D6 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2020 LATIMES.COM/SPORTS
Conf. Overall
TEAM W L W L
Arizona State 10 4 19 8
UCLA 10 5 17 11
Colorado 10 5 21 7
Oregon 10 5 21 7
Arizona 9 5 19 8
USC 8 7 19 9
Stanford 7 7 18 9
Utah 6 9 15 12
California 5 9 11 16
Washington State 5 10 14 14
Oregon State 5 10 15 12
Washington 3 121315SUNDAY’S RESULTS
at Utah 79, USC 65
Stanford 75, at Washington State 57
WEDNESDAY’S GAME
Utah at Stanford .......................... 7 p.m.
THURSDAY’S GAMES
Colorado at California ................... 6 p.m.
Arizona at USC ............................. 7 p.m.
Oregon State at Oregon .................. 8 p.m.
Arizona State at UCLA .................... 8 p.m.PAC-12
STANDINGS
PULLMAN, Wash. — Os-
car da Silva scored 19 points
and Daejon Davis added 17
to lead Stanford to a 75-57
victory over Washington
State on Sunday night,
keeping the Cardinal’s
hopes of an at-large bid for
the NCAA tournament alive.
Stanford (18-9, 7-7 Pac-12)
shot 56% from the field and
held the Cougars to 32%
shooting, including seven of
30 from three-point range.
The Cardinal have won
eight straight against the
Cougars and completed
their second sweep of the
Washington schools in three
years.No trouble
for Cardinal
STANFORD 75
WASHINGTON ST. 57associated pressMEN
TOP 25
No. 25 Ohio St. 79, No. 7 Mary-
land 72
Indiana 68, No. 9 Penn St. 60
No. 15 Creighton 81, No. 21 Butler
59
No. 16 Seton Hall 81, St. John’s
65
EAST
Boston U. 64, American 60
Brandeis 101, Chicago 95, 2OT
Canisius 57, Manhattan 56
Case Western 83, Emory 78
Colgate 90, Holy Cross 60
Fairleigh Dickinson 75, Robert
Morris 70
Lehigh 69, Bucknell 60
Loyola (Md.) 70, Lafayette 68
Marist 76, Niagara 54
Monmouth (NJ) 89, Quinnipiac
78
Mount St. Mary’s 65, Merrimack
57
Roberts Wesleyan 65, Dist. of Co-
lumbia 61
Rochester 82, Carnegie Mellon
81, OT
Sacred Heart 83, Bryant 76
Siena 62, Fairfield 59
St. Francis (Pa.) 74, LIU 71
St. Peter’s 73, Rider 54
UConn 78, South Florida 71
Wagner 75, St. Francis (NY) 71
SOUTH
Berry 77, Sewanee 50
Centre 85, Rhodes 77
East Carolina 67, Temple 63
Hendrix 75, Birmingham South-
ern 68
Millsaps 93, Oglethorpe 68
MIDWESTCincinnati 67, Wichita St. 64
Detroit Mercy 79, Milwaukee 73
Indiana St. 64, Evansville 62
Minnesota 83, Northwestern 57
N. Iowa 64, S. Illinois 52
Notre Dame 87, Miami 71
Oakland 92, Green Bay 88
Oakland City 104, SE Baptist 90
S. Dakota St. 85, South Dakota
80
Wisconsin 79, Rutgers 71
SOUTHWEST
St. Thomas (Texas) 84, Austin 75
FAR WEST
Boise St. 74, New Mexico 61
Stanford 75, Washington St. 57
Utah 79, USC 65
WOMEN
TOP 25
No. 1 South Carolina 67, No. 14
Kentucky 58No. 5 Louisville 79, Pittsburgh 47
Washington 74, No. 8 UCLA 68
Alabama 66, No. 9 Mississippi St.
