LOS ANGELES — Julie Futch had 17 points as Oregon State rallied to upset Washington, 52-42, in the first round of the Pac-10 Conference Tournament on Thursday.
Seventh-seeded Washington took its last lead when Sarah Morton nailed a 3-pointer snapping a 33-33 tie with 11:31 remaining.
From there, Talisa Rhea responded with consecutive 3-pointers during tenth-seeded Oregon State’s 14-2 run that put the Beavers ahead 47-38.
Sami Whitcomb led Washington (12-17) with 18 points.
Oregon State (11-19) advances to play second-seeded UCLA in a quarterfinal game on Friday.
Haiden Palmer added 14 points for the Beavers, who entered the game having lost 17 of their last 18.
After committing 13 turnovers in the first half, Oregon State had just six in the second half.
The Beavers shot 42.9 percent from the field and had 12 steals.
Oregon State held a large advantage at the free-throw line, converting 11 of 22 foul shots compared to 2 of 5 for Washington.
The two teams traded large runs in the first half with Washington racing out to an early lead and Oregon State storming right back.
Whitcomb scored 11 of the team’s first 22 points. Her driving layup put the Huskies ahead 22-4 with 8:37 left in the first.
But after Whitcomb’s basket, Oregon State responded with an 18-2 run to close the half and trail 24-22 at the break. Futch scored seven of her points during that stretch including a 3-pointer.
Oregon State committed nine turnovers in the first 10 minutes to trail 15-2.
Arizona 62, Washington St. 60
LOS ANGELES — Soana Lucet had 22 points and seven rebounds as Arizona held on to beat Washington State, 62-60 in the first round of the Pac-10 Conference tournament on Thursday night.
Eighth-seeded Arizona (14-16) never trailed again after Washington State took a 3-2 lead.
The Cougars scored their final basket when Rosie Tarnowski made a 3-pointer with 57-seconds left.
April Cook led the ninth-seeded Cougars (8-22) with 18 points. She missed a long-range 3-pointer at the buzzer would have won the game for Washington State.
Arizona advances to play top-seeded Stanford (28-1) in a quarterfinal.
Pac-10 honors announced
STANFORD, Calif. — Stanford sophomore Nnemkadi Ogwumike was named the Pacific-10 Conference Player of the Year Thursday, edging teammate and last year’s top player, Jayne Appel.
Appel, junior forward Kayla Pedersen and sophomore Jeanette Pohlen joined Ogwumike on the 15-player all-conference team. Senior Rosalyn Gold-Onwude was named Co-Defensive Player of the Year with Southern California’s Briana Gilbreath and Arizona’s Davellyn Whyte was named Freshman of the Year.
UCLA’s second-year coach Nikki Caldwell was named Coach of the Year after leading the Bruins to a second-place finish in the Pac-10 behind undefeated Stanford. UCLA came within four points of beating the Cardinal in Los Angeles.
Ogwumike averaged a conference-leading 18.2 points and was third in rebounding with a 9.4 average. Her 63.8 shooting percentage is fourth in the nation. Ogwumike recorded a conference-leading 14 games of 20 or more points.
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