No. 8 UCLA 83, No. 13 Oregon 56

UCLA coach Cori Close has been waiting for her eighth-ranked Bruins to put together a complete game. It happened on Friday night against an unlikely opponent.

UCLA had five players in double figures and dominated the boards in its rout of No. 13 Oregon at Pauley Pavillion.

It is the first time in five years that the Bruins have won both of their regular-season meetings against the Ducks.

“Before the game (assistant) coach Tony (Newman) challenged our team that we hadn’t put 40 minutes together and said we were prepared to do it,” Close said. “I was proud of our toughness and balance. This win means a lot because Oregon is a tremendous program.”

Michaela Onyenwere scored 17 points and Lauryn Miller added 16 for the Bruins (13-3, 11-3 Pac-12), who had a 47-24 rebounding advantage. Lindsey Corsaro had seven boards and was one of five UCLA players with five or more rebounds.

The Bruins are not known for their 3-point shooting, but made 10 of 22 from beyond the arc, which is their second-highest total of the season. Onyenwere had three 3-pointers along with six rebounds and four assists.

“We had a really great game balancing out the scorers,” said Chantal Horvat, who scored 10 points. “We did a good job on ball movement and getting everyone open looks.”

Oregon (12-6, 9-6 Pac-12) has dropped three straight for the first time since 2016-17, with two being by 20 points or more. It was the biggest regular season loss for the Ducks since a 27-point defeat to Stanford in 2016. Oregon also lost by 21 points to Stanford the next year.

“It was effort, toughness and all of the above. Any superlative you want to use,” coach Kelly Graves said. “We are going to watch and dissect what happened. We’ve had a bunch of burnable (games) this season and at some point, we have to watch one.”

Nyara Sabally led Oregon with 12 points and Te-Hina Paopao added 11.

Natalie Chou (14) and Charisma Osborne (13) also scored in double figures for UCLA, which has won three straight and eight of its last nine.

The Bruins led throughout with four of their first six baskets being 3-pointers, including one from Onyenwere that gave them a 16-6 advantage with 4:38 remaining in the first quarter. UCLA closed the quarter on a 12-3 run and had a 28-11 lead after 10 minutes.

UCLA extended its lead to 46-22 at halftime as it closed the second quarter with 11 straight points. Oregon made its first three shots in the quarter before missing 12 of its last 13.

The Bruins' largest lead was 75-47 midway through the fourth quarter.

The Bruins have been ranked as high as fifth this season but were on the No. 3 seed line when the NCAA women’s basketball selection committee revealed its top 16 teams earlier this week. A big win over Oregon will certainly garner plenty of attention.

“Coach has been telling us to start treating the last couple games like it is already the tournament. We need to prepare ourselves for what is coming,” Miller said.

The Ducks are winless in six games against ranked teams after going 12-1 last season.

“We’ve been an inconsistent team. At some point we have to beat one of these teams,” Graves said. “We have to play better than that. It’s on all of us. UCLA was the aggressors and we have shown when that happens, we are softer than we need to be.”

No. 6 Stanford 80, Arizona State 41

Kiana Williams scored 18 points and had three steals to lead a Stanford defense that held Arizona State without a basket for the first nine minutes of the game and the Cardinal throttled the Sun Devils.

Hannah Jump added a season-high 17 points for Stanford (20-2, 17-2 Pac-12). Lexie Hull had 12 points and seven rebounds, and Haley Jones scored 11.

Stanford never trailed, led by 41 and dominated in the paint on both ends of the floor while winning its ninth straight.

Eboni Walker scored 11 points for Arizona State (10-8, 5-8).

No. 10 Arizona 59, California 50

Aari McDonald scored 28 points and Arizona had to earn a hard-fought victory against California this time on the way to its seventh straight win, beating the winless Golden Bears.

The Wildcats (15-2, 13-2 Pac-12) had beaten Cal 69-33 in Tucson on Jan. 3 — the fewest points Arizona has ever allowed to a Pac-12 opponent — but were beaten to the boards regularly Friday as the Bears stayed in the game with effort and energy on the little things.

Dalayah Daniels scored 24 points on 9-for-13 shooting to go with 10 rebounds leading scrappy Cal (0-14, 0-11).

No. 18 Arkansas 84, Mississippi 74

Chelsea Dungee scored a season-high 38 points, Amber Ramirez added 19 and Arkansas beat Mississippi.

Dungee, whose career high is 41 points, made 11 of 22 from the field and 14 of 17 from the free-throw line. Ramirez was 7-of-12 shooting and had three steals.

Ole Miss scored the first nine points of the fourth quarter to trim its deficit to 64-60 with 7:42 remaining, but Dungee answered with a pair of free throws to spark a 10-1 run over the next three minutes and the Rebels got no closer.

Shakira Austin had 17 points and 11 rebounds and Madison Scott added 17 and 10 for Ole Miss (9-8, 3-8 SEC). Mimi Reid scored 16 points.

Arkansas (16-7, 6-6) shot 56% from the field and made 25 of 33 foul shots.

No. 23 South Dakota State 86, North Dakota State 78

Tylee Irwin scored 17 of her career-high 25 points in the fourth quarter, Paiton Burckhard had 16 points, 11 rebounds and six assists, and South Dakota State beat North Dakota State to extend its winning streak to 15 games.

South Dakota State (18-2, 11-0 Summit League) took the lead for good during a 14-0 run in the first quarter — with six points from Tori Nelson. Irwin was 4-of-5 shooting in the fourth, including three 3-pointers, and 6 of 7 at the free-throw line.

Heaven Hamling scored 23 points with five 3-pointers for North Dakota State (14-5, 9-4).

No. 25 Missouri State 62, Bradley 56

Jasmine Franklin had 11 points and 12 assists and Missouri State won its 10th straight, beating Bradley.

Bradley cut the deficit to 55-53 before Sydney Wilson gave the Bears (14-2, 10-0) a 58-53 lead on a three-point play with 59 seconds left. That came 19 seconds after Mahr Petree cut the deficit to two for the Braves (12-9, 8-6) following a nearly five-minute scoreless drought.

Lasha Petree scored on a layup with 23 seconds left the cut the deficit back to three, but Missouri State made three of its final four free throws to secure the win.