Top-seeded and fourth-ranked Stanford will meet No. 3 seed UCLA for the Pac-12 Conference women’s basketball tournament championship at 8 p.m. Sunday after the Cardinal Saturday night held off fourth-seeded Colorado, 61-47 . Earlier Saturday, UCLA led by as many as 26 points in throttling No. 2 Cal 70-58 at KeyArena.
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Lorenzo Romar’s Washington Huskies, seeded No. 6, will face Ken Bone’s No. 11-seeded Washington State Cougars in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament Wednesday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. They play the 8:30 p.m. late game on the first day of the four-day event.
On a comeback after missing all of 2012 due to shoulder surgery, veteran Jon Garland allowed just one run in three innings, but the Mariners fell to the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 in Glendale Saturday when Alex Castellanos slugged a two-run homer off reliever Yoervis Medina in the bottom of the seventh inning.
With a boisterous Senior Day crowd urging them on, the Washington Huskies had a splendid opportunity to deny UCLA a share of the Pac-12 regular-season title Saturday at Alaska Airlines Arena. Instead, Washington booted away a winnable game in the final six minutes by committing too many turnovers, clanking too many free throws and failing
Washington closes out its Pac-12 regular season Saturday with an unusual 11 a.m. start time at Alaska Airlines Arena. The conference tournament begins Wednesday in Las Vegas.
The home team in the Pac-12 women’s basketball tournament was eliminated Friday when cold-shooting Washington fell to Colorado 70-59 at KeyArena. The fifth-seeded Huskies lost their last four regular season games, then had to come from 22 down in the tourney’s first round against last-place Oregon to win and get to Friday’s game. The 20-11
At a press conference in Oakland, NBA Commissioner David Stern said Sacramento bid is low compared to Seattle, but expects the gap to close. New meeting April 3.
Stanford had its usual easy time with Washington State — the Cardinal is 55-0 against the Cougars — Friday night in the Pac-12 women’s basketball tournament at KeyArena, getting 23 points and 21 rebounds from Chiney Ogwumike in a 79-60 triumph. Fourth-ranked Stanford (29-2) won its 15th in a row and will play Colorado in
Hope Solo, goalie for the the U.S. Women’s National Team as well as the fledgling Seattle Reign, underwent successful surgery Thursday to repair torn cartilage in her left wrist. Solo has been playing with the long-standing injury. She is expected to be out three to four months.
Rain Friday washed out what was becoming the worst performance by the Mariners this spring. When the game was canceled in the fourth inning at Peoria Stadium, Seattle trailed Oakland 12-1 after a barrage of Athletics home runs, three of them off Hector Noesi, who reeked.