LOS ANGELES — The Ducks, once again, got the pace to their liking.
The result, once again, wasn’t.
Yet another Pac-10 women’s team ran with — and ultimately away from — Oregon, as UCLA scored a flurry of late baskets in a 104-80 victory Thursday night at Pauley Pavilion, handing the Ducks their most lopsided loss of the season.
It was also the fifth consecutive loss for Oregon (12-8, 3-5 Pac-10), which has allowed 100 points or more three times during the losing skid. And for the fourth time in that stretch, the Ducks — who lead the nation in scoring at 85.6 points per game — were held below their scoring average.
The Ducks trailed by just three, 50-47, at halftime, but in the final minutes they simply couldn’t keep up with the Bruins (13-6, 6-2), who ended the game on a 34-13 run.
“Our players might have started getting tired,” UO coach Paul Westhead told KUJZ-FM in his postgame interview. “But credit the UCLA players — they made their shots.”
The Ducks didn’t, going 0-for-12 on three-point attempts in the second half, and shooting 41 percent overall.
“We had some pretty good looks in the flow of the game,” Westhead said. “They just didn’t go down for us.”
The Bruins shot 58 percent in the second half en route to a season-high point total, and they out-rebounded the Ducks 53-32, including a 26-10 edge in the second half.
Rebounding has been a glaring problem for the Ducks during their losing streak, and it didn’t improve even against a UCLA team ranked in the middle of the conference in that category.
The Bruins had 20 offensive rebounds, helping them to a 58-26 advantage on points in paint.
“We work on it, we talked about it, we try to focus on that,” Westhead said, “but teams are just getting too many offensive rebounds.”
Oregon took a 53-52 lead on a pair of free throws by Nia Jackson with 17:56 left. UCLA answered with seven straight points in a little more than a minute and pushed its lead to 66-57 on a Doreena Campbell three-pointer.
A 10-4 run got Oregon within 70-67 with 9:23 left, but the Bruins took control with a 16-2 spurt.
UCLA then scored 14 straight points to build its largest lead at 104-78 until Jackson’s scored a meaningless basket in the final second.
Six UCLA players scored in double figures, led by Jasmine Dixon with 20 points. Markel Walker added 17 points, 14 rebounds and eight assists for the Bruins.
Jackson had 17 points for Oregon, and Amanda Johnson and Taylor Lilley added 16 each.
The Ducks will seek a split in Los Angeles on Saturday against USC, which improved to 7-1 in conference after a win over Oregon State on Thursday.
“We just have to regroup,” Westhead said. “(Today) is a crucial day for us to get our act together.”
PAc-10 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Conference Overall
W L Pct. GB W L
Stanford 8 0 1.000 — 18 1
USC 7 1 .875 1 13 6
UCLA 6 2 .750 2 13 6
California 5 3 .625 3 11 8
Arizona St. 4 4 .500 4 12 7
Arizona 3 5 .375 5 9 9
Oregon 3 5 .375 5 12 8
Washington 3 5 .375 5 8 10
Oregon St. 1 7 .125 7 9 9
Washington St. 0 8 .000 8 5 14
Thursday’s RESULTS
UCLA 104, Oregon 80
USC 61, Oregon State 34
California 73, Arizona 53
Stanford 71, Arizona State 48
TOday’s game
Washington at Washington State
Saturday’s Games
Oregon at USC
Oregon State at UCLA
Arizona at Stanford
Arizona State at California