CORVALLIS, Ore. >> Kolbie Orum and Mikayla Pivec each scored 12 points and No. 9 Oregon State rebounded from a loss to unranked USC on Friday with a 68-61 victory over No. 15 UCLA on Sunday.
Sydney Wiese had 10 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists for Oregon State (23-3, 12-2 Pac-12).
Kennedy Burke had 18 points while Monique Billings added 17 for UCLA (18-7, 9-5), which was hurt when it lost top scorer Jordin Canada to injury late in the first half.
After a close three quarters, Oregon State pushed its lead to 56-48 on Gabriella Hanson’s 3-pointer. Breanna Brown’s layup kept the Beavers out front 59-50 with 3:10 left.
Pivec’s long jumper pointer made it 62-50 and UCLA couldn’t catch up.
Canada was knocked to the floor on the Bruins’ end and appeared to hit her head. She stayed prone on the court for several moments before being helped to the locker room by a trainer. She leads the Bruins with an average of 18.4 points and 5.7 rebounds.
Coach Cori Close did not have specifics after the game about Canada’s injury or condition.
“Our offense usually starts with her and our defense starts with her. The way our team responded, and having other people step up, I was really proud of our effort and focus,” Close said. “There are things we have to get better on, and there are things I wish were different, and I hate losing, but sometimes that’s not the true reflection of the heart a team shows, and I’m proud of our team’s heart.”
The Beavers fell at home Friday night to the Trojans 70-50. It snapped a 15-game winning streak at Gill Coliseum.
The Bruins lost 84-75 on the road to unranked Oregon on Friday. UCLA has lost three of its last four games as the Pac-12 race heats up.
Oregon State started the day even with No. 10 Washington and No. 8 Stanford in the conference standings with two losses. But the Beavers beat Washington 73-70 at Gill on Jan. 1, then defeated Stanford 72-69 in double overtime on Jan. 8. It was Oregon State’s first victory at Maples Pavilion.
The Bruins beat Oregon State earlier this season, 66-56 at Pauley Pavilion.
Oregon State pulled ahead 15-12 at the first quarter buzzer on a layup from Pivec. Wiese made a 3-pointer that stretched the Beavers’ lead to 22-14.
The Bruins made up some ground before the end of the half, pulling within 26-23 on Kari Korver’s 3. Oregon State led 31-27 at the break after Canada left the game. Canada was replaced in the starting lineup with Nicole Kornet for the second half.
UCLA’s Monique Billings led all scorers with 10 at the break.
The Bruins knotted the game at 40 on Paulina Hersler’s 3-pointer before taking the lead on Burke’s layup. The Beavers reclaimed it with consecutive layups from Orum and Pivec to lead 49-46 going into the fourth quarter.
The Beavers, who claimed a share of the Pac-12 regular-season title last year before winning the conference tournament, host Stanford during the final weekend of the regular season. Sunday’s win guarantees Oregon State with a first-round bye for the Pac-12 tournament.
The only other time the Bruins lost two straight this season was against the Washington schools Jan. 6-8.
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