Lauren Betts is The Associated Press women's college basketball player of the week. The UCLA center averaged 27.3 points, 9.7 rebounds and six blocks to help top-ranked UCLA beat Baylor, Rutgers and Maryland last week.

A few weeks ago on this column, we discussed the idea that the Player of the Year race was between two players: Juju Watkins and Hannah Hidalgo. The next week,

UCLA star Lauren Betts registered a career-high 33 points in an 82-67 road win against Maryland on Sunday. In the process, she also reached 1,000 career points. "Growth, that's it," UCLA coach Cori Close said of Betts' performance.

The Terps suffered their third straight loss, all to ranked teams, in an 82-67 defeat to the Bruins, who got 33 points from Betts.

Lauren Betts finishes with a career-high 33 points as No. 1 UCLA defeats No. 8 Maryland 82-67 to improve to 20-0 for the first time in program history.

Lauren Betts scored a career-high 33 points, Kiki Rice added 19, and No. 1 UCLA defeated No. 8 Maryland 82-67. The Bruins have won their last 19 games by double figures.

This post was updated Jan. 26 at 10:52 p.m. Lauren Betts broke her career-high points record to help UCLA defeat its toughest Big Ten challenger of the season.

Betts has 25 points, 13 rebounds and five blocked shots as the top-ranked Bruins (19-0, 7-0 Big Ten) continue their East Coast swing with an 84-66 win.

Lauren Betts scored 33 points and No. 1 UCLA stayed undefeated by handling No. 8 Maryland 82-67 on Sunday afternoon in College Park, Md. Betts shot 14-for-15 from the field