Amber Melgoza is not Kelsey Plum. Let’s start there and get that out of the way.
Washington’s 5-foot-10 sophomore guard, who has been the biggest surprise of the season for the Huskies, is 3,255 points away from reaching the former Husky star who set the NCAA all-time women’s basketball scoring record last season.
But last Sunday, Melgoza soared into Plum territory and is drawing comparisons to arguably the greatest women’s college basketball scorer in history after a scintillating performance in a 94-83 loss at No. 10 Oregon.
Melgoza scored 23 of her career-high 31 points in the fourth quarter, while accounting for all but five of UW’s points in the final period.