Kelsey Plum scored 24 points and Jazmine Davis 22 to lead the University of Washington to a 67-50 win over Hawaii on Friday night in the first round of the WNIT in Seattle. ADVERTISING Kelsey Plum scored 24 points and
Kelsey Plum scored 24 points and Jazmine Davis 22 to lead the University of Washington to a 67-50 win over Hawaii on Friday night in the first round of the WNIT in Seattle.
Kelsey Plum scored 24 points and Jazmine Davis 22 to lead the University of Washington to a 67-50 win over Hawaii on Friday night in the first round of the WNIT in Seattle.
Aminah Williams added 10 points and 11 rebounds for the Huskies (18-13), who led 34-25 at halftime.
Destiny King led Hawaii with 13 points and Kamilah Jackson had 10 points and eight rebounds. Shawn-Lei Kuehu was held to two points, going 1 for 5 from the field, to go along with five rebounds and five turnovers in 17 minutes of action.
The Rainbow Wahine, under third-year basketball coach Laura Beeman, finished their season with a 17-14 record.
The Huskies of the Pac-12 were outrebounded 59-48 by Hawaii, but the Rainbow Wahine only had four assists and 21 turnovers against the quicker Huskies.
Washington shot only 33 percent from the field while Hawaii had a nightmarish shooting performance, hitting a dismal 27 percent (17 of 64) from the floor, including 2 of 15 on 3-pointers.
Washington moves on to play at Oregon (16-15) on Monday night.
