The Cardinal finished second in the league during the regular season but embarked on a 16-3 run over the final five minutes to cement a 64-57 win over the regular-season champion Ducks.
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UNR made an expected run to the championship game of last year’s Mountain West basketball tournament, losing at the buzzer to Boise State. The Wolf Pack, who beat San Jose State 78-68 on Sunday, hope for another such run this week.
The Toreros have won three games in three days under the first-year coach just 12 months after he served as interim coach for the tournament amid controversy.
Results and schedules for the conference basketball tournaments in Las Vegas.
Pepperdine pulled away late for an 89-72 win over San Francisco, and San Diego eliminated Brigham Young by coming out hot from the field in an 80-57 victory in a game that it led by 44 points in the second half.
