UW women win in final seconds

Published 9:15 pm Wednesday, November 18, 2009

SEATTLE — Senior Sami Whitcomb scored 15 points in the final 3:42, including the game-winning 3-pointer with two seconds left, as the University of Washington women’s basketball team knocked off BYU 67-66 on Wednesday night.

It was the second time in as many games this season that the Huskies (1-1) saw a result come down to the final seconds.

Whitcomb’s game-winner gave the Huskies their first lead of the second half.

Whitcomb finished with 25 points. Monroe native Sarah Morton added a career-high 12 points.