San Diego Union-Tribune (Sunday)
DANTE DOUBLES DOWN FOR DUCKS
N’faly Dante had 15 points, 12 rebounds and five blocks, including a pair late to help Oregon hold off visiting Stanford 73-68 in a regularseason finale on Saturday.
Dante collected his ninth double-double this season and the Ducks (18-13, 12-8) won their third straight and clinched the fourth seed and a first-round bye in the Pac-12 Tournament next week in Las Vegas.
Keeshawn Barthelemy made four 3-pointers and scored 14 points and Will Richardson had 10 points plus six assists for Oregon.
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. Harrison Ingram added 11 and Maxime Raynaud 10.
Oregon led by five at halftime and took the game’s largest lead of 12 with nine minutes left after a 15-6 run. Stanford responded with nine straight points but wouldn’t get closer.
Stanford won the teams’ first meeting 71-64 on Jan. 21.
The Pac-12 Tournament starts Wednesday in Las Vegas.
Colorado 69, Utah 60:
Julian Hammond III and Tristan da Silva each scored 15 points and Nique Clifford had his first-career doubledouble as the Buffaloes ended the Pac-12 regular season with a victory.
Clifford scored 14 points and grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds and Ethan Wright scored 10 for Colorado (16-15, 8-12) which ended a threegame skid, all against ranked opponents at the time they played.
Rollie Worster scored 15 points, Branden Carlsen scored 13 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Lazar Stefanovic scored 12 for Utah (1714, 10-10).
Colorado played without second-leading scorer KJ Simpson (15.9 points), who will miss the Pac-12 tournament due to mononucleosis.
Oregon State 69, Cal 66:
Glenn Taylor Jr. scored a career-high 28 points, Michael Rataj scored the last four points of the game and Oregon State beat visiting California.
Oregon 73, Stanford 68
Taylor was 6 of 13 from the floor and 15 of 16 from the freethrow line. Jordan Pope added 17 points and Tyler Bilodeau had 11 for Oregon State (11-20, 5-15).
Joel Brown finished with 22 points to lead Cal (3-28, 218), which led by as many as 16 points late in the first half.
Utah State 86, Boise State 73: Taylor Funk had 24 points in host Utah State’s win in the regular-season finale for both teams.
Funk also added eight rebounds for the Aggies (24-7, 13-5 Mountain West). Steven Ashworth scored 19 points and added eight assists and four steals.
Chibuzo Agbo finished with 18 points for the Broncos (23-8, 13-5). Boise State also got 14 points and six rebounds from Tyson Degenhart.
UNLV 69, Nevada 67 (OT): Elijah Harkless scored 24 points and Jackie Johnson III added seven in the overtime as UNLV defeated Nevada, which missed a close shot at the buzzer to tie the game and lost at home for the first time this season.
Harkless had eight rebounds for the Rebels (18-12, 711 Mountain West). Luis Rodriguez scored 14 points while shooting 3 for 12 (1 for 6 from 3-point range) and 7 of 9 from the free throw line, and added 13 rebounds.
Jarod Lucas led the way for the Wolf Pack (22-9, 12-6) with 23 points and six rebounds.
San Jose State 63, Air Force 61: Omari Moore recorded 33 points on 14 of 24 shooting, including 3 for 8 from distance, for the visiting Spartans (19-12, 10-8 Mountain West). Carter Murphy led the way for the Falcons (14-17, 5-13) with 17 points.
Fresno State 108, Chicago State 72: Jemarl Baker Jr. put up 43 points for the Bulldogs (11-19), connecting on a program-record tying 10 of his 11 3-point attempts.
BYU 73, LMU 63: Rudi Williams had 23 points to lead the Cougars in the West Coast Conference quarterfinals. Williams shot 5 for 12 and 11 of 12 from the free-throw line for BYU (19-14). The Lions (19-12) were led by Cameron Shelton with 27 points and six assists.