Cardinal keeps rolling
Stanford claims title outright; Cal wins 6th in row
Chiney Ogwumike scored 26 points and had 15 rebounds to help No. 5 Stanford beat UCLA 65- 56 on Sunday in Los Angeles.
Ogwumike also had five blocks and four steals, and Mikaela Ruef had seven points and 11 rebounds as the Cardinal ( 26- 2, 15- 1) clinched its 14th straight Pac- 12 regular- season title outright. It had already clinched the top seed for the Pac- 12 tournament.
Stanford pulled away with a 14- 4 run midway through the second half. Ogwumike completed a threepoint play in heavy traffi c in the paint and then got a steal and drove the length of the court for a layup to push the lead to 56- 42.
Nirra Fields led the Bruins ( 12- 16, 6- 10) with 24 points.
Cal 76, USC 67: Reshanda Gray scored 22 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead the No. 18 Bears ( 20- 7, 12- 4 Pac- 12) past the host Trojans ( 16- 12, 9- 7).
The Bears opened the second half with a 15- 2 run, with Gray scoring the first eight points, to take a 49- 32 lead with 16: 00 to play.
Afure Jemerigbe added 16 points for second- place Cal, which has won six in a row.
Notre Dame 81, Duke 70: Kayla McBride scored 31 points, and the No. 2 Irish ( 27- 0, 14- 0) jumped to an 18- point lead early and held on to beat the seventhranked Blue Devils ( 24- 4, 11- 3) to claim the Atlantic Coast Conference title in their inaugural season in the league.
Men
Creighton 72, Seton Hall 71: Doug McDermott had 29 points to become one of the top 10 scorers in college basketball history, and the No. 11 Bluejays ( 234, 13- 2 Big East) survived against the Pirates ( 14- 13, 5- 9). McDermott passed Alfredrick Hughes for 10th on the NCAA all- time scoring chart. McDermott has 2,917 points.
Utah 86, Arizona State 63: Delon Wright had 22 points, nine rebounds and six assists, and the Utes ( 18- 9, 7- 8 Pac- 12) blocked a season- high 12 shots to fuel a rout of the Sun Devils ( 19- 8, 8- 6).
Oregon 67, Washington State 53: Mike Moser had 21 points and a season- high five 3- pointers as the Ducks ( 18- 8, 6- 8 Pac- 12) beat the Cougars ( 9- 18, 2- 13).
Michigan 79, Michigan State 70: Nik Stauskas scored 21 of his 25 points in the second half, and the No. 20 Wolverines ( 19- 7, 11- 3) beat the 13th- ranked Spartans ( 22- 6, 11- 4) to take over first place in the Big Ten.