64
Colorado 50, No. 11 Arizona 38
Villanova 76, No. 12 DePaul 58
No. 15 Oregon St. 76, California
63
No. 16 Texas A&M 84, Auburn 54
Georgia Tech 65, No. 17 Florida
State 62
Utah 75, No. 21 Arizona St. 71
Florida 83, No. 22 Arkansas 80
No. 23 Missouri St. 82, Indiana
St. 58
EAST
Boston College 75, Miami 64
Drexel 66, Elon 47
James Madison 89, Hofstra 52
LIU 71, St. Francis (Pa.) 64
Maine 64, Stony Brook 62, OTMarquette 76, Georgetown 56
Mount St. Mary’s 62, Merrimack
53
Northeastern 66, Towson 63
Richmond 72, St. Bonaventure 58
Rider 53, Iona 41
Robert Morris 48, Fairleigh Dickin-
son 35
Sacred Heart 52, Bryant 48
Wagner 74, St. Francis Brooklyn
53
William & Mary 78, Delaware 60
SOUTH
Georgia 73, LSU 56
Tennessee 67, Vanderbilt 63
UNC-Wilmington 74, Coll. of
Charleston 50
Virginia 86, Virginia Tech 76
Wake Forest 82, North Carolina
79, OT
MIDWESTButler 51, Providence 42
Cincinnati 87, Tulane 63
Cleveland St. 68, Detroit 63
Creighton 76, Xavier 62
Green Bay 61, IUPUI 58
Michigan 65, Michigan St. 57
Milwaukee 66, Ill.-Chicago 60
Missouri 82, Mississippi 67
N. Dakota St. 82, North Dakota 74
Notre Dame 72, Syracuse 70
Oakland 86, Youngstown St. 73
S. Illinois 99, Evansville 60
Texas Tech 77, Iowa St. 74
SOUTHWEST
TCU 49, Oklahoma St. 37
Texas A&M 84, Auburn 54
Wichita St. 70, Tulsa 61
FAR WEST
Denver 91, Oral Roberts 79
USC 66, Washington St. 60
UC Davis 65, Hawaii 48COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCORES
when Daniel Utomi took off
on a crucial fast break. Mo-
mentum had been fleeting
all afternoon, but as Utomi
dribbled coast-to-coast, it
seemed ready to turn.
Then, he lifted for a lay-
in, and pint-sized Utah
guard Rylan Jones stood
just in his path, embracing
the contact. A charge was
called. Utomi fouled out, and
16 seconds later, Utah hit a
corner three, stealing what
momentum was left.
“We could’ve cut it to two
or three there,” coach Andy
Enfield said. “You have to
take advantage of the oppor-
tunities when you have
them.”
With just three games re-
maining in its season, op-
portunities to boost an al-
ready-flimsy tournament re-
sume are fading fast. All
three of those games will
come against teams cur-
rently ahead of the Trojans
in the Pac-12 race. Two of
those teams — Arizona
State and UCLA — will come
to Galen Center as the
hottest teams in the confer-
ence.
After an ill-fated final
trip, all three games look like
must-win ones for a team
short on marquee victories.
“If we win those three
games,” point guard Ethan
Anderson said, “then all will
be well.”
On Sunday, the Trojans
were anything but well.
Down 15 pounds from the
previous two days, Rakoce-
vic still tried to play through
his illness, only for Enfield to
pull him after two minutes,
when he nearly fell down
during a free throw. Ma-
thews managed to play 23
minutes through nausea
and light-headedness, with
periodic breaks to puke in
the locker room.
Even Onyeka Okongwu,
who paced the Trojans with
an 18-point, 12-rebound per-
formance, found himself
fighting serious fatigue, hav-
ing returned to the court
from a concussion just a few
days before.
“I’m tired,” Okongwu
said. “Isaiah’s ankle is hurt.
Nick and Jonah are sick.
Kyle [Sturdivant] is with his
family [after the recent
death of his father]. I’m not
trying to make excuses. We
still could’ve played harder
and come out stronger.”
Without its usual length
in the frontcourt, USC
struggled to keep Utah’s of-
fense under control, as the
Utes shot 48%. Without one
of its top rebounders in
Rakocevic, it was outworked
on the glass. It committed
just 15 turnovers to seven as-
sists too, adding insult to
sickness and injury.
