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WEST COAST ROUNDUP

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From Staff and Wire Reports

In other Big West games:

Pacific 98, UC Irvine 46--The Tigers (20-4, 11-3) opened a 25-6 lead and held the Anteaters (1-22, 1-13) to 14 points in the first half to clinch the Western Division title at Stockton.

Guard Raymond Tutt had 35 points as UC Santa Barbara (11-13, 6-8) was a home-court 92-88 winner over Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (11-13, 6-8).

WEST COAST CONFERENCE

San Francisco 81, Loyola Marymount 74--M.J. Nodilo scored every point of a 10-0 run linking the first and second half and the Dons (14-12, 9-5) won at San Francisco for their sixth consecutive home victory. The Lions (6-20, 3-11) lost their seventh in a row.

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Santa Clara 67, Gonzaga 52--Drew Zurek scored 17 points and the host Broncos earned a share of the WCC regular-season championship.

Brian Jones added 13 points and Marlon Garnett had 12 for Santa Clara (16-10, 10-4), which tied for the title with St. Mary’s but will receive the No. 1 seed in the WCC tournament starting next Saturday. It is the third straight season the Broncos have won or shared the WCC regular-season title.

Matt Santangelo led Gonzaga (15-11, 8-6) with 10 points.

Montana St. 61, Portland St. 59--Nate Holmstad scored 25 points and grabbed 14 rebounds and the Bobcats won in Bozeman.

MSU (16-12 overall, 10-5 Big Sky) led 54-50 on a basket by Holmstad with 2:59 remaining.

Portland State (9-17, 6-10) hit three-pointers on its next three possessions to pull within 60-59.

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