Pili scores 21 points on 9-for-13 shooting against her former team as the Utes dominate the paint in an 83-73 victory that snaps the Trojans’ four-game winning streak.
The Associated PressAlissa Pili, who spent her first three seasons at USC before transferring to Utah, scored 21 points and Kennedy McQueen added 17 behind five 3-pointers to lead the ninth-ranked Utes to an 83-73 victory over the Trojans.
“She’s a terrific player. No one knows that more than us,” USC coach Lindsey Gottlieb said of Pili, who had 17 points by halftime. “We just let her be too comfortable in the first half. A player of that ability, if you let her into her sweet spot, she’s going to score.”“It’s hard to be up and continue to have that killer instinct and that’s part of our development,” Utah coach Lynne Roberts said. “We just kind of took our foot off the gas and offensively, we were sputtering.
After trailing by as many as 20 in the second half, the Trojans trimmed the deficit to single digits midway through the fourth quarter. Adika and Littleton made back-to-back 3-pointers to cut Utah’s lead to 74-68.
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