No. 6 Oregon State women hold off UCLA 63-53

SEATTLE (AP) – Sydney Wiese hit two 3-pointers in the closing minutes, her first baskets of the second half, and finished with 19 points to help No. 6 Oregon State hold off No. 15 UCLA 63-53 in the Pac-12 semifinals Saturday night.

Oregon State will play for its second straight conference tournament title on Sunday night against either Stanford or in-state rival Oregon. By reaching the final, the Beavers (29-3) avenged one of their two regular-season losses in conference play.

Wiese was terrific in the first half, scoring 11 points, but it was her shots late that finally gave Oregon State separation. Mikayla Pivec added 15 points, and Gabriella Hanson had 12.

Jordin Canada led UCLA (23-8) with 27 points, but had 17 in the first half and didn’t get enough help from others. Kennedy Burke added 11 points, but second-leading scorer Monique Billings was 3 of 14 shooting and finished with six points.