Still, the Trojans
mounted multiple come-
backs, only to lose their grip
on each.
Regardless, when the se-lection committee assesses
their credentials, the Tro-
jans aren’t likely to get any
sympathy.
“It’s tough to reckon
with,” Mobley said, “but we
just have to keep fighting.
The season isn’t over yet.”
While their resume is
short on Quadrant 1 wins —
just two in nine chances —
the Trojans had been largely
unscathed by bad losses un-
til Sunday. Ranked 90th in
the NCAA’s NET ratings cri-
teria, Utah is now the worst
defeat on its resume, a mis-
step the committee will no
doubt consider.
As his players trudged
out of the visiting locker
room Sunday night, pale
and disheartened, a weary
Enfield explained that the
tournament was the fur-
thest thing from his mind.
“We were just worried
about our guys and their
health,” Enfield said. “The
tournament, obviously we
want to make the tourna-
ment, but we were just wor-
ried about our guys. We
weren’t thinking about
that.”No room for
error for USC
USC next
Thursday vs. Arizona,
7 p.m. PST, Galen Center,
ESPN — With its
tournament hopes
dwindling fast, USC enters
the final stretch of its
season with three
must-win games ahead.
Arizona is coming off an
overtime loss to Oregon
and will be eager to
bounce back. The
Wildcats’ trio of freshmen,
led by 20 points from point
guard Nico Mannion,
trounced USC in their last
meeting in Tucson.
—Ryan KartjeLuther Muhammad
scored 22 points as No. 25
Ohio State beat No. 7 Mary-
land 79-72 on Sunday, snap-
ping the visiting Terrapins’
nine-game winning streak.
Ohio State (18-9, 8-8 Big
Ten) defeated a top-10 team
for the fourth time this sea-
son. Four other Buckeyes
scored in double figures, led
by Kaleb Wesson with 15
points.
Aaron Wiggins led Mary-
land (22-5, 12-4) with 20
points and Eric Ayala had 16,
but the Terrapins got little
help from their big guns.
Leading scorer Jalen Smith,
who averages 17.1 points per
game, was held to eight. An-
thony Cowan, who averages
16.9, scored 10 before fouling
out.
“They deserve all the
credit,” Maryland coach
Mark Turgeon said of Ohio
State. “They made us pay for
mistakes. They got loose
balls. They got free throws.
They were terrific.”at Indiana 68, No. 9 Penn
State 60:Al Durham scored
14 points and Trayce Jack-
son-Davis had 13 points and10 rebounds to lead Indiana.
Devonte Green contributed
10 points for the Hoosiers
(18-9, 8-8 Big Ten), who
started hot but needed to hit
their final four free throws to
help seal the win. Lamar
Stevens, who was plaguedwith foul trouble all game,
led Penn State (20-7, 10-6)
with 29 points on 11-of-27
shooting.at No. 15 Creighton 81,
No. 21 Butler 59:Marcus Ze-
garowski made all seven of
his three-pointers and fin-
ished with 25 points, and
Creighton beat Butler for its
fourth straight win over an
AP top-25 opponent. The
Bluejays (22-6, 11-4 Big East)
have won nine of 10 and re-
main one game behind con-
ference-leading Seton Hall.
Butler (19-9, 7-8) dropped its
third straight game.at No. 16 Seton Hall 81,
St. John’s 65:Myles Powell
scored 18 points and Sandro
Mamukelashvili added 16
points and nine rebounds for
Seton Hall (20-7, 12-3 Big
East). Jared Rhoden added
14 points on four-of-five
shooting, and Romero Gill
had 12 points while going six
for six from the field.TOP 25 BASKETBALL ROUNDUPBuckeyes end Terps’ nine-win run
associated pressOHIO STATE’SDuane Washington, right, tries to
dribble to the basket against Maryland’s Jalen Smith.Jay LaPreteAssociated PressOne perfect 10 made his-
tory. Another won the meet.
