Trojans End Home Streak by Huskies

Camille LeNoir scored 14 of her 18 points in the second half Saturday to spark USC’s 64-61 victory over Washington, ending the Huskies’ 12-game home win streak at Seattle.

Eshaya Murphy led USC with 19 points for her 11th consecutive game in double-digits. She also had eight rebounds for her second straight double-double.

USC (12-5, 6-2) has won four straight and moves into a cluttered competition for the top spot in the Pacific 10 Conference. The Huskies (12-4, 5-2) had not lost at home since their Jan. 27, 2005, loss to Stanford.

Emily Florence led Washington with 13 points and seven rebounds.

After nine first-half lead changes, the Huskies’ 31-28 halftime lead was eliminated by USC’s 10-2 spurt. Murphy made two three-pointers during the run to give the Trojans a 38-33 lead. The Huskies called two timeouts in the first 3 1/2 minutes in an effort to stall USC’s momentum.

Florence brought the Huskies back with successive baskets. Her second basket on a fastbreak allowed the Huskies to tie the score at 38-38 with 14:10 left. There were six more lead changes and seven ties until USC’s Meghan Gnekow made two free throws with 1:30 left to put the Trojans ahead for good at 62-61.

UCLA 73, Washington State 63 -- Noelle Quinn had game highs of 23 points, 10 rebounds and six assists, and Lisa Willis added 12 points, five assists and three steals on the road for the Bruins (10-7, 5-3 Pac-10).

UCLA has defeated Washington State in 10 consecutive meetings. The Cougars have lost nine straight games overall and 11 straight Pac-10 games.

Freshman Amanda Durocher led Washington State (6-10, 0-7) with a season-high 20 points. The Cougars played without injured starters Charmaine Jones and Adriane Ferguson.

Lindsey Pluimer’s basket capped an 8-0 spurt that pushed UCLA ahead, 26-15, with eight minutes left in the first half. Washington State pulled the score to 34-31 at the half when Durocher scored the Cougars’ last nine points.

Willis, the all-time Pac-10 steals leader, helped limit Durocher to five points in the second half.