Amber Melgoza sent a text to Washington women’s basketball coach Jody Wynn on Friday morning and wished her happy birthday.
Wynn shot back: “The only gift I want on this birthday is a W.”
And Melgoza replied: “I got you coach.”
Later that night, Melgoza made good on her promise while scoring a game-high 25 points and hitting two clutch three-pointers to give Wynn and Washington a much-needed 75-66 women’s basketball victory over USC, which snapped a two-game skid.
“There’s ice in their veins,” Wynn said. “They wanted to win this game so bad. They deserved it.