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.

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.

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.

Betts, a junior center, scored 33 points and set a school record making 14 of 15 from the field in the 82-67 win as the Bruins move to 20-0.

Lauren Betts finishes with 25 points, 13 rebounds and five blocks to lead the undefeated UCLA women's basketball team to an 84-66 win over Rutgers.

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