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UCLA Women's Basketball: Bruins Rout Utah in Top-20 Showdown

UCLA never trailed and the only tie score was 0-0.

Maren Angus-Coombs

UCLA Women's Basketball: Bruins Rout Utah in Top-20 Showdown
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The No. 12 UCLA Bruins put on a clinic en route to an 82-52 blowout win against the No. 18 Utah Utes at Pauley Pavilion on Thursday night.

Fifth-year starter Charisma Osborne made NCAA history becoming the second women's player to score 2,000 career points and grab 800 career boards. The first player to accomplish that feat was Sabrina Ionescu.

She finished with 13 points, five rebounds, and seven assists.

UCLA began the game on a 12-0 run and Utah never caught up. There weren't any ties or lead changes in the contest.

Late in the first quarter, Utah's Jenna Johnson caught an elbow to the head and left the game with a two-inch gash that required stitches. She returned in the third quarter.

Sophomore guard Londynn Jones continued her hot shooting with a game-high 23 points. She was 7-for-10 from three-point land and set a new career-high in made threes and points. She also extended her streak to 16 straight games with a trey.

Lauren Betts and Kiki Rice also finished in double figures with 14 and 13 points. 

Utah's Alissa Pili recorded a double-double with 20 points and a game-high 11 rebounds. She also scored her 2,000th career point in the loss.

Jones knocked down two treys early in the first quarter. She ended up 3-for-4 with eight points in the opening period of play.

Osborne made a full-court pass in the second that could rival Ethan Garbers on the football field. 

UCLA brought a 39-25 lead out of halftime and Jones kept shooting in the third.

Up next for UCLA is No. 11 Colorado on Monday at Pauley Pavilion.

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Maren Angus-Coombs
MAREN ANGUS-COOMBS

Maren Angus-Coombs was born in Los Angeles and raised in Nashville, Tenn. She is a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University and has been a sports writer since 2008. Despite being raised in the South, her sports obsession has always been in Los Angeles. She is currently a staff writer for the LA Sports Report Network.