Huskies miss chance to clinch with loss at UCLA
* PAC-12
Lazeric Jones scored 20 points, twice hitting go-ahead baskets in the final 8:39, and UCLA defeated Washington 75-69 on Saturday at Los Angeles to prevent the Huskies from clinching the Pac-12 regular-season title outright.
Travis Wear had 16 points and 10 rebounds, and Tyler Lamb added 14 points for the Bruins (18-13, 11-7), who were picked to win the league title but have stumbled through a disappointing season. Unless they win this week's Pac-12 tournament, they're destined to miss the NCAA tournament for the second time in three years.
C.J. Wilcox scored 22 points and Terrence Ross added 14 for the Huskies (21-9, 14-4). The loss allows second-place California to grab a share of the league title with a win at Stanford today.
California also would earn the league tournament's top seed by virtue of a tiebreak because the Golden Bears beat the Huskies in their only regular-season meeting.
Oregon State 83, Colorado 69: At Corvallis, Ore., Ahmad Starks had all 18 of his points in the second half to lift the Beavers (17-13, 7-11 Pac-12) past Colorado (19-11, 11-7).
Oregon 94, Utah 48: At Eugene, Ore., Devoe Joseph scored 21 points and Oregon (22-8, 13-5 Pac-12) routed Utah (6-24, 3-15).
* TOP 25
No. 2 Syracuse 58, No. 19 Louisville 49: At Syracuse, N.Y., Brandon Triche scored 18 points and Syracuse (30-1, 17-1 Big East) beat Louisville (22-9, 10-8).
No. 3 Kansas 73, Texas 63: At Lawrence, Kan., Thomas Robinson had 25 points and 14 rebounds and Kansas (26-5, 16-2 Big 12) beat Texas (19-12, 9-9).
No. 6 North Carolina 88, No. 4 Duke 70: At Durham, N.C., Kendall Marshall had 20 points and 10 assists, and North Carolina (27-4, 14-2) beat Duke (26-5, 13-3) to win the Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season title.
No. 7 Missouri 81, Texas Tech 59: At Lubbock, Texas, Kim English scored 20 points and Missouri (27-4, 14-3 Big 12) beat Texas Tech (8-22, 1-17).
No. 8 Marquette 83, No. 11 Georgetown 69: At Milwaukee, Jae Crowder had 26 points and 14 rebounds to lead Marquette (25-6, 14-4 Big East) past the Hoyas (22-7, 12-6).
Iowa State 80, No. 9 Baylor 72: At Ames, Iowa, Scott Christopherson had 23 points and Iowa State (22-9, 12-6) rallied past Baylor (25-6, 12-6 Big 12).
No. 12 Murray State 54, Tennessee State 52: At Nashville, Tenn., Jewuan Long drove the baseline for a layup with 4.4 seconds left, and Murray State (30-1) beat Tennessee State (20-12) for the Ohio Valley Conference tournament championship.
Illinois State 65, No. 15 Wichita State 64: At St. Louis, Tyler Brown made two free throws with 6.4 seconds left and finished with 25 points as Illinois State (20-12) upset Wichita State (27-5) in the semifinals of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament.
No. 17 UNLV 74, Wyoming 63: At Las Vegas, Mike Moser had 17 points and 12 rebounds to lead UNLV (25-7, 9-5 MWC) past Wyoming (20-10, 6-8).
No. 21 San Diego State 98, TCU 92, OT: At Fort Worth, Texas, Jamaal Franklin scored 35 points, including the go-ahead three-point play in overtime, and San Diego State (24-6, 10-4) claimed a share of its second consecutive Mountain West Conference title with a victory over TCU (17-13, 7-7).
No. 23 Temple 80, Fordham 60: At New York, Juan Fernandez scored 19 points and Temple (24-6, 13-3) beat Fordham (10-19, 3-13) to win the outright Atlantic 10 regular-season title.
No. 25 Creighton 99, Evansville 71: At St. Louis, Gregory Echenique had 20 points and nine rebounds, and Creighton (27-5) beat Evansville (16-15) in a Missouri Valley Conference tournament semifinal.
* WEST COAST CONFERENCE
Saint Mary's 83, San Francisco 78: At Las Vegas, Clint Steindl scored 19 points, including six 3-pointers, and top-seeded Saint Mary's defeated San Francisco (20-13) to earn a spot in the West Coast Conference tournament final for the fourth straight year.
Saint Mary's (26-5) faces Gonzaga (24-5) in Monday's championship.
* WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
New Mexico State 83, Fresno State 78, OT: At Fresno, Calif., Wendell McKines had 20 points and 18 rebounds to lead New Mexico State (23-9, 10-4 WAC) past Fresno State (13-19, 3-11).
Nevada 79, Louisiana Tech 69: At Reno, Nev., Deonte Burton scored 20 points as Nevada (25-5, 13-1) rallied past Louisiana Tech (16-15, 6-8 WAC).
Utah State 61, Hawaii 60: Late
* NORTHWEST
Portland State 75, Montana State 53: At Portland, Ore., Chehales Tapscott scored 20 points as the Vikings (17-13) rolled past the Bobcats (12-17) in a Big Sky Conference tournament quarterfinal. Former North Idaho College standout Renado Parker had 13 points and nine rebounds for Portland State, which plays at Weber State on Tuesday.