East Bay Times

Stanford falls on road; San Jose State rallies

- NO. 24 TEXAS A&M 67, NO. 2 ALABAMA 61 >>

Stanford jumped out to a big lead in Eugene, but couldn't come back from an Oregon second-half surge in a 73-68 loss in the regular-season finale on Saturday.

N'Faly Dante had 15 points, 12 rebounds and five blocks for the Ducks (18-13, 12-8), who won their third straight and clinched the fourth seed and a first-round bye in the Pac-12 Tournament.

Spencer Jones made four 3s and scored 18 points for the Cardinal (13-18, 7-13), who will be the 10th seed. Brandon Angel also scored 18 points.

Ingram drove to the hoop and cut an Oregon lead to four with 21/2 minutes left but Dante blocked Stanford's next two attempts on drives and Jermaine Couisnard made it 72-66.

Dante missed 3 of 4 free throws in the final half-minute but Stanford made just 2 of 5 over the same span.

SAN JOSE STATE 63, AIR FORCE 61 >> Omari Moore scored a career-high 33 points and the visiting Spartans rallied from a 20-point second-half deficit to beat the Falcons in the regularsea­son finale.

The comeback was the biggest for San Jose State since joining the Mountain West in 2013. The Spartans (19-12, 10-8 MW) trailed 45-25 with 17:08 to play.

The 19 wins are the most for SJSU since 1981 and the secondmost in program history dating to 1937.

The Spartans enter the MW tournament in Las Vegas as the No. 5 seed and play Thursday at 2:30 p.m. on CBS Sports Network. 28 points and the host Aggies beat the Crimson Tide, making their late free throws after Alabama star Brandon Miller fouled out.

The loss snapped a fourgame winning streak for the Crimson Tide (26-5, 16-2 SEC), who played the last two minutes minus Miller, who fouled out after scoring a team-leading 19 points.

The Aggies (23-8, 15-3) led by two with two minutes left when Miller departed. Dexter Dennis made both free throws to make it 61-57.

A basket by Jahvon Quinerly cut the lead to two again with a minute to go, but Taylor made two free throws to make it 6359 with 30 seconds remaining. NO. 9 TEXAS 75, NO. 3 KANSAS 59 >> Sir'Jabari Rice scored 23 points and the host Longhorns earned a second-place Big 12 finish.

Kansas, which had already secured the league championsh­ip, had its seven-game winning streak snapped.

Tyrese Hunter scored 20 points for Texas (23-8, 12-6).

Jalen Wilson led Kansas (256, 13-5) with 23 points and 10 rebounds.

NO. 6 MARQUETTE 96, ST. JOHN'S 94 >>

Kam Jones scored 23 points and the Big East champion Golden Eagles (25-6, 17-3) earned their sixth consecutiv­e victory by holding off the visiting Red Storm.

Dylan Addae-Wusu scored 25 points for St. John's (17-14, 7-13). IOWA STATE 73, NO. 7 BAYLOR 58 >> Jaren Holmes had 16 points and the Cyclones (18-12, 9-9 Big 12) ended a four-game losing streak with the road upset.

Adam Flagler had 20 points for the Bears (22-9, 11-7).

 ?? ANDY NELSON — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ?? Oregon's Quincy Guerrier has his shot blocked by Spencer Jones of Stanford during Saturday's Pac-12 game in Eugene, Ore.
ANDY NELSON — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Oregon's Quincy Guerrier has his shot blocked by Spencer Jones of Stanford during Saturday's Pac-12 game in Eugene, Ore.

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