Los Angeles Times

Bruins rout Ducks for season sweep

- Staff and wire reports

Michaela Onyenwere scored 17 points, Lauren Miller added 16 and eighthrank­ed UCLA completed a season sweep of No. 13 Oregon for the first time in five years with an 83-56 win at Pauley Pavillion on Friday.

The Bruins (13-3, 11-3 Pac-12) are not known for their three-point shooting, but made 10 of 22 from beyond the arc, their secondhigh­est total of the season. Onyenwere had three threepoint­ers along with six rebounds and four assists.

UCLA also dominated on the boards 47-24. Lindsey Corsaro had seven rebounds as the Bruins had five players with five or more.

The Ducks (12-6, 9-6) have dropped three straight for the first time since 2016-17. It was their biggest regularsea­son loss since a 27-point defeat to Stanford in 2016.

Natalie Chou (14), Charisma Osborne (13) and Chantal Horvat (10) also scored in double figures for UCLA, which has won three straight and eight of nine.

The Ducks are winless in six games against ranked teams after going 12-1 last season.

The Bruins led throughout with four of their first six baskets being threes, including one by Onyenwere that gave them a 16-6 lead with 4:38 left in the first. UCLA closed the quarter on a 12-3 run and had a 28-11 lead.

UCLA extended its lead to 46-22 at halftime as it closed the second quarter with 11 straight points. Oregon made its first three shots in the quarter before missing 12 of its last 13.

Oregon State 77, at USC 52: Talia Von Oelhoffen scored a game-high 19 points in 22 minutes off the bench, and the Beavers (7-6, 5-6) tuned up for Sunday’s matchup at UCLA with their fourth victory in five games.

Von Oelhoffen and Aleah Goodman (17 points) both made three of four threepoint­ers as Oregon State shot 64% from deep. Taylor Jones had 13 rebounds and the Beavers owned a 44-25 edge on the boards.

The Trojans (10-9, 8-8), who had won four of five, had season lows in both scoring and shooting (31%). The teams’ first matchup in January was postponed.

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