Lowhorn leads USF past Loyola

SAN DIEGO -- Dior Lowhorn scored 26 points, and Manny Quezada added 24 to lead USF to a 79-60 win over Loyola Marymount on Friday night in the first round of the West Coast Conference tournament.

Lowhorn, the league's leading scorer, scored 14 in the second half, and Quezada had 19 as No.5 seed USF (10-20) slowly pulled away in the final 10 minutes. The Dons will face No.4 seed Santa Clara at 6 p.m. in today's quarterfinals.

Interim USF coach Eddie Sutton, the winningest active Division I coach, recorded his 804th career victory. Orlando Johnson led Loyola Marymount (5-26) with 19 points.

In the late game, Pepperdine defeated Portland 50-48 in overtime, and the Waves will play host No. 3 seed San Diego tonight at 8:30.

Sacramento State fires men's coach

SACRAMENTO -- Sacramento State dismissed men's basketball coach Jerome Jenkins after eight seasons. Jenkins went 80-147 with the Hornets, who plummeted to a 4-24 record this season, finishing last in the Big Sky Conference and missing the league tournament for the second straight year.

No. 20 Drake 68, Indiana State 46

ST. LOUIS -- Adam Emmenecker had 13 points and 10 rebounds for his first career double-double, and No. 20 Drake (26-4) beat Indiana State (15-16) in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament.

WOMEN

Pac-10 Tournament

Oregon 66, Washington State 45

Oregon State 46, Arizona 31

SAN JOSE -- Taylor Lilley hit four 3-pointers and scored 20 points to lead Oregon over Washington State in the opening game of the Pac-10 Conference tournament.

Ellie Manou added 15 points for the seventh-seeded Ducks, who advanced to play No.2 seed Cal today at 1:15 p.m.

In the late game, Oregon State defeated Arizona 46-31 and will play top-seeded Stanford today at 5 p.m.

Top 10

No. 2 North Carolina 97, Clemson 77

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Erlana Larkins scored 25 points to help top- seeded Tar Heels (28-2) beat Clemson in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.

No. 3 Tennessee 92, Florida 61

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Candace Parker scored 26 points and Shannon Bobbitt 22 as the second-seeded Vols (28-2) reached the Southeastern Conference tournament semifinals for the 15th consecutive time. They'll play No. 21 Vanderbilt.

No. 5 Maryland 93, Boston College 81

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Laura Harper scored 15 of her 25 points after halftime, as the Terrapins (30-2) advanced to the ACC tourney semis.

No. 7 LSU 80, Mississippi 36

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Quianna Chaney's 17 points helped the top- seeded Tigers (26-4) gain the SEC semis.

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