Lauren Betts leads UCLA women to rout of struggling Oregon
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Lauren Betts had 17 points and nine rebounds to lead the No. 9 UCLA women’s basketball team to a 74-55 win over Oregon on Sunday.
Londynn Jones added 15 points for the Bruins while Charisma Osborne had 11 points, 12 rebounds and six assists. Kiki Rice had 10 points and nine rebounds for UCLA (20-5, 9-5 Pac-12), which bounced back from a last-second loss to No. 11 Oregon State on Friday.
Grace VanSlooten had 17 points and 10 rebounds to lead Oregon (11-16, 2-12), which lost its ninth straight game. Chance Gray added 15 points for the Ducks.
UCLA led 45-28 at halftime and extended the lead before Oregon closed within 53-40. The Bruins ended any hopes of an upset by scoring the final nine points of the third quarter. Rice made a 3-pointer for the Bruins and Betts followed with a bucket before Osborne made two free throws.
Rice added a jumper to close out the quarter as UCLA took a 62-40 lead.
UCLA got off to a hot start as Osborne hit a 3-pointer before Jones made back-to-back 3-pointers to put the Bruins ahead 9-2. Betts added a basket before Osborne made another 3-pointer to put the Bruins ahead 14-2.
Betts pushed the lead to 25-9 before Oregon scored eight straight points to get within 25-17 on a basket from Sarah Rambus early in the second quarter.
Jones scored five straight UCLA points and Betts added a bucket as the Bruins pulled ahead 36-21 before taking a 45-28 lead at halftime.