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Lauren Betts, No. 4 UCLA rally past No. 2 USC, win Big Ten title

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Lauren Betts scored 13 of her 17 points in the second half as No. 4 UCLA rallied from a 13-point third-quarter deficit to capture its first Big Ten tournament title with a 72-67 victory over No. 2 Southern California Sunday afternoon in Indianapolis. The second-seeded Bruins (30-2) avenged two regular-season losses to the top-seeded Trojans (28-3) by holding Big Ten Player of the Year JuJu Watkins (29 points) scoreless during the defining 11-minute stretch of the second half. The 6-foot-7 Betts finished with five rebounds, four steals and four blocks -- two on Watkins in the fourth quarter -- and Kiki Rice added 13 points and eight assists as UCLA made its pitch for the No.