Jan. 8, 2006
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Noelle Quinn tied her season high with 24 points and Lisa Willis added 23 to lead UCLA to a 77-69 victory over No. 9 Arizona State on Sunday.
Nikki Blue added 13 points for the Bruins (9-6, 4-2 Pac-10), who moved within a half-game of the conference's co-leaders, Washington and No. 16 Stanford.
Kristen Kovesdy had 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Sun Devils (12-3, 3-2), who committed a season-high 28 turnovers in losing their second consecutive game. Aubree Johnson tied her season best with 11 points.
Willis and Quinn scored in a 14-0 run that gave UCLA a 32-20 lead with 1:46 left in the first half. Willis had eight points and Quinn added six points in the spurt.
Arizona State closed to 50-47 with 8:54 to play, but the Bruins used a 13-5 run to extend the lead.
UCLA ended a three-game losing streak to the Sun Devils.