Pac-12 women’s basketball report: Stanford rebounds from USC loss, hammers UCLA
Cori Close’s team was now losing to the Cardinals on the scoreboard, just two days after blowing out Cal by 20 points. Following a loss to USC and a 51-point deficit to JuJu Watkins, Stanford reacted. And in this game, Stanford dominated from beginning to end.
Charisma Osborne then revealed her emotions without holding back (h/t Gavin Carlson of The Daily Bruin). “Playing out there tonight was really embarrassing,” Osborne remarked. “We must solve this and take action.”
Against Cameron Brink and the Stanford team, which was always in control of this game, UCLA truly did look disoriented and disoriented. With a commanding 13-4 lead, Stanford was never really pushed.
According to the UCLA Wire, UCLA Bruin head coach Cori Close was not pleased with her team’s performance against Stanford. It will be interesting to see how UCLA handles the next several weeks of play without Lauren Betts, their center.
In other Pac-12 action, Colorado tied Stanford atop the rankings after dominating Washington on the road in Seattle. The other noteworthy outcome from Sunday’s games that did not involve USC was Oregon State defeating Oregon 64-60.
Currently sitting alone atop the Pac-12 standings, ahead of UCLA, Utah, and USC, are the Beavers. Utah used a late surge to win against Washington State. In Tucson, Arizona defeated Arizona State.