The Pac-12 quarterfinals were filled with drama and intrigue as we went from eight teams to four in Las Vegas trying to win the tournament. The semifinals will be taking place on Friday; the championship game will be on Sunday.
No. 5 seed UCLA Bruins over No. 4 seed Arizona Wildcats, 73-59
It was all UCLA in the four vs. five matchup, as the Bruins cruised to victory thanks to Emily Bessoir’s double-double and Charisma Osborne’s 18-point performance. They got off to a 6-0 start and minus a brief period in the second quarter when Arizona held a five-point lead, they controlled the game. The Bruins didn’t shoot well from the field (41.8 percent), but it didn’t impact them because they dominated the boards 46-27. Arizona has a balanced attack with three starters in double-digits but needed someone to step up and produce in a big way like Shaina Pellington did when the Wildcats bested the Bruins earlier this season.
No. 1 seed Stanford Cardinal over No. 9 seed Oregon Ducks, 76-65
This is Stanford’s tournament to lose as the top seed in the conference and the sixth-ranked team in the nation. On Thursday, they took a step toward winning it by beating the Ducks with ease. They never trailed and the lead ballooned to as many as 16 in the closing minutes of the first…