After UCLA’s Grace
Glenn earned the first lead-
off perfect 10 on beam in
NCAA history, Utah fresh-
man Abby Paulson stole the
spotlight as her perfect
score sealed a dramatic
198.075-198.025 win for the
Utes in Pauley Pavilion on
Sunday.
Paulson’s clutch per-
formance decided the meet
even before senior Kyla Ross
could finish her floor rou-
tine. While Utah celebrated
boisterously, with coach
Tom Farden slapping the
beam in a team huddle,
UCLA huddled on the side of
the floor after the meet.
The Bruins, with a sea-
son-high score, were rev-
eling too.
“It feels like we won,”
UCLA coach Chris Waller
said with a beaming smile.
“We killed it. It was amaz-
ing.”
However, the former
Olympian still admitted it
was painful to lose to the
Pac-12 rival Utes at home.
The teams have split the
past six Pac-12 champi-
onships, and the Bruins had
won five straight meets
against Utah.
Sunday was the first time
UCLA had lost a meet while
reaching the 198-point total.
The teams that were tied at
No. 3 in the rankings enter-
ing the meet with identical
season averages combined
for six event season highs.
Glenn’s score set the tone for
UCLA’s 49.525 on beam.
Glenn, the reigning
Pac-12 beam co-champion,
has the potential to score a
perfect score in every meet,
but her position at the top of
the lineup sometimes hin-
ders her scores. Judges typi-
cally score conservatively at
the beginning of lineups to
allow for flexibility later, so
coaches tend to save theirbest competitors for last.
But Glenn’s unwavering
consistency at the beginning
of the lineup is more valu-
able to the Bruins than an
extra tenth of a point. On
Sunday, she enjoyed the
best of both worlds.
“I’ve always tried to want
to challenge myself,” the
Charlotte, N.C., native said.
“Since I only do one event,
it’s kind of hard to stay chal-
lenged. ... Always challeng-
ing myself to reach that goal
has kept me very motivated
throughout this year.”
Glenn’s perfect score
helped the Bruins rally from
a 0.125-point deficit at the
halfway mark. UCLA trailed
despite scoring a season-
high 49.375 on vault in the
first rotation because the
Utes shattered their season
high on bars with a 49.6.
UCLA’s performance on
beam trimmed the deficit to
0.075 going into the final ro-
tation. Within striking dis-
tance, Waller encouraged his
team to just put on a show.
They responded by earning
a season-high 49.8. The Bru-
ins had the crowd of 7,358roaring after each routine.
Fans implored judges for an-
other 10 after junior Nia Den-
nis’ energetic routine, but
when the junior had to settle
for a career-high 9.975, she
jokingly collapsed to the
floor.
One of her teammates
mimicked chest compres-
sions to resuscitate her.
Dennis’ score matched
9.975s from Gracie Kramer
and Ross.
Halfway through Ross’
routine, Paulson’s score
came in. The Utes began to
celebrate. They scored 49.775
on beam, the highest of any
team in the nation in the
event this year.
The Bruins were incon-
sistent through their first
seven meets, but Waller be-
lieved the score Sunday
showed “us and the world
that we’re legit.”
“It’s just letting go and
enjoying yourself,” Ross
said. “Because sometimes
we get caught up in what’s
the outcome going to be, but
I think when we do our best,
it’s when we focus on what
we’re doing in the moment.”Bruins’ Glenn makes her mark
UCLA gymnast earns
leadoff 10 on beam,
first in NCAA history,
in close loss to Utah.
By Thuc Nhi Nguyen
Charisma Osborne
scored 23 points, but No. 8
UCLA fell to Washington 74-
68 on Sunday in Seattle.
“The great news is that it
prepares you so well for the
NCAA tournament because
there are no nights off and
you see every style of play [in
the Pac-12 Conference],”
coach Cori Close said.
“So I have a lot of confi-
dence our team is going to
respond. This one hurts.
More than that, it hurts that
we haven’t been playing very
well.”
The Huskies (13-14, 5-11
Pac-12) pulled off the upset
behind Amber Melgoza’s 20
points and Rita Pleskevich’s
15.
