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Bruins Bolt Corvallis In First Place

Associated Press

Pac-10

Charles O’Bannon scored 19 points Saturday while Oregon State turned cold in the game’s final 7 minutes, allowing UCLA to escape with a 74-68 Pac-10 victory over the last-place Beavers.

The victory gave the Bruins (12-6, 7-2 Pac-10) a split in their Willamette Valley trip and left them alone in first in the conference standings, a half-game ahead of Arizona.

But the Bruins had no easy time against the young Beavers (5-13, 1-8), whose freshman star Corey Benjamin fouled out with 11:23 to play.

Sasha Petrovic’s score on a drive to the basket cut UCLA’s lead to 63-62 with 7:08 to play. The Bruins’ Toby Bailey scored three points and had two assists during a 9-2 run capped by Jelani McCoy’s second consecutive stuff shot that put UCLA ahead 72-64 with 1:53 to play.

The Beavers came back. Terrill Woods scored on a rebound and Carson Cunningham, who had 20 points, drove through the much bigger Bruins for a layup to cut the lead to 72-68.

Cameron Dollar and O’Bannon both missed the first of one-and-one free-throw opportunities, but the Beavers missed repeated 3-point attempts and Kris Johnson finally clinched the victory by making two free throws 14.3 seconds from the finish.

UCLA 78, Oregon State 68

UCLA (12-6, 7-2) - O’Bannon 7-11 4-6 19, Henderson 4-10 1-1 9, McCoy 5-8 1-2 11, Dollar 2-4 2-3 6, Bailey 3-7 1-2 10, Johnson 2-6 5-6 9, Loyd 4-5 0-1 12, Myers 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-51 14-21 74.

Oregon State (5-13, 1-8) - Grady 4-14 0-0 10, Woods 3-5 2-4 8, Marshall 4-6 0-0 8, C. Benjamin 4-12 4-4 14, Cunningham 8-17 3-4 20, Petrovic 2-5 0-0 5, Knight 0-0 0-0 0, Bickerstaff 0-2 0-0 0, Vaden 1-7 0-0 3. Totals 26-68 9-12 68.

Halftime-UCLA 40, Oregon St. 37. 3-Point goals-UCLA 6-12 (Loyd 4-5, O’Bannon 1-1, Bailey 1-4), Oregon St. 7-26 (C. Benjamin 2-6, Grady 2-7, Petrovic 1-3, Cunningham 1-5, Vaden 1-5). Fouled out-C. Benjamin. Rebounds-UCLA 39 (McCoy 8), Oregon St. 36 (Marshall 12). Assists-UCLA 21 (Bailey 10), Oregon St. 15 (Marshall, Cunningham 4). Total fouls-UCLA 15, Oregon St. 18. A-8,307.

Southern Cal 79, Oregon 69

Elias Ayuso scored 21 points, including 5-of-7 shooting from three-point range, and Stais Boseman scored 16 to lead the Trojans over the Ducks in Eugene, Ore.

Boseman, who also had a career-high 12 rebounds, put in nine points during a crucial 23-8 second-half run that brought the Trojans (11-7, 6-3) back from a 14-point deficit to enjoy a 45-44 edge with 13:11 remaining.

Southern Cal outrebounded the Ducks (12-6, 3-6) 48-28.

Southern Cal (11-7) - Rhodes 2-4 2-5 7, Wilson 2-4 0-0 4, Turner 5-10 1-2 11, Ayuso 7-10 2-2 21, Boseman 4-15 5-11 16, Williams 1-2 0-0 3, White 1-3 0-0 2, Johnson 0-3 11-12 11, Sims 0-3 0-0 0, Crouse 2-2 0-0 4, Shoukry 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 24-57 21-32 79.

Oregon (12-6) - Milling 2-4 7-12 11, Curry 2-12 5-7 10, Ramaker 2-4 0-2 4, Wilkins 1-2 1-3 3, Lawrence 3-9 2-2 10, Madden 4-8 4-6 13, Larry 1-3 0-0 3, Brown 2-7 0-0 6, McShane 1-1 0-0 2, Nelson 3-3 1-2 7. Totals 21-53 20-34 69.

Halftime-Oregon 34, Southern 27. 3-Point goals-Southern Cal 10-15 (Rhodes 1-2, Ayuso 5-7, Boseman 3-4, Williams 1-1, Sims 0-1), Oregon 7-24 (Curry 1-5, Ramaker 0-1, Wilkins 0-1, Lawrence 2-6, Madden 1-3, Larry 1-2, Brown 2-6). Fouled out-McShane, White. Rebounds-Southern Cal 48 (Boseman 12), Oregon 28 (Milling 8). Assists-Southern Cal 14 (Rhodes 5), Oregon 10 (Ramaker, Wilkins, Lawrence, Larry 2). Total fouls-Southern Cal 27, Oregon 27. Technicals-Williams, USC coach. Lawrence. A-10,024.