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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Nico Mannion scored 15 of 23 his points in the second half, Zeke Nnaji added 21 and Arizona raced away from Washington State for an 83-62 victory. The Wildcats labored through a lethargic first half, managing to keep the Cougars close behind Nnaji's 14 first-half points. Mannion took over in the second half and Arizona turned a close game into a rout with a 26-0 run to end a three-game losing streak. Isaac Bonton led the Cougars with 21 points
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — On a night when Tres Tinkle became Oregon State’s all-time leading scorer, the senior forward scored 23 points to lead the Beavers to 68-65 victory over Stanford. Tinkle needed six points entering the game to pass Gary Payton atop Oregon State’s career scoring list. Ethan Thompson added 15 points for the Beavers (16-13, 6-11 Pac-12), who snapped a four-game losing streak.Bryce Wills scored 16 points to lead the Cardinal (20-10, 9-8), whose four-game winning streak came to an end.
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Nahziah Carter scored 23 points, Jaden McDaniels added 16 and the Washington Huskies rallied in the second half to beat Arizona State 90-83 on Thursday night. The Sun Devils led by four at halftime and stretched the advantage to 61-49 early in the second half. But Washington rallied and went ahead for good with 5:17 left on McDaniels' layup. Washington has won two of three games, bouncing back after dropping nine straight. Arizona State has dropped three straight. Rob Edwards led the Sun Devils with 23 points.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Kat Tudor scored 24 points and Mikayla Pivec scored 17 and No. 14-ranked Oregon State trounced Washington State 82-55 in the first round of the Pac-12 Conference Tournament. Oregon State, seeded sixth, advanced to play No. 3-seed and seventh-ranked Stanford on Friday. The Beavers have won four straight following a four-game skid. Ula Motuga's 3-pointer gave the Cougars their only lead at 6-5 with 7:50 left in the first quarter. With the score tied at 10, Taylor Jones made a layup nearly four minutes later and Oregon State closed the quarter with a 19-2 run. The Beavers went to intermission ahead by 25.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Freshman Cailyn Crocker scored all 20 of her points in the second half, including two clinching free throws with 1.6 seconds left, and 12th-seeded California rallied to shock fifth-seeded and 24th-ranked Arizona State in the opening game of the Pac-12 Conference tournament. Jaelyn Brown scored 15 of her 22 points in the second half for the Golden Bears (12-18), who lost to the Sun Devils 77-54 the last week of the regular season and trailed by 15 points late in the first half and by 11 late in the third quarter. Reili Richardson had 20 points for the Sun Devils.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Alissa Pili scored 22 points and seventh-seeded Southern California pulled away late in the third quarter to beat No. 10 seed Colorado 69-54 in the first round of the Pac-12 Conference tournament. Endyia Rogers added 15 points and Kayla Overbeck had 10 for the Trojans, who shot 70% (16 of 23) from the floor in the fourth quarter. Peanut Tuitele scored 18 points to lead Colorado. USC will face second-seeded UCLA in a quarterfinal. The teams split the season series, each winning at home.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Brynna Maxwell and reserve Lola Pendande, both freshman, scored 17 points apiece, combining for 25 in the second half to lead eighth-seeded Utah to a 72-63 win over ninth-seeded Washington in a first-round game of the Pac-12 Conference tournament. Maxwell scored 11 points in the third quarter, hitting three 3-pointers, as the Utes turned a six-point halftime deficit into a 52-48 lead. Pendande scored six-straight points for Utah down the stretch to make sure the Huskies never got within one possession. Amber Melgoza scored 30 points for the Huskies, her fourth game with at least 30 points this season.
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — University of Colorado star receiver Laviska Shenault is receiving high marks for playing through pain last season. Shenault ran a slower-than-expected 40-yard dash at the NFL scouting combine last week and then flew to Philadelphia to undergo core muscle surgery. Shenault didn't participate in any of the on-field drills with the other wide receivers at the combine. But analysts suggest his delayed surgery and disappointing 40-yard dash at the combine won't hurt Shenault's draft stock at all.
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