UO, OSU lose in Pac-10 tournament

Published 4:00 am Thursday, March 10, 2011

LOS ANGELES — Oregon and Oregon State both lost their first-round games at the Pac-10 women’s basketball tournament Wednesday.

Soana Lucet scored the go-ahead basket with 14 seconds left and finished with 23 points as Arizona escaped with a 90-89 victory over Oregon.

After Arizona surrendered an 18-point lead and fell behind 89-86, Lucet put the Wildcats (20-10) back on top with consecutive layups in the final 52 seconds.

The Ducks (13-17) had two chances to win it at the end, but Deanna Weaver missed two free throws with 5.6 second to play and Ariel Thomas airballed a deep three-pointer at the buzzer.

Thomas scored 29 points and Amanda Johnson had 25 points and 11 rebounds for Oregon, which trailed 51-36 at halftime. Danielle Love added 11 points and 13 rebounds.

Arizona State overcame poor shooting to beat Oregon State 50-44 behind 13 points by Dymond Simon.

The third-seeded Sun Devils (20-9), shot just 35.8 percent, including five of 19 from three-point range, and committed 19 turnovers.

Alyssa Martin and Sage Indendi had 10 points apiece to lead 10th-seeded Oregon State (9-21), which shot 40.9 percent.

Simon was just four of 15 from the field but came up big late, converting a three-point play for a 48-42 lead with 2:23 remaining.

The Beavers, who trailed by 15 early in the second half, closed the gap down the stretch, but the Sun Devils didn’t let them get any closer.

— The Associated Press