LOS ANGELES — Lazeric Jones scored 20 points, twice hitting go-ahead baskets in the final 8:39, and UCLA defeated Washington 75-69 on Saturday to prevent the Huskies from clinching the Pac-12 regular-season title outright.
Travis Wear had 16 points and 10 rebounds, and Tyler Lamb added 14 points for the Bruins (18-13, 11-7), who were picked to win the league title but have stumbled through a disappointing season. Unless they win next week’s Pac-12 tournament, they are destined to miss the NCAA Tournament for the second time in three years.
C.J. Wilcox scored 22 points and Terrence Ross added 14 for the Huskies (21-9, 14-4). The loss allows second-place California to grab a share of the league title with a win at Stanford today.
California also would earn the league tournament’s top seed by virtue of a tiebreak.
After beating Southern California on Thursday, Washington was in position to win just its second league title outright in 58 years with a win over the Bruins. The Huskies led much of the game until the Bruins took over the final 10½ minutes, outscoring Washington 17-7. The Huskies had just one basket in the final 1:19.
Washington State 43, USC 38
LOS ANGELES — Brock Motum scored 16 of his 27 points in the second half and Washington State withstood a late rally.
Maurice Jones scored 11 points to lead USC (6-25, 1-17), which closed the regular season with a ninth straight loss. WSU improved to 15-15, 7-11..
Oregon 94, Utah 48
EUGENE, Ore. — Devoe Joseph scored 21 points and Oregon made 15 3-pointers in a rout of Utah to end the regular season.
Carlos Emory scored 19 and Garrett Sim added 13 points for the Ducks (22-8, 13-5 Pac-12), who locked up third place in the conference and secured a bye in the first round of next week’s Pac-12 Tournament.
Jason Washburn scored 26 to lead the Utes (6-24, 3-15), who went 0-12 on the road this season.
