San Francisco raced to a 37-26 halftime lead over Loyola Marymount and rolled to an 82-53 victory Friday in the West Coast Conference tournament at Orleans Arena.
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Michaela Onyenwere had 27 points and 15 rebounds, and UCLA pulled away with a 9-0 run in the fourth quarter of a 73-66 win Friday at Mandalay Bay Events Center.
The top-seeded and fifth-ranked Aztecs defeated No. 9 Air Force 73-60 in a Mountain West men’s tournament quarterfinal Thursday at the Thomas & Mack Center.
No. 12-seeded California went on a 20-0 run that spanned the third and fourth quarters to overcome a 15-point deficit and defeat No. 5 Arizona State 71-67 on Thursday.
UNLV coach T.J. Otzelberger refused to blame the Rebels’ 67-61 loss to Boise State on Thursday in the Mountain West tournament on the absence of injured Elijah Mitrou-Long.
The West Coast Conference began women’s basketball tournament play Thursday afternoon and has no plans to alter its schedule despite the first local coronavirus case.
Loyola Marymount senior Raychel Stanley, a Bishop Gorman graduate, capped her collegiate career Thursday with six points and five rebounds in a 72-63 loss to Saint Mary’s.
Fourth-seeded UNLV rallied from 11 points down to twice cut the deficit to two, but never caught up in a loss to No. 5 Boise State on Thursday.
UNLV athletic events and the ongoing Mountain West men’s basketball tournament at the Thomas & Mack Center are going on as scheduled.
The WAC has no plans to alter or change its men’s and women’s basketball tournament schedules despite the first confirmed case of coronavirus in Nevada.
Boise State became the first program to win four consecutive Mountain West women’s basketball tournament championships. The Broncos beat Fresno State.
New Mexico opened the Mountain West tournament with a victory over San Jose State. The Lobos meet Utah State on Thursday.
The Ducks are the favorite after winning the regular season championship, but it doesn’t figure to be an easy weekend against a deep Pac-12 field.
Sophomore guard Bryce Hamilton is a deserving first-team all-conference pick by media and coaches. He averaged 20.8 points and 6.7 rebounds in Mountain West games.
The Chicago State University men’s and women’s basketball teams are considering not traveling to Las Vegas next week for the Western Athletic Conference tournament.