Date: 02/08/2016 06:11 AM
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Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press
SEATTLE (AP) – Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch may have given indication he’s retiring. Lynch sent a tweet during the fourth quarter of last night’s Super Bowl with a pair of cleats hanging from a power line. Seattle general manager John Schneider indicated in a pair of recent radio interviews that Lynch was leaning toward retirement.
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) – Ruth Hamblin scored 17 points and Sydney Wiese had 11 of her 16 points in the fourth quarter to help ninth-ranked Oregon State rally past Washington State 54-45 yesterday. The Beavers won their 10th straight game. Oregon State trailed 24-22 at the half and did not take the lead for good until Weise made the second of her three fourth-quarter 3-pointers with 4:59 left.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Dillon Brooks had 30 points and nine assists, both career highs, to lead No. 16 Oregon to a 76-66 victory over Utah yesterday. Chris Boucher added 15 points and Elgin Cook had 12 for the Ducks (20-4, 9-2 Pac-12), who won their sixth consecutive game and 22nd straight at home, one shy of the school record. Brooks had six rebounds.
SEATTLE (AP) – Maite Cazorla and Kat Cooper each scored 16 points and Oregon used 35 fourth-quarter points to beat No. 24 Washington 75-63 yesterday. Oregon was behind by 14 points at halftime but made four 3-pointers in the first three minutes of the third quarter to pull to 38-31. The Ducks trailed 44-40 entering the fourth and took their first lead 52-51 after Lexi Bando’s free throw with 6:40 remaining. It came during Oregon’s 14-0 spurt for a 59-51 lead.
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