Arizona's Ify Ibekwe led Arizona with 15 points but fouled out of the game with 5:27 remaining.

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The home finale for the Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team ended in frustration.

"It's just hard to go out like that to a team that you know you can beat," senior guard Ashley Whisonant said after the Wildcats' 67-54 loss to Washington State (5-22, 2-14 Pac-10).

Freshman forward Ify Ibekwe put Arizona (9-18, 3-13 Pac-10) out in front with a free throw followed by a layup. But the Cougars tied it with the first of 10 three-pointers in the first half.

Ibekwe tied the game at 9 before Alexa Price secured Washington State's lead with another three. The Cougars never looked back after going ahead 12-9.

"We put ourselves in a hole and had to play catch-up. It's hard," coach Joan Bonvicini said. The Cats outscored Washington State by six in the second half, but it was not enough to avoid a fifth consecutive loss.

"I think No. 1 we didn't come out with a sense of intensity like we needed to," Bonvicini said. "Washington State got hot, and when they got hot, they got confident. And they really killed us from the three."

Washington State finished 13 for 29 from beyond the arc. After 11 unsuccessful three-point attempts, Arizona senior Ashley Gilpin made the team's first with 58 seconds remaining in the game.

"Obviously the three ball was great for us. Go figure," Washington State coach June Daugherty said. "We haven't shot very well all year from that area."

Price finished with a game-high 16 points. Before fouling out with 5:27 remaining, Ibekwe scored 15 points to lead the Cats. Amina Njonkou added 13, and Whisonant finished with 10.

Seniors Whisonant, Gilpin, Jessica Arnold and Shannon Hobson were honored after the game.

"Being in the Pac-10 now 18 years, I look out there at that group and think of how many times they hurt us. I wish them all the best," Daugherty said. "It's very unfortunate that a lot of those kids had the injuries they had, especially this year, and weren't able to compete the way I know they wanted to."

● No. 7 Stanford 60, No. 8 Calfornia 58: In Berkeley, Calif., Jayne Appel scored 12 of her 16 points in the second half, and Candice Wiggins overcame a horrid shooting game to score the go-ahead basket down the stretch, helping Stanford beat California to take control of the Pac-10 race.

Stanford (25-3, 14-2) completed a season sweep of Cal (23-4, 14-2).

● Oregon 66, UCLA 55: In Eugene, Ore., Kaela Chapdelaine scored a career-high 25 points and made all six of her three-point attempts to lead Oregon past UCLA (14-13, 9-7).

Chapdelaine scored 17 points in the final 12:42 after the Ducks (12-16, 6-11) had lost their seven-point halftime lead and were trailing 36-32.

● Oregon State 55, Southern Cal 54: In Corvallis, Ore., four Beavers scored in double figures, and Oregon State edged USC.

Talisa Rhea led the Beavers with 14 points. USC's Nadia Parker scored a game-high 20.