Daily Camera (Boulder)

USC dominates first half, cruises past Oregon

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LOS ANGELES — Tahj Eaddy scored 24 points and No. 19 Southern California led by 16 after a blistering start on its way to a 7258 victory over Oregon on Monday night.

The Trojans (19-4, 13-3) moved into sole possession of first place in the Pac-12 by dominating the Ducks with just a seven-man rotation. Second-leading rebounder Isaiah Mobley strained his right calf earlier in the day and missed his first star t of the season.

LJ Figueroa and Eric Williams Jr. scored 14 points each for Oregon, which had its five-game winning streak snapped.

Oklahoma State 74,

No. 18 Texas Tech 69, OT

STILLWATER, Okla. — Cade Cunningham scored 20 points and Oklahoma State got past Texas

Tech in overtime for the second time this season, beating the 18thranked Red Raiders.

Cunningham, the Big 12’s leading scorer and one of the nation’s top freshmen, put on a show in front of about a dozen NBA scouts and executives, including Oklahoma City Thunder general manager Sam Presti. He made 8 of 13 shots and had five rebounds.

Women

No. 4 Stanford 62, No. 9 Arizona 48

STANFORD, Calif. — Kiana Williams scored 15 points and No. 4 Stanford clinched its first regular-season Pac-12 Conference crown in seven years, beating ninth-ranked Arizona 62-48 on Monday night.

Lexie Hull added 16 points and nine rebounds for the Cardinal (21-2, 18-2 Pac-12), who won their 10th straight game to capture the program’s first league title since 2014. Oregon won the past three.

Arizona star Aari Mcdonald scored 20 points despite a slow start and missing all six of her 3-point tries. She began 1 for 8, was 2 of 11 at halftime as her team trailed 31-25, and finished 8 of 24.

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