College Basketball

Hamilton, UCLA beat Oregon State 82-73

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 1:24 p.m. ET

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CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) Isaac Hamilton scored 25 points on 10-of-14 shooting as UCLA beat Oregon State 82-73 on Wednesday night.

Oregon State cut its deficit to 46-43 after a 6-0 run capped by a Drew Eubanks dunk with 15:17 left. UCLA responded by scoring the next seven points. Hamilton's layup with 13:56 remaining put the Bruins up 53-43.

The margin hovered around 10 points - or more - the rest of the contest. A pair of Bryce Alford free throws gave UCLA its biggest lead, 73-56, with 3:54 left.

Alford had 19 points, six rebounds and five assists, and Thomas Welsh added 10 points and 12 rebounds for the Bruins (12-7, 3-3 Pac-12).

UCLA outrebounded Oregon State 41-35 and shot 52 percent compared to 42 percent for the Beavers.

Gary Payton II had 17 points and seven assists, and Tres Tinkle added 15 points and eight rebounds for the Beavers (11-6, 2-4), who dropped their third straight.

Payton went to the bench with his second foul with 16:29 remaining in the half, and the Beavers were held scoreless for more than six minutes. UCLA went on a 12-0 run during the span to take a 17-8 lead.

Aaron Holiday went coast-to-coast and sank a buzzer-beating jumper from the baseline to give UCLA a 40-32 lead at the break.

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UCLA: The Bruins' five starters are all averaging at least 10 points per game. . Hamilton has scored in double figures in 15 straight games, and has gone for at least 25 points in three of his last five. . Tony Parker had eight points, 11 rebounds and four blocks. . Holiday and Gyorgy Goloman each fouled out.

Oregon State: Senior forward Jarmal Reid was suspended a minimum of four games for tripping a referee during Oregon State's 59-53 loss to Utah on Sunday. This was the first game he missed. . Tres Tinkle, coach Wayne Tinkle's son, made his first start for the Beavers in place of Langston Morris-Walker, who came off the bench for the first time this season.

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UCLA travels to Oregon on Saturday.

Oregon State hosts USC on Sunday.