Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 13 Oregon St. tops No. 18 Buffs in 2OT

 

[March 08, 2024]  Raegan Beers poured in 27 points and No. 13 Oregon State overcame a 12-point, fourth-quarter deficit to beat No. 18 Colorado 85-79 in double overtime in the quarterfinals of the women's Pac-12 tournament on Thursday in Las Vegas.

Beers completed a double-double with 13 rebounds for the fourth-seeded Beavers (24-6), who also got 13 points apiece from Donovyn Hunter, Talia von Oelhoffen, Timea Gardiner and Dominika Paurova. Oregon State will oppose Stanford on Friday in the semifinals.

Gardiner came up in the clutch, scoring seven points as part of a 15-3 regulation-closing run from Oregon State. Paurova's trey gave the Beavers a 63-61 lead with 22 seconds to go in the first extra session, but Jaylyn Sherrod canned a short jumper 12 seconds later to extend the game.

Neither team led by more than two in the first three minutes of the second overtime. Oregon State then pulled away with an 8-0 burst, and it led by at least four the rest of the way.

Sherrod paced the fifth-seeded Buffaloes (22-9) with 23 points, six rebounds, seven assists and four steals. Aaronette Vonleh posted 20 points before fouling out, and Frida Formann netted 19 in the loss.

No. 2 Stanford 71, California 57

Kiki Iriafen racked up 28 points and 18 rebounds to lift the Cardinal to a victory over the Golden Bears in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament in Las Vegas.

Cameron Brink also recorded a double-double for top-seeded Stanford (27-4), supplying 15 points and 14 boards. Elena Bosgana finished with 16 points as the Cardinal rallied from a nine-point, second-quarter deficit.

Only Marta Suarez (14 points) scored in double figures for the Golden Bears (18-14). Cal, the No. 8 seed, went 5-for-12 from 3-point range in the first half before canning just 3 of 25 treys following the break.

No. 5 Southern California 65, Arizona 62

JuJu Watkins went for 17 points and Rayah Marshall posted a double-double as the second-seeded Trojans held off the seventh-seeded Wildcats in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament in Las Vegas.

Marshall finished with 15 points and 15 rebounds for Southern California (24-5), which led by 12 with 7:11 left in the game before watching Arizona crawl back into contention. The Trojans will oppose rival UCLA in the semifinals.

The Wildcats (17-15) were within three on three occasions in the final 1:27, but they never found a way to pull even. Helena Pueyo had 19 points, six assists and six steals, but Arizona still lost for the third time in four games.

No. 7 UCLA 67, No. 22 Utah 57

Angela Dugalic tossed in 17 points and Charisma Osborne had 16 to propel the third-seeded Bruins to a win over the sixth-seeded Utes in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament in Las Vegas.

UCLA (25-5) dominated the glass, outrebounding Utah 42-27 to run its winning streak to six games. The Bruins also shined from beyond the arc, hitting 8 of 17 shots from deep (47.1 percent), with Dugalic going 3 of 4 from long range.

Alissa Pili collected 16 points and Kennady McQueen had 14 for the Utes (22-10), who never led over the final three quarters before falling for the second time in three meetings with UCLA this season.

No. 24 Louisville 58, Boston College 55

Nyla Harris scored a team-high 14 points and converted a go-ahead layup with 32 seconds left as the Cardinals edged the Eagles in the second round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament in Greensboro, N.C.

T'yana Todd hit a 3-pointer to put Boston College (14-19) up 55-52 with 3:41 remaining, but Louisville (24-8) proceeded to end the game on a 6-0 run. Kiki Jefferson, Olivia Cochran and Sydney Taylor each added nine points for the fifth-seeded Cardinals, with Harris and Jefferson also grabbing nine rebounds apiece.

The 13th-seeded Eagles got a game-high 22 points on 8-of-17 shooting from Teya Sidberry. Todd and Dontavia Waggoner each chipped in 12 points for Boston College, which trailed by as many as nine in the third quarter before moving in front with 11 unanswered points to close the period.

No. 25 Fairfield 63, Saint Peter's 46

Playing as a nationally ranked team for the first time, the Stags rolled past the Peacocks in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference action in Jersey City, N.J.

Emina Selimovic finished with 24 points on 11-of-16 shooting as Fairfield (27-1, 19-0 MAAC) pushed the second-longest winning streak in the country to 25 games. Mackenzie Daleba contributed 11 points.

Saint Peter's (7-21, 4-15) was hampered by turnovers, committing 24 en route to its eighth loss in 10 games. Fatmata Janneh tallied 13 points and Rachel Kuhl had 12 for the Peacocks.

--Field Level Media

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