LAS VEGAS — Senior Amber Melgoza would not let Washington go down without a fight.
Melgoza did what she could to keep the season from coming to an early end, but Utah used a 14-0 run to rally from a six-point halftime deficit for a 72-63 victory over the ninth-seeded Huskies in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on Thursday.
The Utes averaged avenged a first-round upset loss to the Huskies in the Pac-12 tournament last season and won both games of the series this season.
Melgoza did what has become accustomed in her final game of a remarkable Husky career in which she became the third player in Washington history to score 500 points in three different seasons.