"date":"2017-02-24T07:06:42","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T07:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=22987"},"modified":"2017-02-24T07:07:10","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T07:07:10","slug":"plum-osahor-lead-no-11-washington-past-colorado-79-46","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/plum-osahor-lead-no-11-washington-past-colorado-79-46.html","title":{"rendered":"Plum, Osahor, lead No. 11 Washington past Colorado 79-46"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tPlum, Osahor, lead No. 11 Washington past Colorado 79-46<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>
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\n\tPlum, Osahor, lead No. 11 Washington past Colorado 79-46:- Kelsey Plum continued her march toward the all-time career scoring mark with 25 points and Chantel Osahor had 24 points and 20 rebounds to pace No. 11 Washington past Colorado 79-46 in a Pac-12 game on Thursday night.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tPlum, who entered with a nation-best 30.9 average, pushed her career total to 3,340, second in NCAA Division I history behind Jackie Stiles, who scored 3,393 points at Southwest Missouri State from 1998-2001.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tOsahor, who entered as the nation's leading rebounder, had a double-double in the first half with 19 points and 10 rebounds, including five offensive.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tWashington (26-4, 14-3) led 20-18 after <\/span><\/span><\/span>one <\/span><\/span><\/span>quarter<\/span><\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span><\/span> but extended the margin to 38-27 at the half. The Huskies pushed the lead to 59-39 after <\/span><\/span><\/span>three quarters<\/span><\/span><\/span> and then scored the first 10 points of the final period.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHaley Smith had 16 points for Colorado (15-13, 5-12), which lost to Washington 79-75 at home on Feb. 5.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tOsahor scored the first 10 points of the game, including a pair of 3-pointers, to put Washington up 10-0. Colorado closed the first quarter with an 8-3 run to pull within 20-18. Osahor had 15 points in the first period.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tPlum, who missed her only shot attempt in the first quarter, scored six points to pace a 9-0 run to open the second quarter as Washington opened a 29-18 lead with 6:54 left in the half.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tBIG PICTURE<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tColorado: After a 10-0 start under first-year coach JR Payne, the Buffaloes struggled in the rugged Pac-12. But, they were 4-4 in the eight games prior to Thursday. Colorado was 2-16 in the conference last season, 7-23 overall.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tWashington: The Huskies have clinched a top-four seed and a first-round bye in the Pac-12 Tournament, to be played at KeyArena in Seattle, March 2-5.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tUP NEXT<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tColorado finishes the regular season at Washington State on Saturday afternoon. The Buffaloes defeated the Cougars at home 70-58 earlier this month.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tWashington closes the regular season at home on Saturday afternoon against Utah. The Huskies won at Utah 82-53 on Feb. 3.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSource:- http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ncaaw\/2017\/02\/24\/plum-osahor-lead-no-11-washington-past-colorado-79-46\/98342198\/<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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