Conference tournament play is underway and we’ve already got some results with NCAA Tournament implications. Here’s a roundup of all the action from Wednesday in the Pac-12, Big Ten, ACC and SEC:
Pac-12 Tournament
No. 11 seed Oregon State Beavers over No. 6 seed USC Trojans, 56-48
USC led 43-35 with 7:11 to play before Oregon State went on an 11-0 run. AJ Marrote scored the final four points of the run. USC’s Adika Okako missed a three that would have cut it to one with 20 ticks left and Beaver Adlee Blacklock went 4-of-4 at the stripe over the remainder of the contest for the final points.
Raegen Beers led the way for the Beavers with 18 points, nine rebounds and two steals. Blacklock added 15 points and six boards and Bendu Yeaney dished out eight assists. Beers and Blacklock are both freshmen.
Destiny Littleton had 12 points and five helpers in defeat; she was just 2-of-11 from downtown. Kadi Sissoko led USC with 16 points.
USC was off the bubble and securely in the NCAA Tournament field as a No. 10 seed in ESPN’s Tuesday Bracketology. But this could put them on the bubble and make their Selection Sunday a little more nerve-racking. Oregon State had just four Pac-12 wins in the regular season; the Trojans had 11.
No. 5 seed UCLA Bruins over No. 12 seed Arizona State Sun Devils, 81-70 (OT)
UCLA’s Kiki Rice blocked a Jaddan Simmons lay up attempt at the buzzer to force overtime. Neither team scored over the final 1:27 of regulation.
The Bruins scored first in overtime and the teams exchanged scores until it was tied at 66 with 3:11 remaining. UCLA then went on a 15-4 run to close the contest. Emily Bessoir (two threes) and Charisma Osborne (four points) scored the first 10 Bruin points of the run to put their team up 76-68 with 45 seconds to go.
Rice had UCLA’s best stat line with 14 points, eight rebounds, six assists and two rejections. Overtime hero Bessoir posted a team-high 17 points to go along with nine boards, while Osborne was good for 16 points, five rebounds and three steals.
Simmons helped push the Bruins to the brink with a 17-point, 10-rebound double-double, while Tyi Skinner added a game-high 26 points in defeat.
No. 9 seed Oregon Ducks over No. 8 seed Washington Huskies, 52-50
The Ducks trailed by four entering the fourth and by seven after a Haley Van Dyke three two minutes and 41 seconds into the final frame. They responded with a 9-0 run featuring four points from Endyia Rogers and a lead-taking three from…
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