Arizona routs Oregon State, faces Stanford next

Oakland Tribune, Mar 13, 2008

LOS ANGELES -- Jordan Hill led five players in double figures with 16 points and Arizona swamped Oregon State 87-56 in the first round of the Pac-10 tournament Wednesday night.

The Wildcats needed at least one more win to extend their 23- year streak of NCAA tournament appearances, the longest in the nation, and they got it easily against the Beavers.

The Wildcats (19-13) advanced to play No. 11 Stanford (24-6) in tonight's quarterfinals at Staples Center. They were swept by the Cardinal in the regular season.

Reserve Lathen Wallace scored 19 points and Marcel Jones had 12 rebounds to lead Oregon State, which ended its agonizing season with 21 consecutive losses.

The Beavers (6-25) were the first team to go winless in the Pac- 10's regular season since the league expanded in 1978.

No. 25 Marquette 67, Seton Hall 54

NEW YORK -- Jerel McNeal scored 21 points and No. 25 Marquette held Seton Hall scoreless over the final five minutes of a 67-54 victory in the opening round of the Big East tournament.

The sixth-seeded Golden Eagles (23-8) will play third-seeded and 14th-ranked Notre Dame in the quarterfinals tonight.

WOMEN

Fresno St. 87, San Jose St. 76

LAS CRUCES, N.M. -- Jaleesa Ross scored a game-high 23 points, and the top-seeded Bulldogs (20-10) held off the Spartans in a Western Athletic Conference quarterfinal game.

Natalie White scored 21 points, all in second half, and Brittany Powell had 20 points and 10 rebounds for San Jose State (3-28), which shot a season-best 52.5 percent from the field (31-for-59) and 63.6 percent from 3-point range (7-for-11).

Texas 76, No. 8 Baylor 61

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Carla Cortijo scored a career-high 24 points and Texas (21-11) overcame a 16-point halftime deficit to defeat second-seeded Baylor (24-6) in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 women's tournament.

All-Big 12 selection Angela Tisdale led the Lady Bears with 23 points.