Trier ineligible; Wildcats win in overtime
Deandre Ayton had 19 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks, and No. 14 Arizona, minus one of its star players, beat Oregon State 75-65 in overtime on Thursday night.
Rawle Alkins added clutch scoring with 16 points and eight rebounds, and Dusan Ristic had 14 points for the Wildcats (22-6, 12-3 Pac-12), who were without guard Allonzo Trier.
Trier was declared ineligible by the NCAA after a trace amount of a banned substance was found during a late January drug screening, according to a university statement released Thursday.
Alkins made two free throws with 14 seconds left to send the game into overtime, and then made two three-pointers as part of a 10-0 surge that put the Wildcats up 73-64 with 1:11 left in the extra period.
Ethan Thompson had 20 points and eight rebounds for the Beavers (13-14, 5-10). Tres Tinkle added 14 points, six rebounds and six assists.
Arizona is appealing the suspension for Trier, who was averaging 19.6 points, 3.2 rebounds and 3.2 assists.
“The amount detected was minuscule by scientific standards and appear to be a remnant of a substance, which the NCAA agreed, that Allonzo unknowingly ingested in 2016,” the university statement reads.
at Stanford 94, Washington 78: Reid Travis scored 23 of his career-high 33 points in the first half as the Cardinal jumped to an early lead on the way to a victory over the Huskies.
Dorian Pickens added 20 points as the Cardinal (15-13, 9-6 Pac-12) kept their postseason hopes alive. Michael Humphrey added 15 points before fouling out in the final six minutes and Oscar Da Silva scored 14.
Travis, who also had nine rebounds, was 11 of 17 from the floor and also from the foul line.
Jaylen Howell scored 18 points to lead the Huskies (18-10, 8-7 Pac-12), who lost their fourth straight to Stanford and fell to 2-6 in their last eight games.
Noah Dickerson added 14 points and 13 rebounds for Washington, his fifth double-double in his past seven games. Nahziah Carter added 17.
at Oregon 75, Arizona State 68: Elijah Brown had 19 points and seven rebounds, and MiKyle McIntosh added 16 points to lead the Ducks past the Sun Devils.
Paul White had 11 points for Oregon (18-10, 8-7 Pac-12), which beat Arizona State (19-8, 7-8) for the eighth consecutive time and moved into a tie for sixth in the conference standings.
Washington State 78, at California 76: Drick Bernstine scored a layup with 1.7 seconds left and the Cougars held off the Golden Bears in a duel to escape last place in the Pac-12 Conference.
Robert Franks led the Cougars with 15 points and Bernstein, Malachi Flynn and Viont’e Daniels each scored 14.