Ducks, Beavers play through Pac-10 first round

Dana Altman yells instructions at his Oregon team Wednesday.

(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

A drab season for Oregon State and a hopeful season for Oregon both got sparks Wednesday in the opening round of the Pac-10 men's basketball tournament when the Beavers and Ducks won their opening round games at the Staples Center.

Oregon State beat Stanford 69-67, and Oregon beat Arizona State 76-69.

Oregon 76, Arizona State 69
E.J. Singler scored a career-high 22 points, including four 3-pointers, to lead the Ducks past the Sun Devils.

Oregon went 11-of-19 from 3-point range, the most given up by the 10th-seeded Sun Devils this season. Singler’s four 3s tied his career high as the Ducks snapped a four-game losing streak. They beat Arizona State for the first time since March 6, 2008.

The seventh-seeded Ducks (15-16) advanced to Thursday’s quarterfinals against No. 2 seed UCLA.

Oregon State 69, Stanford 67
Jared Cunningham scored 24 points, including 15 of 20 free throws to lead the Beavers, who ending a five-year tournament losing streak.

Devon Collier added 19 points, Ahmad Starks 15 points and Joe Burton had 14 rebounds for the ninth-seeded Beavers (11-19), who hadn’t won a tournament game since March 8, 2006, when they beat Arizona State.

OSU plays top seed Arizona Thursday.