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Originally published February 4, 2012 at 8:29 PM | Page modified February 4, 2012 at 10:24 PM

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Buffs beat Ducks with last-second free throw

Nate Tomlinson was fouled with one second remaining by E.J. Singler and sank the first free throw before deliberately missing the second to give Colorado a 72-71 win over Oregon on Saturday night.

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BOULDER, Colo. — Nate Tomlinson was fouled with one second remaining by E.J. Singler and sank the first free throw before deliberately missing the second to give Colorado a 72-71 win over Oregon on Saturday night.

Oregon's Olu Ashaolu tied it at 71 with 7.6 seconds left and was fouled by Askia Booker, but Ashaolu missed the free throw and Andre Roberson corralled the rebound for Colorado.

Behind Booker's 17 points and 16 from Spencer Dinwiddie, the Buffaloes (16-7, 8-3) remained perfect at home in their first season in the Pac-12, improving to 7-0 in league play in Boulder. The last time they won eight of their first 11 league games was in 1997 in the Big 12.

Devoe Joseph led the Ducks (16-7, 7-4), now 4-2 on the road in the Pac-12, with 18 points, Ashaolu scored 17 and Singler had 13 points and 12 rebounds.

Arizona 56, at Stanford 43

Kyle Fogg scored 14 points to help Arizona beat Stanford. Jesse Perry added 11 points and Nick Johnson and Solomon Hill had 10 each for the Wildcats (16-8, 7-4), who have won two in a row for the first time since a three-game winning streak at the end of December.

Josh Owens, Aaron Bright and Chasson Randle scored 10 points apiece for the Cardinal (16-7, 6-5), who has lost four of its past five since being in a tie for first place in the conference.

Stanford struggled with its worst field-goal percentage of the season, 25.4 percent. Arizona wasn't much better, but the Wildcats made six of their final eight shots.

At California 68, Arizona State 47

Allen Crabbe scored 19 points before injuring his right ankle in the second half, and California defeated Arizona State.

Jorge Gutierrez added 10 points and five rebounds for the Golden Bears (18-6, 8-3), who bounced back two days after being knocked out of first place in the conference.

Crabbe, Cal's leading scorer and the conference freshman of the year in 2011, was hurt while diving to the floor for a loose ball. He was taken to the locker room with 14:37 remaining but returned and made a three-pointer to give the Bears a 56-28 lead before sitting out the final nine minutes.

Kyle Cain scored 18 points and had nine rebounds for Arizona State (7-16, 3-8), which has lost 11 of 14.

Oregon State 76, at Utah 58

Jared Cunningham scored 20 points and Oregon State's defense registered 16 steals en route to a win over Utah.

Devon Collier added 14 points for the Beavers (15-8, 5-6), who won for the fourth time in their past five games.

Utah (5-18, 2-9) committed 22 turnovers and never threatened Oregon State the way it did Oregon two nights earlier.

Cedric Martin scored 19 points for the Utes and Jason Washburn had one of his best games of the season with 15 points, eight blocked shots and six rebounds.

Oregon State established dominance around the basket from the opening tip. The Beavers scored 26 points in the paint in the first half while limiting Utah to eight.

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