So often during their seven-game losing streak, the Huskies had been close to capturing a win only to come up short in the final minutes.
They lost by five points against Colorado three weeks ago and were beaten by three in overtime on Wednesday at Washington State.
During Sunday’s rematch at Alaska Airlines Arena, the UW women’s basketball team put an end to their string of defeats with its finest defensive performance of the season.
The Huskies never trailed and held off the Cougars in the final minutes for a 56-49 victory that gave UW its first Pac-12 win and its first victory since Dec.