COLLEGES: MURPHY LEADS USC PAST WASHINGTON.

Byline: Staff and Wire Services

Shay Murphy scored 25 points to lead the USC women's basketball team to a 76-54 victory Sunday over Washington at Galen Center.

Chloe Kerr scored 15 points and Jamie Hagiya added 12 for the Trojans (13-8, 7-4 Pac-10). Cameo Hicks and Jill Bell each scored 13 points and Dominique Banks added 12 for the Huskies (13-9, 6-5).

UCLA 73, Wash. St. 70: Lindsey Pluimer had 18 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Bruins (12-11, 6-5 Pac-10) past the Cougars (5-16, 1-10). UCLA rallied from 12 points down in the second half.

BASEBALL

Cal State Northridge 9, UNLV 4: Edwin Quirarte allowed three runs on sevenhits in six innings and John Parham ended CSUN's 20-inning homer drought with a second-inning blast as the Matadors (2-1) won at home.

WOMEN'S TENNIS

USC 6, Pepperdine 1: The Trojans won a match that was postponed from Saturday because of rain. USC improved to 2-0, while the Waves are 2-1.

TRACK AND FIELD

Cal State Northridge senior Shauna Hackett finished tied for first in one of two finals of the 60 meters with a time of 7.63 seconds at the University of Washington Indoor Invitational at Seattle. Sophomore Jere Summers won the shot put with a mark of 14.98 meters.

For the CSUN men, Rolando Felizola was second in the triple jump (15.24 meters) and Justin Johnson was third in the heptathlon (5,347 points).