Stanford’s win streak snapped at OSU
Stanford’s run at an NCAA Tournament bid nearly got another boost on Thursday night, but a late rally came up just short and the Cardinal’s fourgame winning streak was snapped in a 68- 65 loss at Oregon State.
The Cardinal (20-10, 9-8 Pac-12) trailed by 10 with less than nine minutes remaining, but another big finish kept things in doubt until the final buzzer.
Stanford closed to 6158 on Oscar da Silva’s layup with 4:34 left, but the Cardinal’s leading scorer fouled out a minute later.
Jaiden Delaire’s layup brought Stanford within one point at 62- 61 with 1:49 left.
Tyrell Terry’s jumper gave the Cardinal a 6564 advantage with 33 seconds remaining — their first lead since late in the first half.
OSU’s Tres Tinkle made two free throws with 17.6 seconds left to put Oregon State back on top 66- 65.
Terry missed a 15-foot jumper from the right baseline and Tinkle grabbed the rebound and was fouled with four seconds left. He made both ends of the double bonus, extending the lead to 68- 65.
Stanford called a timeout after advancing the ball to midcourt with 3.1 seconds on the clock. Isaac White’s 30-foot 3-point attempt bounced off the rim at the buzzer.
In the win, Tinkle became Oregon State’s alltime leading scorer. He needed six points entering the game to pass Gary Payton atop Oregon State’s career scoring list with 2,172 points and finished with 23 for the Beavers (16-13, 6-11 Pac-12), who snapped a four-game losing streak.
Bryce Wills led Stanford with 16 points. The Cardinal plays at No. 13 Oregon on Saturday. The Cardinal defeated Oregon 70- 60 at home Feb. 1. WASHINGTON 90, ARIZONA STATE 83 » Nahziah Carter scored 23 points, Jaden McDaniels added 16 and the Washington Huskies rallied in the second half at ASU.
Washington (14-16, 4-13 Pac-12) went ahead for good, 73-72, with 5:17 left on McDaniels’ layup. Carter’s 3-pointer with 1:51 left pushed the Huskies ahead 83-74 to essentially end Arizona State’s hope for a rally.
Washington has won two of three games, bouncing back after dropping nine straight. Arizona State (19-11, 10-7) lost its third straight game.
Mountain West tournament
Jordan Schakel scored 14 of his 17 points in the second half as No. 5 San Diego State rallied for a 73- 60 win over Air Force in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Conference tournament on Thursday.
Schakel, who shot 1 of 5 in the first half, hit four 3-pointers in the second half for the top-seeded Aztecs (29-1), who rode a 21-3 run to their 13th consecutive quarterfinal victory.
“Nothing different happened,” Schakel said. “I just had to keep shooting. My teammates continued to keep finding me and believing in me, so I thank them for that.”
Yanni Wetzell and Malachi Flynn had 16 points each for San Diego State, which is hoping to earn a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. After surviving the scare from Air Force, SDSU plays Boise State in the semifinals.
Flynn, the Mountain West’s player of the year and defensive player of the year, had three steals, seven rebounds and eight assists to offset a 4- of-10 shooting performance.
AJ Walker scored 18 points for Air Force ( 1220), which advanced by beating Fresno State on Wednesday.
“It’s Thursday, but it felt like a Saturday championship game the way the two teams played and slugged at each other,” Falcons coach Dave Pilipovich said. “We were good today. We did some really good things.”
BOISE STATE 67, UNLV 61 » RJ Williams scored 23 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to lead fifth-seeded Boise State.
Justinian Jessup added 19 points, including four free throws in the last 12.5 seconds, the Broncos (2011) and Derrick Alston Jr. scored 14 points and hauled down 12 rebounds.
WCC tournament
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 75, SAN DIEGO 61 » Keli Leaupepe had 23 points and 10 rebounds in the Lions’ firstround victory. Eli Scott had 16 points and seven rebounds for Loyola Marymount (11-20).
Around the nation
NO. 19 OHIO STATE 71, NO. 23 ILLINOIS 63 » Kaleb Wesson scored 19 points to lead Ohio State past Illinois (21- 9, 11- 8 Big Ten), which has won four in a row and nine of its last 11. Ayo Dosunmu had 21 points and five assists to pace Illinois (20-10, 12-7), which saw its conference championship hopes fade a bit more after starting the day a half- game behind leaders Maryland, Wisconsin and Michigan State. UCONN 77, NO. 21 HOUSTON 71 » Christian Vital scored 26 points in his final home game and UConn beat Houston.
Freshman James Bouknight added 17 points and Isaiah Whaley had 13 for the Huskies ( 18-12, 9- 8 American Athletic Conference), who won their fourth straight. Houston (22- 8, 12- 5), now tied for second place in the conference.