Final from Los Angeles: UCLA 64, Washington State 53

The score was closer than the game indicated but the Cougars never relented, forcing UCLA coach Ben Howland to insert his starters with 1:31 left and that still did nothing. Washington State cut the deficit to 60-53 after an Aron Baynes dunk with 31 seconds left and this performance has likely cinched the NIT for Washington State, which got 22 points from Baynes, who manhanded Alfred Aboya in the paint.