Tinkle, Pritchard earn all-Pac-12 honors

Published 12:00 am Monday, March 5, 2018

COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL

• Oregon State sophomore forward Tres Tinkle made the 10-player all-Pac-12 first team and Oregon sophomore guard Payton Pritchard was one of five players chosen for the all-conference second team.

Oregon freshman forward Kenny Wooten made the five-man all-defensive team.

• Seventh-ranked Gonzaga, the top seed in the West Coast Conference tournament, downed fourth-seeded San Francisco 88-60 in a semifinal game at Las Vegas, Nevada.

It was the 16th consecutive WCC tourney victory for the Bulldogs, who are 29-4 this season.

Gonzaga guard Silas Melson, a senior from Jefferson High, had six points and three rebounds in 25 minutes.

The Zags will play for the tourney title against third-seeded BYU at 6 p.m. Tuesday. The Cougars knocked off No. 2 seed Saint Mary’s, 85-72.

COLLEGE WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS

Oregon State 196.975, BYU 196.375

• The 11th-ranked Beavers improved to 5-3 overall and 4-0 at Gill Coliseum with the narrow win over the No. 21 Cougars.

OSU’s McKenna Singley won the all-around with a 39.400 score, and the Beavers took at least a share of first in every event, with sophomores Destinee Davis and Lena Greene tying for meet-high scores of 9.850 in a three-way tie for first in the opening vault.

COLLEGE WOMEN’S GOLF

• Portland State was 10th out of 17 teams after one round of the Arizona Wildcat Invitational in Tucson.

UCLA, ranked No. 1 in the nation, led through 36 holes with a 14-under-par 562 at Sewailo Golf Club. Host Arizona was second at 571, with No. 7 Texas third at 574.

PSU shot a par-288 in the first round to tie for sixth and came back with a 306 for a 594 total. The Vikings were ranked 15th out of the 17 competing teams coming into the event (and 90th in the nation out of 265 women’s teams).

Valerie Hernandez of PSU was tied for 20th out of 95 golfers with a 145 total, after shooting 3-under 69 and then a 76. Teammate Hannah Swanson shot 69-79 to tie for 36th at 148.

The final round is Tuesday morning.

• Oregon State was fourth out of 16 teams at the Meadow Club Women’s Collegiate, Fairfax, California, after shooting a 6-over 294.

No. 15 Washington had the first-day lead at 283, with No. 19 Coorado and San Francisco at 291.

OSU senior Susie Cavanagh fired a 2-under 70 and was tied for fourth.

One more round is set for Tuesday morning.