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UW women’s basketball team seeking scoring options beside star Amber Melgoza

Last season Amber Melgoza finished second in the Pac-12 in scoring with 19.0 points per game. However, no other UW Husky averaged more 9.4. That's got to change if Washington is going to climb out of the Pac-12 cellar.

An old axiom in sports says to feed the hot hand and continue giving a player chances to score until they cool off.

It’s a proven strategy, but Jody Wynn is hoping the Washington women’s basketball team won’t have to rely so heavily on its star Amber Melgoza for a second straight year.

Last season, the 5-foot-10 junior shooting guard finished second in the Pac-12 in scoring with 19.