Inside: Top-seeded Oregon rolls into Pac12 tourney semifinals.
LJ Figueroa scored 21 points, Will Richardson had 17 points, seven rebounds and nine assists and topseeded Oregon eased into the Pac-12 Tournament semifinals with a 91-73 victory over Arizona State on Thursday in Las Vegas.
Oregon did not miss consecutive shots in the final 15 minutes of the game until the 1:30 mark when it was in front 60-35.
Eugene Omoruyi had 15 points and six rebounds for Oregon (20-5), which has won six in a row to reach 20 wins for the 11th straight season.
The Ducks shot 59% from the field, including 10 of 18 from 3-point range.
Alonzo Verge Jr. led Arizona State (11-14) with 28 points and eight rebounds. DUKE WITHDRAWS FROM
ACC TOURNEY » Duke pulled out of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament and ended its season after a positive coronavirus test and the resulting quarantining and contact tracing.
The ACC announced that the Blue Devils’ quarterfinal game with Florida State scheduled for Thursday night was canceled. Duke had won its first two tournament games, but finished just 13-11 overall and 9-9 in ACC games.
Athletic director Kevin White said that Duke’s season is over, ending the Blue Devils’ streak of 24 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances.
The Blue Devils likely needed to win the ACC Tournament to extend the NCAA streak dating back to 1996. NO. 2 BAYLOR 74, KANSAS
STATE 68 » MaCio Teague had 24 points, Davion Mitchell added 23 and the Bears avoided what would have been one of the biggest upsets in Big 12 Tournament history.
Top-seeded Baylor (22-1) rolled into T-Mobile Arena in Kansas City, Mo. after winning its first regular-season conference title since 1950.
Yet the Wildcats (9-20), who lost their two regular-season games to Baylor by an average of 40 points, trailed by four points with just over a minute to go, but Jared Butler made a couple free throws to seal the win.
It sent Baylor into a semifinal matchup with Oklahoma State today. NO. 9 OHIO STATE 79, MINNESOTA 75 » Duane Washington Jr. and Justice Sueing each scored 16 points and the Buckeyes won their Big Ten Tournament opener.
Ohio State (19-8) snapped a four-game losing streak.
Marcus Carr had 24 points for Minnesota (14-15). NO. 11 KANSAS 69, NO. 25
OKLAHOMA 62 » Ochai Agbaji scored 26 points, Marcus Garrett added 17, and the second-seeded Jayhawks (20-8) beat the Sooners (1510) in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament.
Austin Reaves and Brady Manek scored 19 each to lead No. 7 seed Oklahoma. NO. 13 TEXAS 67, NO. 20 TEXAS
TECH 66 » Matt Coleman scored 19 points, including the go-ahead free throws with 1.8 seconds left, and the No. 3-seeded Longhorns (18-7) rallied to beat the sixth-seeded Red Raiders (17-10). in the Big 12 Tournament quarterfinals. NO. 12 OKLAHOMA STATE 72, NO. 10 WEST VIRGINIA 69
» Avery Anderson III hit the go-ahead bucket with less than a minute to go, and Sean McNeil’s tying 3-pointer came a split-second after the final buzzer, allowing the Cowboys to escape with a win in the Big 12 Tournament quarterfinals.
Anderson and Cade Cunningham had 17 points each for fifth-seeded Oklahoma State (19-7),which has won seven of its last eight.
Miles McBride and Taz Sherman had 19 points each for West Virginia (19-8). GEORGETOWN 72, NO. 14 VILLANOVA 71 » Dante Harris made two free throws with 4.7 seconds left to cap a perfect game from the line for the eighth-seeded Hoyas, who with the upset reached the Big East Tournament semifinals.
Harris led the way with 18 points for Georgetown (11-12), which was 23 of 23 from the free-throw line.
The top-seeded Wildcats (16-6), playing without injured star Collin Gillespie, had won three straight Big East tourney titles. Jeremiah Robinson-Earl led the Wildcats with 26 points.
NO. 16 VIRGINIA 72, SYRACUSE 69» Reece Beekman hit a 3-pointer as time expired to lift the top-seeded Cavaliers (18-6) over the No. 8 seed Orange (16-9) in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament. NO. 17 CREIGHTON 87, BUTLER 56» With coach Greg McDermott back on the bench after a one-game suspension, the Bluejays cruised into the semifinals of the Big East Tournament.
Marcus Zegarowski led second-seeded Creighton (19-7) with 18 points.
Bryce Nze had 21 points for No. 10 seed Butler (10-15). NO. 19 SAN DIEGO STATE 69, WYOMING 66 » Terrell Gomez scored 20 points and the Aztecs (21-4) beat the Cowboys (14-11) in the Mountain West Conference Tournament quarterfinals.