ONLINE EXTRA: Pac-10 Tournament Notebook

Oregon 86, Washington 64

For the first half of the game, the Pac-10 Tournament lived up
to its billing. Washington, just one of four conference teams to
defeat Oregon this season, went into break with a 13-point lead
thanks to 12 first-half points from Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year
Doug Wrenn. But the Ducks weren’t going to give in that
easily, outscoring Washington 51-22 in the second half.

“We all read what they had said in the papers and believed
that we had a lot more to show this team,” Oregon forward
Luke Jackson said. “We really didn’t play our best game
against them before.”

Oregon sweetened its already strong looking seeding in the NCAA
Tournament with its third road win in a row, quieting doubts
surrounding its ability to win away from Mac Court. Luke Jackson
paced Oregon with 27, including four three-pointers, while
Frederick Jones added 15 of his own. Oregon advances to the second
round against USC. Friday’s game is set for 6:14 p.m.

USC 103, Stanford 78

It seems that Stanford head coach Mike Montgomery got his wish.
Montgomery has been vocal all along of his dissatisfaction with the
revival of the Pac-10 Tournament, and after USC’s pounding of
the Cardinal in the first round of play, Stanford boarded a plane
back to Palo Alto Thursday night.

It was a lopsided game from the start, with USC clearly
out-powering a slower Stanford team.

“They came out and were much more aggressive,”
Stanford center Curtis Borchardt said. “They were everywhere,
on offense and defense. They just flat out kicked our
butts.”

Pac-10 Player of the Year Sam Clancy led the Trojans with 25
points, going 9-for-13 from the field.

“I think it’s probably the best we’ve played
offensively all year,” Clancy said. “Our guys came off
the bench and got involved in the offense right away.”

Stanford led by as many as 20 with three minutes to go in the
first half. Casey Jacobsen and Borchardt led the Cardinal with 17
points each. USC advances to a rematch with Oregon, a team that
they have yet to beat this season.

Arizona 73, Arizona State 56

In a showdown of inter-state rivals, the Arizona Wildcats
controlled the tempo from the start, jumping out to an early lead.
But though the ‘Cats held leads in the 20s in the second
half, the physcial nature of the game made it seem like the score
was much closer.

The Sun Devils had defeated the Wildcats in the teams’
first meeting, but Arizona proved to be the better team in the
state at the end. Luke Walton erupted for 25 points, 14 coming in
the second half. ASU was paced by Chad Prewitt who tallied 12 on
the night. Arizona advances to the second round against Cal.
Tip-off is scheduled for 8:30 pm.

Compiled by Christina Teller, Daily Bruin Senior Staff.