National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Arizona 78, Oregon St. 69
When: 5:30 PM ET, Thursday, March 10, 2011
Where: Staples Center, Los Angeles, California
Officials: # Kevin Brill, # Dick Cartmell, # Bobby McRoy
Attendance: 10782
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Derrick Williams tallied 22 points and seven rebounds and top seed Arizona pulled away from ninth-seeded Oregon State in the second half to win 78-69 on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Pac-10 tournament in Los Angeles.

Lamont Jones and Kevin Parrom scored 13 points apiece for No. 15 Arizona (26-6), which will face No. 4 seed Southern Cal in the semifinals on Friday. Solomon Hill scored nine points and grabbed 12 rebounds.

Jared Cunningham scored a game-high 23 points on 9-of-14 shooting for Oregon State (11-20), which won its first Pac-10 tournament game since 2006 on Wednesday against Stanford. Ahmad Starks had 17 points Thursday, including four 3-pointers. Devon Collier and Joe Burton added nine points apiece.

Arizona led 40-37 at the break after both teams shot over 50 percent in the first half.

Oregon State trailed by seven after Starks’ 3-pointer with 12:45 left, but the Beavers went the next five minutes without a field goal. Starks hit another 3-pointer with seven minutes left, but by then Arizona had a commanding 68-54 lead.

Williams, the Pac-10 Player of the Year, shot 8 of 12 from the field, including 5 of 6 from beyond the arc. Arizona outrebounded the Beavers 35-27 and shot 11 of 21 (52.4 percent) from 3-point range.
Top Game Performances
 
Oregon St.   Arizona
Jared Cunningham 23 Scoring Derrick Williams 22
Joe Burton 4 Assists Kevin Parrom 4
Devon Collier 7 Rebounds Solomon Hill 11
Jared Cunningham 3 Free Throws Made Kevin Parrom 3
Jared Cunningham 6 Steals Kyle Fogg 2
Devon Collier 2 Blocks Solomon Hill 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Oregon St. 69 50.9 7-15 6-16 13 28 4 11
Arizona 78 47.5 11-21 9-13 13 34 2 9