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UCLA women pull away for 61-42 victory over USC

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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It wasn’t much of a rivalry Saturday.

The 12th-ranked UCLA women’s basketball team continually ratcheted up the defensive pressure and cruised to a 61-42 victory over USC on Saturday afternoon at Pauley Pavilion.

The Bruins (13-1 overall, 3-0 Pacific 10 Conference) forced 20 turnovers and held the Trojans (10-4, 2-1) to 27.9% shooting to win their third consecutive game in the rivalry.

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Forward Jasmine Dixon scored 20 points and guard Doreena Campbell added 13 for UCLA, which led by as many as 25 points in the second half.

Ashley Corral led USC with 14 points. The Bruins outrebounded the Trojans, 43-32.

We’ll have more later at www.latimes.com/sports.

--Ben Bolch

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Ben Bolch

Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

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