Ducks Take Care Of Business

LAS VEGAS — Friday's Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinal game for the Oregon women's basketball team wasn't a particularly sharp performance, but the top-seeded Ducks overwhelmed Utah with a flurry of three-pointers in the second quarter and advanced to the semifinal round with a 79-59 victory over the Utes before 6,782 fans in the Mandalay Bay Events Center.

The Ducks (29-2) shot 8-of-12 from three-point range in the second quarter Friday to overcome an early deficit and take a double-digit lead into halftime. They advanced to play Saturday against fourth-seeded Arizona (6 p.m., Pac-12), which lost twice to Oregon in the regular season but will be looking to secure homecourt advantage for the…