California women pull away from USC 67-53

All five starters scored in double figures on Friday as California pulled away from USC in the second half.|
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LOS ANGELES — Reshanda Gray scored 15 points and all five starters scored in double figures on Friday as California pulled away from USC in the second half for a 67-53 win.

Brittany Boyd and Mercedes Jefflo had 12 points with Boyd grabbing six rebounds, handing out five assists and making three steals for the Golden Bears (13-5, 5-2 Pac-12). Gray had nine rebounds, three blocks and two steals.

Alexyz Vaioletama paced the Trojans (11-7, 3-4) with 15 and Jordan Adams had 12.

The Bears made 18 of 29 shots in the second half to finish at 51 percent for the game. USC shot 30 percent and was just 11 of 21 from the line.

Cal, which led 27-26 at the half used a 13-2 run to take command with Mikayla Cowling start the run with a 3 and ending it with a layup at 11:52 to make it 44-34.

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