Washington women hold off USC 61-53

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kelsey Plum scored 22 points and Washington turned back Southern California 61-53 on Friday night.

Katie Collier had 16 points in the second half and Talia Walton added 13 points for the Huskies (17-7, 8-5 Pac 12), who had an 18-point lead with 6:25 to play. Chantel Osahor had no points but grabbed 16 rebounds.

Plum's jumper followed by a Collier layup with 2:39 left put Washington up 55-43 with 2:39 left but then the Huskies had three turnovers and a miss while the Trojans were scoring eight. Temi Fagbenle's 3 with 43 seconds left made it 55-51. After a Plum steal, USC had to foul three times before Walton was sent to the line, where she made two free throws with 21…