Colorado, Arizona in Pac-12 title game
Published 11:34 pm Friday, March 9, 2012
LOS ANGELES — Carlon Brown scored 17 points, Andre Roberson had 17 points and nine rebounds, and Colorado extended a remarkable run in its first Pac-12 tournament all the way to the final with a 70-59 victory over second-seeded California on Friday night.
Brown scored five consecutive points during a 10-0 Buffaloes run down the stretch. Colorado broke open a tight game by limiting the Golden Bears to one field goal in an 8½-minute span of the second half.
Arizona 72, Oregon State 61
LOS ANGELES — Kyle Fogg scored 22 points and Arizona rallied with a big run after halftime to beat Oregon State, sending the Wildcats into the championship game of the Pac-12 Conference tournament.
Arizona’s Jesse Perry had 16 points and Solomon Hill added 12 points.
before fouling out with 5:30 to play for the fourth-seeded Wildcats (23-10), who will seek their fifth tournament title in today’s final at Staples Center. Arizona’s four titles and 21 victories are the most of any school in the event’s 15-year history.
Roberto Nelson scored 19 points, Devon Collier added 15 and Jared Cunningham had 14 for the ninth-seeded Beavers (19-14), who were cheered courtside for the third straight game by alumni Gary Payton and A.C. Green.
But even with Payton chewing out a referee, the former NBA stars couldn’t help the Beavers withstand Arizona’s 20-3 run that opened the second half.
The Wildcats fired up their 3-point arsenal, hitting three during the second-half outburst that produced a 47-37 lead. They were 9-of-18 from long range in the game.
