COLLEGE MEN: LMU continues run at WCC with OT win

Anthony Ireland scored 16 points, including two big free throws late in overtime, and Loyola Marymount continued its surprising West Coast Conference tournament run with a 61-60 win over San Francisco on Thursday night at Las Vegas.

Ireland scored all four LMU points in the extra session before Taylor Walker's free throw gave the Lions (10-22) a 61-57 lead with 9 seconds left. San Francisco's Cole Dickerson made a meaningless 3-pointer in the closing seconds to complete the scoring.

Godwin Okonji had 14 points and 10 rebounds for ninth-seeded Loyola, which entered the tournament on a 14-game losing streak before beating eighth-seeded Portland on Wednesday. Ashley Hamilton chipped in 11 points and 14 rebounds.

Dickerson had 23 points and 18 rebounds for the No. 5 seed Dons (14-16), and his tip-in with 9 seconds left sent the game to overtime.

LMU will face No. 4 seed Santa Clara in the quarterfinals tonight. The winner will face top-seeded Gonzaga in the semifinals on Saturday.

San Diego 62, Pepperdine 59: At Las Vegas, Johnny Dee scored 16 points and San Diego (15-17) beat the Waves (12-18) in the second round of the WCC tournament.

San Diego will face No. 3 seed BYU in the quarterfinals tonight. The winner will face second-seeded Saint Mary's in the semifinals on Saturday.

* PAC-12

Colorado 76, No. 19 Oregon 53: At Boulder, Colo., Xavier Johnson had a career-high 22 points, Spencer Dinwiddie added 17 and Colorado beat Oregon, completing a season sweep and thwarting the Ducks' bid to gain a share of the Pac-12 Conference title.

The Buffaloes (20-9, 10-7) played without the nation's leading rebounder, Andre Roberson, who sat out with a viral illness. Gone with the athletic junior forward were 11.5 rebounds and 10.8 points a game.

Arsalan Kazemi, Jonathan Loyd and Ben Carter each had 10 points for Oregon (23-7, 12-5), which fell into a first-place tie with UCLA. The Ducks hold the tiebreaker after beating the Bruins in their only meeting in January. Oregon can wrap up at least a share of their first league crown since 2002 - along with the No. 1 seed for the Pac-12 tournament - with a win at Utah on Saturday.

Utah 72, Oregon State 61: At Salt Lake City, Jordan Loveridge scored 17 points and collected 12 rebounds for his fourth double-double of the season to help Utah run away from Oregon State (13-17, 3-14).

Jason Washburn added 15 points and eight boards while Jarred DuBois chipped in 15 points and six assists for the Utes (12-17, 4-13) as they moved a step closer to wrapping up the 10th seed in the Pac-12 tournament next week.

New Mexico State 78, Louisiana Tech 60: At Las Cruces, N.M., Daniel Mullings scored 23 points, and New Mexico State (20-10, 13-4) snapped Louisiana Tech's 18-game winning streak.

The Bulldogs (26-4, 16-1) now must win at Denver on Saturday to clinch the Western Athletic Conference regular-season title. If Denver wins, the teams will be tied and RPI will determine which team gets the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament.

Mullings was 7 of 14 from the floor and added eight rebounds for the Aggies. Tyrone Watson had 12 points and 11 rebounds. NMSU shot 55 percent from the floor en route to clinching the No. 3 tournament seed.

Denver 84, Texas-Arlington 55: At Denver, Chris Udofia had 21 points, Brett Olson chipped in with 18 and Denver (20-8, 15-2) beat Texas-Arlington (17-11, 11-6 WAC).

Utah State 77, Texas State 61: At Logan, Utah, Jarred Shaw came off the bench to scored 15 points and grab 10 rebounds and Utah State (20-9, 10-7 WAC) beat Texas State (9-21, 4-13).

San Jose State vs. UTSA, ccd., rain: At San Jose, Calif., The game between the Spartans (9-18, 3-13 WAC) and Texas-San Antonio (8-20, 3-13) was cancelled due to unsafe conditions from rainwater leaking on the court.

* BIG SKY

Montana 63, Sacramento State 52: At Missoula, Jordan Gregory scored 21 points as Montana maintained its hold on first place in the Big Sky Conference with a victory over Sacramento State (14-14, 8-11).

The Grizzlies (22-6, 18-1) lead Weber State by one game in the conference standings with one game remaining in the regular season.

Kareem Jamar added 12 points for Montana, which played again without starters Will Cherry and Mathias Ward because of foot injuries.

Montana State 83, Northern Arizona 79, OT: At Bozeman, Mont., Antonio Biglow had 27 points and seven steals to lead the Bobcats (12-16, 9-10 Big Sky) past the Lumberjacks (11-19, 8-11).

* TOP 25

No. 10 Michigan State 58, No. 22 Wisconsin 43: At East Lansing, Mich., Keith Appling scored 14 of his 19 points in the second half to help Michigan State beat Wisconsin (20-10, 11-6) and stay in the Big Ten race.

The Spartans (23-7, 12-5) moved into a three-way tie for second with Michigan and Ohio State. The trio trails conference-leading Indiana with one game left in the regular season.

The Hoosiers can claim the Big Ten title outright with a win Sunday in Ann Arbor against the Wolverines. If they lose, Michigan would earn piece of the title and give Michigan State and the Buckeyes a shot to pull into a four-way tie. The Spartans close the regular season Sunday at home against Northwestern after Ohio State hosts Illinois.