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Plum, Osahor lead No. 11 Washington women past Colorado 79 to 46


Washington's Kelsey Plum, right, passes the ball over Colorado's Alexis Robinson (2) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Washington's Kelsey Plum, right, passes the ball over Colorado's Alexis Robinson (2) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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SEATTLE - Kelsey Plum continued her march toward the all-time career scoring mark with 25 points and Chantel Osahor had 24 points and 20 rebounds to pace No. 11 Washington past Colorado 79-46 in a Pac-12 game on Thursday night.

Plum, who entered with a nation-best 30.9 average, pushed her career total to 3,340, second in NCAA Division I history behind Jackie Stiles, who scored 3,393 points at Southwest Missouri State from 1998-2001.

Osahor, who entered as the nation's leading rebounder, had a double-double in the first half with 19 points and 10 rebounds, including five offensive.

Washington (26-4, 14-3) led 20-18 after one quarter, but extended the margin to 38-27 at the half. The Huskies pushed the lead to 59-39 after three quarters and then scored the first 10 points of the final period.

Haley Smith had 16 points for Colorado (15-13, 5-12), which lost to Washington 79-75 at home on Feb. 5.

Osahor scored the first 10 points of the game, including a pair of 3-pointers, to put Washington up 10-0. Colorado closed the first quarter with an 8-3 run to pull within 20-18. Osahor had 15 points in the first period.

Plum, who missed her only shot attempt in the first quarter, scored six points to pace a 9-0 run to open the second quarter as Washington opened a 29-18 lead with 6:54 left in the half.