Washington built an 11-
point lead in the first half,
but the Bruins (22-4, 12-4)
whittled it down to 30-26 at
halftime by holding the
Huskies without a field goal
for the final 5 minutes 28 sec-
onds.
The Bruins cut the deficit
to 67-63 in the final two min-
utes.
USC 66, at Washington
State 60:Freshman forward
Alissa Pili scored a career-
high 32 points and had 12 re-
bounds for the Trojans, who
had to hang on after leading
by 18 points after the first
half.
It was Pili’s 12th consecu-
tive game scoring in double
figures and 21st overall.
USC freshman guard
Kyra White had a career-high eight points, and senior
forward Kayla Overbeck
had a career-best five steals.
The Trojans (14-13, 6-10)
led by as many as 20 points in
the third quarter, but theCougars (11-17, 4-12) rallied in
the fourth quarter on the
strength of four three-point
baskets.
Chanel Molina led the
Cougars with 23 points.PAC-12 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
UCLA suffers upset loss
wire reports
UCLA’S CHARISMA OSBORNEtries to keep Washington’s Amber Melgoza
from shooting in the first half. Osborne scored 23 points, and Melgoza had 20.Ken LambertAssociated Press[USC,from D1]UTAHguard Alfonso Plummer goes to the basket as
USC forward Onyeka Okongwu battles him.Rick BowmerAssociated PressUTAH 79, USC 65
USC
Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
Okongwu ...........388-11 2-7 5-12 1 4 18
Rakocevic............5 1-1 0-0 0-2 0 1 2
E.Anderson........30 3-7 2-4 1-4 0 3 9
Mathews ...........234-10 0-0 0-0 1 3 9
Utomi ...............26 3-8 1-2 1-6 3 5 7
Adlesh..............27 1-5 0-0 2-5 2 1 3
Weaver..............255-10 0-1 0-3 0 3 13
Agbonkpolo.......15 1-6 0-0 0-0 0 1 3
Mobley.............10 0-2 1-2 0-3 0 1 1
Totals 26-60 6-16 9-35 7 22 65
Shooting: Field goals, 43.3%; free throws, 37.5%
Three-point goals: 7-24 (Weaver 3-5, E.Anderson 1-2,
Adlesh 1-4, Agbonkpolo 1-4, Mathews 1-4, Mobley 0-1,
Utomi 0-4). Team Rebounds: 3. Team Turnovers: None.
Blocked Shots: 3 (E.Anderson, Mobley, Utomi). Turnovers:
15 (Okongwu 5, Weaver 4, E.Anderson 2, Utomi 2, Adlesh,
Mathews). Steals: 6 (Weaver 2, E.Anderson, Mathews,
Okongwu, Utomi). Technical Fouls: None.
UTAH
Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
Allen................377-13 7-12 1-10 3 3 21
Battin ...............34 0-20-0 0-2 1 0 0
Carlson .............25 5-90-1 3-8 3 3 11
Gach................21 1-63-4 1-8 3 0 5
Jones................11 3-60-1 0-1 4 3 8
Jantunen ...........34 5-72-3 3-5 4 2 13
Plummer ...........245-11 3-3 0-1 1 2 18
Brenchley..........12 1-20-0 0-0 0 2 3
Thioune..............2 0-00-0 0-2 0 0 0
Totals 27-56 15-24 8-37 19 15 79
Shooting: Field goals, 48.2%; free throws, 62.5%
Three-point goals: 10-21 (Plummer 5-8, Jones 2-4, Carl-
son 1-1, Brenchley 1-2, Jantunen 1-2, Battin 0-2, Gach 0-2).
Team Rebounds: 4. Team Turnovers: None. Blocked Shots:
3 (Carlson 2, Jantunen). Turnovers: 11 (Allen 3, Carlson 2,
Gach 2, Jones 2, Battin, Jantunen). Steals: 10 (Jones 4,
Gach 2, Allen, Battin, Brenchley, Plummer). Technical Fouls:
None.
USC 28 37— 65
UTAH 34 45— 79