University of Oregon
8-5, 1-1
UCLA
5-9, 1-2
Petersen Leads Ducks to Victory at UCLA
01/06/15 | Women's Basketball
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – An 11-0 run to start the second half helped Oregon to a 62-46 win against UCLA on Monday night at Pauley Pavilion.
Oregon improves to 8-5 (1-1 Pac-12) with the win, its first in Los Angeles since 2012.
Stat Sheet: Lexi Petersen tallied a career-high nine assists in the win to go with a game-high 21 points. Lexi Bando added 10 points while Jillian Alleyne had eight points and 15 rebounds.
How It Happened: Neither team could get much going in the first half. UCLA led, 5-0, early but the Ducks took over the lead, 7-5, with 12:57 left before the break. It went back and forth from there, as both teams struggled from the field. Oregon and UCLA combined to shot 13-of-61 in the first half, including 5-of-27 from three-point range in the first half.
Alleyne, after grabbing seven rebounds in the first nine minutes, sat the rest of the first half after picking up her second foul. The Ducks trailed by five points at halftime.
The Ducks came out of the locker room a different team in the second half, sprinting out to an 11-0 run to take a 28-24 lead with 17:12 left on the clock. Oregon kept it up, holding a six-point advantage, 39-32, with 11:02 remaining.
Leading 54-44 with just over a minute left, Petersen sank a pair of free throws, followed by two more free throws from Jordan Loera to put the game away.
Pac-12 Record Double-Double Streak: Alleyne saw her Pac-12 record double-double streak end at 21 games against the Bruins. The junior came up just short with eight points and 15 rebounds. The streak is the third longest in NCAA women's basketball history. Former Oklahoma great Courtney Paris (2005-09) holds the record with 112 straight double-doubles, followed by Artemis Spanou's 33 consecutive for Robert Morris (2012-13).
Notable: Petersen had a career-high nine assists and went a career-best 10-for-10 at the free theow line … Oregon outrebounded the bigger Bruins, 50-42.
Up Next: The Ducks visit rival Oregon State on Jan. 9 at 7 p.m.
