THE PACIFIC-12 CONFERENCE THREAD

Ballo, No. 14 Arizona beat No. 10 Creighton for Maui title

Oumar Ballo dominated inside with 30 points and 13 rebounds for No. 14 Arizona, which held off No. 10 Creighton 81-79 on Wednesday to win the Maui Invitational for the third time.

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No. 19 UCLA has easy time with Pepperdine in 100-53 win

Freshman Amari Bailey scored a career-best 19 points, Jaime Jaquez Jr. added 17 points and eight rebounds and No. 19 UCLA rebounded from a rough weekend in Las Vegas to beat Pepperdine 100-53 on Wednesday night.

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No. 19 UCLA routs Bellarmine 81-60 without Jaylen Clark

Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored a season-high 27 points, and No. 19 UCLA beat Bellarmine 81-60 on Sunday despite the absence of leading scorer Jaylen Clark.

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Jaquez Jr helps No. 21 UCLA rout Stanford 80-66

Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 27 points to help No. 21 UCLA open up Pac-12 play with an 80-66 win over Stanford on Thursday night.

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Branden Carlson, Utah race past No. 4 Arizona 81-66

Utah found a way to bottle up Arizona's powerful offense.

The Utes handed the No. 4 Wildcats their first loss of the season, 81-66, on Thursday night in the Pac-12 opener for both teams.

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No. 4 Arizona rebounds from first loss, beats winless Cal

Azuolas Tubelis and Oumar Ballo combined for 42 points and 19 rebounds, and No. 4 Arizona bounced back from its first loss by holding off winless California 81-68 on Sunday.

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No. 21 UCLA rallies late, hangs on to beat Oregon 65-56

Jaylen Clark and Jaime Jaquez Jr. had had enough of losing to Oregon.

The junior and senior had yet to win against the Ducks in their UCLA careers. They finally put an end to their frustrations.

Clark and freshman Amari Bailey scored 14 points each and the 21st-ranked Bruins rallied in the final four minutes for a 65-56 victory Sunday.

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Clark, No. 19 UCLA rout Denver 87-64 for 5th straight win

Jaylen Clark scored 24 points and No. 19 UCLA opened the second half with a 17-0 run on its way to an 87-64 rout of Denver on Saturday for the Bruins' fifth straight victory.

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No. 10 Arizona tops No. 14 Indiana 89-75 in Vegas clash

Azuolas Tubelis scored 21 points and No. 10 Arizona defeated No. 14 Indiana 89-75 on Saturday night in the Vegas Clash.

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Tubelis, No. 9 Arizona beat Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 99-61

Azuolas Tubelis had 20 points and 13 rebounds and No. 9 Arizona hit a season-high 15 3s in a 99-61 win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Tuesday night.

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Ellis scores 28 points, leads USC over No. 19 Auburn 74-71

After a couple of close losses in the Bahamas last month, Southern California was looking for a signature win and a boost of confidence.

The Trojans got a big one Sunday, holding off 19th-ranked Auburn 74-71 for their fifth straight victory.

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No. 5 Arizona pulls away for 85-64 win over Montana State

Montana State rotated a defender down to take away Arizona's high-low game and packed the post with double-teams, all but daring the Wildcats to shoot from the 3-point arc.

Arizona did, showing off yet another dimension to one of the nation's best offensive teams.

Kerr Kriisa scored 18 points and hit six of Arizona's 10 3-pointers, helping the fifth-ranked Wildcats pull away in the second half to beat Montana State 85-64 on Tuesday night.

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