Washington State Ends Skid at 45

Bianca McCall and Lindsey Egeland each made two free throws with less than 10 seconds left as Washington State broke a 45-game losing streak with a 67-64 win over California on Thursday night at Pullman, Wash.

McCall finished with 20 points and eight rebounds for the Cougars (1-21, 1-13 Pacific-10). Egeland finished with 17 points.

Washington State held the second-longest losing streak in Division I history entering the game. The last time the Cougars had won a regular-season game was Nov. 29, 2001, when they beat Gonzaga in Pullman.

Washington 92, No. 6 Stanford 68 -- Giuliana Mendiola scored 13 of her 20 points in the second half to help Washington (18-6, 10-4 Pac-10) win at Seattle. Stanford is 19-3, 11-2.

No. 20 UC Santa Barbara 77, Illinois 72 -- Lindsey Taylor scored 22 points to lead the Gauchos (18-3), who shot 60.8% (31 for 51) from the field to win at Champaign, Ill.

In other games, Alana Beard scored 23 points to help No. 2 Duke (23-1, 11-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) beat Georgia Tech, 82-43, at Durham, N.C.... Seimone Augustus scored 16 points for No. 4 Louisiana State (21-1, 9-1 Southeastern Conference) in a win over Alabama, 85-43, at Baton Rouge, La.... Coretta Brown had 22 points and seven assists to help No. 8 North Carolina (22-2, 11-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) defeat Florida State, 72-56, at Chapel Hill, N.C.... Jess Brungo scored 23 points to help No. 12 Penn State (21-5, 11-1 Big Ten) beat No. 9 Purdue, 80-68, at State College, Pa.... Amber Obaze scored 19 points for No. 10 Louisiana Tech (20-2, 12-0 Western Athletic Conference), which defeated Fresno State, 87-62, at Ruston, La.... No. 13 Arkansas (19-5, 6-3 Southeastern Conference) rallied in the final two minutes to defeat host Kentucky, 70-60.... Host No. 14 Georgia (17-5, 8-1 Southeastern Conference) erased a 19-point deficit and defeated No. 15 South Carolina, 97-91.... No. 17 Minnesota (18-4, 7-4 Big Ten) rallied from an 18-point deficit to defeat host Northwestern, 64-61.... Jenni Benningfield scored 25 points to help No. 18 Vanderbilt (16-7, 6-4 Southeastern Conference) defeat host Mississippi, 67-60.... Kelly Roehrig scored 25 points to help Michigan State (14-8, 7-4 Big Ten) upset No. 22 Ohio State, 65-64, at East Lansing, Mich.