BERKELEY, Calif. — Amber Melgoza topped off a 31-point scoring night with two key buckets to lift Washington to a 67-64 victory at California in Pac-12 women’s basketball action Friday.
With 1:01 left in the game, Melgoza nailed a three-pointer to tied the score at 64-64. Then with 15 seconds left, he layup put the Huskies (10-3, 2-0 Pac-12) up for good at 66-64.
Mai-Loni Henson of UW hit a free throw with six seconds left to close out the scoring
California freshman Jazlen Green, who sat out eight minutes of the second half after taking a hard fall on a rebound late in the third quarter, returned to drain a go-ahead three-pointer to give the Bears (8-4, 0-1) a 62-61 lead with 1:28 to play.