LOS ANGELES (AP) — E.J. Singler scored a career-high 22 points, including four 3-pointers, and Oregon defeated Arizona State 76-69 in the first round of the Pac-10 tournament on Wednesday night.
The seventh-seeded Ducks (15-16) advanced to Thursday’s quarterfinals against No. 2 seed UCLA.
Trent Lockett scored 22 points and Jamelle McMillan and Rihards Kuksiks added 11 points each for Arizona State (12-19), which swept the Ducks in the regular season, including a 73-53 win last Thursday.
Oregon went 11 of 19 from 3-point range, the most given up by the 10th-seeded Sun Devils this season. Singler’s four 3s tied his career high as the Ducks snapped a four-game losing streak. They beat Arizona State for the first time since March 6, 2008.
