Mired In Slump, UCLA Loses To Oregon By 4
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stephen Thompson Jr. scored 23 points and Oregon State held on to defeat slumping UCLA 86-82 Saturday.
Olaf Schaftenaar added 17 points and Gary Payton II had 17 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists for Oregon State (18-11, 9-9 Pac-12), which finished in a three-way tie for sixth in the conference.
The Beavers led 68-52 with 5:31 to play, only to see UCLA storm back to 82-79 on Isaac Hamilton's 3-pointer with 30 seconds left. After Derrick Bruce made one free throw, Hamilton sank another 3 to make it 83-82.
Bruce was fouled again and, again, hit one free throw, but Aaron Holiday turned the ball over and Payton went the length of the floor for a dunk that sealed it.
The Beavers made 12 of 24 from 3-point range, while holding the Bruins to 7-of-26 shooting from behind the arc. The Bruins missed their first 11 3s. Their first made 3-pointer, by Holiday, came with 9:36 to play.
Hamilton finished with 21 points to lead UCLA (15-16, 6-12), which lost for the seventh time in nine games. Bryce Alford added 18 points, while Thomas Welsh and Tony Parker scored 14 apiece.
The Beavers took control with 12-consecutive points early in the second half, opening a 43-30 lead on Schaftenaar's 3-pointer with 14:44 to play. Then, Oregon State used a 10-2 run for a 68-52 lead with 5:31 to play.
The Bruins got to within 73-67 on Hamilton's two free throws with 2:21 to play, and within 80-76 on Holiday's 3-pointer with 48 seconds to play.
With two free throws with 3:35 left in the first half, Isaac Hamilton reached double-digits for the 27th consecutive time this season, the Bruins' longest streak since 2007-08, when Kevin Love scored 10 or more points in all 39 games.
Senior Tony Parker was playing his final game at Pauley Pavilion, appearing in his 134th game as a Bruin, which ranks sixth on the school's all-time list. The Bruins graduate only one senior off their 2015-16 squad.
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