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UCLA falls to Oregon State in Pac-12 women’s basketball tournament semifinals

UCLA guard Jordin Canada looks for a teammate to pass to while on the court next to Oregon State's Mikayla Pivec during the second half Saturday.
(Elaine Thompson / Associated Press)
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Sydney Wiese made two three-pointers in the closing minutes, her first baskets of the second half, and finished with 19 points to help No. 6 Oregon State hold off No. 15 UCLA, 63-53, in the Pac-12 women’s basketball semifinals on Saturday night.

Oregon State will play for its second straight conference tournament title on Sunday night against either Stanford or in-state rival Oregon. By reaching the final, the Beavers (29-3) avenged one of their two regular-season losses in conference play.

Wiese was terrific in the first half, scoring 11 points, but it was her shots late that finally gave Oregon State separation.

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Mikayla Pivec added 15 points, and Gabriella Hanson had 12 for the Beavers.

Jordin Canada led UCLA (23-8) with 27 points, but had 17 in the first half and didn’t get enough help from others.

Kennedy Burke added 11 points, but second-leading scorer Monique Billings only made three of 14 shots from the field and finished with six points.

No. 10 Stanford 71, Oregon 56: Erica McCall finished with 17 points and 15 rebounds to help the Cardinal end the Ducks’ run in the Pac-12 tournament.

No. 2-seeded Stanford will face top-seeded Oregon State in the championship game on Sunday night. It will be Stanford’s 14th appearance in the tournament title game, having won 11 titles.

McCall was dominant on the interior in the second half as Oregon started to show signs of fatigue after having to play an opening-round game, then upsetting No. 11 Washington in the quarterfinals on Friday. McCall contributed 11 points and 11 rebounds after halftime, including five straight points midway through the fourth quarter as the Cardinal (27-5) finally pulled away.

Pac-12 freshman of the year Sabrina Ionescu and Maite Cazorla led Oregon (20-13) with 14 points.

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