Afflalo sinks late 3-pointer, Beavers

Freshman Arron Afflalo snapped a tie on a 3-pointer with 1:42 remaining and UCLA defeated visiting Oregon State 69-61 Thursday night to shore up its bid for an at-large berth in the NCAA tournament.

The Bruins (17-9) also helped their seeding in next week’s Pac-10 tournament at Staples Center. Their third straight win moved them into a third-place tie with Stanford at 10-7. The Cardinal lost to Washington State.

The Beavers (16-12, 8-9) will make the eight-team conference tournament, but the loss didn’t help their NCAA tourney chances.

Freshman Jordan Farmar led UCLA with 23 points and assisted on Afflalo’s 3-pointer that put the Bruins ahead for good. Dijon Thompson added 18 points and Afflalo had 12 points and nine rebounds.

David Lucas led Oregon State with 24 points. J.S. Nash had 11 rebounds.

Neither team led by more than five points in the second half.

Lucas tied the game at 59 on two free throws, then Lamar Hurd scored inside to put the Beavers ahead 61-59. Hurd fouled Farmar, who made both for the final tie of the game at 61.

After Nick DeWitz missed, Farmar fired a pass to Afflalo near UCLA’s bench and he hit the 3 for a 64-61 lead.

UCLA 69, Oregon St. 61

Oregon State (8-9, 16-12)–DeWitz 3-9 2-2 9, Lucas 10-14 4-4 24, Jeffers 0-1 0-0 0, Hurd 2-3 0-0 4, Stephens 2-6 4-4 10, Fontenet 1-6 0-0 2, Cuic 1-3 3-4 6, Nash 3-7 0-0 6, Hooks 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 22-50 13-14 61.

UCLA (10-7, 17-9)–Thompson 5-15 7-10 18, Shipp 1-6 0-2 3, Fey 1-6 0-0 2, Afflalo 4-11 2-2 12, Farmar 7-11 8-8 23, Morrison 1-7 0-0 2, Hollins 3-4 3-3 9, McKinney 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-60 20-25 69.

Halftime—Oregon State 31, UCLA 28. 3-point goals—Oregon State 4-13 (Stephens 2-3, Cuic 1-2, DeWitz 1-3, Hurd 0-1, Fontenet 0-2, Nash 0-2), UCLA 5-23 (Afflalo 2-6, Farmar 1-3, Shipp 1-4, Thompson 1-5, Morrison 0-5). Fouled out—None. Rebounds—Oregon State 33 (Nash 11), UCLA 33 (Afflalo 9). Assists—Oregon State 13 (Nash 7), UCLA 14 (Farmar 7). Total fouls—Oregon State 21, UCLA 10. Technicals—Farmar. A—10,947.

Oregon 94, USC 87 (OT)

Bryce Taylor had 23 points and Maarty Leunen scored five of his seven points in the final 57.1 seconds of overtime, leading the Ducks past the Trojans at Los Angeles.

Malik Hairston scored 19 points for Oregon (14-12, 6-11 Pac-10).

The Trojans (11-17, 4-12) have lost eight of their last 10 games, and will miss the Pac-10 tournament for the first time in its eight seasons.

Nick Young scored 21 points and Rory O’Neill had 17 for the Trojans, who are 9-15 under interim coach Jim Saia since the firing of Henry Bibby on Dec. 6. Tim Floyd will take over the coaching duties on April 1.

Oregon has to beat UCLA on Saturday to have a chance at qualifying for the Pac-10 tournament.

Oregon (6-11, 14-12)–Hairston 8-15 1-3 19, Kent 0-0 0-0 0, Platt 2-4 2-2 6, Brooks 3-9 7-8 14, Taylor 6-14 9-13 23, Short 0-0 0-0 0, Leunen 2-5 2-2 7, Lincoln 1-3 0-0 3, Oguchi 3-5 3-4 11, Zahn 0-1 0-0 0, Schafer 5-5 1-3 11. Totals 30-61 25-35 94.

Southern California (4-12, 11-17)–McMillan 5-7 1-5 11, O’Neil 6-12 2-2 17, Young 9-14 1-3 21, Shackleford 2-10 5-6 11, Pruitt 5-6 3-4 15, Stewart 1-6 0-1 3, Guenther 1-5 7-10 9. Totals 29-60 19-31 87.

Halftime—Oregon 38, Southern California 36. Regulation—Oregon 77, Southern California 77. 3-point goals—Oregon 9-25 (Oguchi 2-3, Hairston 2-5, Taylor 2-7, Leunen 1-2, Brooks 1-3, Lincoln 1-3 Platt 0-1, Zahn 0-1), Southern California 10-23 (O’Neil 3-5, Young 2-2, Pruitt 2-3, Shackleford 2-9, Stewart 1-4). Fouled out—Pruitt. Rebounds—Oregon 40 (Kent 7), Southern California 30 (O’Neil 7). Assists—Oregon 10 (Brooks 4), Southern California 13 (Shackleford 4). Total fouls—Oregon 24, Southern California 26. A—2,779.