Final: UA 78, Oregon State 69. UA vs. USC on Friday at 7 p.m. MT
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Two quick threes after halftime from MoMo Jones and another from Derrick Williams and UA is up 49-39 with 17:37 to go.
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Halftime: UA 40, OSU 37.
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Jones' three with 7:45 gives UA first lead of the game, 24-22.
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MoMo Jones exits game with a shoe malfunction. Part of the sole came off. But he returns quickly with blue and gray shoes.
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UA has five turnovers over the first eight minutes. Trails OSU 18-14.
The Wildcats had 19 turnovers in their Jan. 2 loss at Corvallis.
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Second Jared Cunningham steal and Jamelle Horne called for intentional foul when Cunningham tries to convert. OSU leads 12-6.
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Kyle Fogg checks in at 15:42 mark.
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UA spokesman Richard Paige said Kyle Fogg's official diagnosis was a left quadricep strain. Fogg will not start though he may play.
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USC beat California 70-56 this afternoon despite scoring only three points for the first 8:46.
"We played with a sense of desperation," Kevin O'Neill said. "I think our guys really took it to them defensively."
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Alex Stephensen played 39 minutes and KO basically played only six guys.
"I'll stay off my feet, maybe get in the cold tub," Stepheson said.
All the Trojans will stay off their feet, the way KO described it.
"We're not going to do anything," he said. "I asked the guys if they wanted to shoot around and they said, `Nah.' So we'll have a team meeting at about a quarter to one, then go out and play. We know what we have to do.
"We just can't practice. They're tired of me and I'm tired of them. So we don't practice."
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Kyle Fogg will not start today. Here's the report I just filed for the StarNet main page:
LOS ANGELES - Arizona Wildcats starting guard Kyle Fogg will not start today’s Pac-10 Tournament quarterfinal game against Oregon State, and may not play at all, because of a left quadricep strain.
Forward Kevin Parrom will replace him in the starting lineup, giving the Wildcats a bigger look against the taller Beaver players. It will be Parrom’s first start of the season.
Fogg's status to play in today's game will be determined after he warms up before the scheduled 3:40 p.m. tipoff.
Fogg suffered the injury last Saturday against Oregon but it was not disclosed until today.
Fogg had one of his best games of the season against the Ducks last Saturday, scoring 20 points in 35 minutes.
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The Pac-12 will probably hold four first-round games on the Wednesday of next season's conference tournament, with the top four teams receiving byes, commissioner Larry Scott said during halftime of today's USC-Cal game.
"We haven't decided definitively, but the logical thing is to do what other conferences do with four play-in games on the Wednesday," Scott said.
The Pac-10 invited only eight teams from 2002-05, then began holding two play-in games in 2006 in order to accommodate all 10 teams.
Danette Leighton, the Pac-10's chief marketing officer, said she expected the Pac-10 would continue the trend of holding an all-inclusive tournament although it has not been determined how the women's games might be incorporated.
The women's games are being held at USC's Galen Center until Friday's semifinals, when they will be played inside the Staples Center.
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Scott, meanwhile, said negotiations will continue with the Pac-10's current media partners for a few months.
"I'm not going to comment on the details other than that," he said.
Later this spring, the window will open up to potential new partners and it is possible at some point during that process a new Pac-10 Network will be formalized.
