Linebacker Akeem Ayers, safety Tony Dye and running back Johnathan Franklin were named as UCLA's most valuable players at the team banquet Tuesday night.

Ayers, a junior who has declared for the NFL draft, was named second-team All-American by the Walter Camp Foundation. Dye, a sophomore, led the team with 96 tackles. Franklin gained 1,127 yards, becoming the first UCLA player to go over 1,000 since Chris Markey.

UCLA award winners:

Charles Pike Memorial Award for Outstanding Scout Team Player: Offense: running back Jordon James; Defense: linebacker Eric Kendricks; Special Teams: linebacker Aramide Olaniyan.

Jack. R. Robinson Award for Highest Scholarship of a Senior Player: holder/punter Danny Rees.

N.N. Sugarman Award for Best Leadership: Offense: center Ryan Taylor; Defense: linebacker Sean Westgate.

Captain Don Brown Memorial Award for Most Improved Player: Offense: tackle Sean Sheller; Defense: linebacker Patrick Larimore.

John Boncheff Jr. Memorial Award for Rookie of the Year: Offense: F-back Anthony Barr; Defense: linebacker Jordan Zumwalt, tackle Cassius Marsh, end Owa Odighizuwa.

Ed Kezirian "Coach K" Award for Academic and Athletic Excellence: safety Dietrich Riley.

Tommy Prothro Award for Outstanding Special Teams Player: place kicker Kai Forbath, punter Jeff Locke, running back Derrick Coleman.

Kenneth S. Washington Award for Outstanding Senior: Offense: tackle Micah Kia; Defense: tackle David Carter.

George W. Dickerson Award for Outstanding Offensive Player vs. USC: running back Johnathan Franklin.

Donn Moomaw Award for Outstanding Defensive Player vs. USC: safety Tony Dye

Paul I. Wellman Memorial Award for All-Around Excellence: wide receiver Taylor Embree.

Jerry Long "Heart" Award: offensive guard Darius Savage.

Special Recognition: linebacker Akeem Ayers, safety Rahim Moore.

Henry R. "Red" Sanders Award for Most Valuable Player: Offense: running back Johnathan Franklin; Defense: linebacker Akeem Ayers, safety Tony Dye.

-- Chris Foster

UCLA lost one of its top defensive players Tuesday, as defensive end Datone Jones broke his foot in practice.

Jones will be lost to the Bruins until at least October, Coach Rick Neuheisel said. Jones was injured during individual drills. He had 30 tackles, including five for a loss, and four sacks last season.

Neuheisel said that Nate Chandler would probably fill Jones' spot in the opener against Kansas State on Sept. 4. Chandler moved from tight end to defensive tackle in the spring.

-- Chris Foster

Photo: Datone Jones in 2009. Credit: Los Angeles Times

With star center Jayne Appel back in the starting lineup after having been hobbled by a sprained right ankle, Stanford's front line has done as it pleases in the first half against UCLA and leads the Bruins, 36-19, at halftime of the State Farm Pac-10 women's tournament final at the Galen Center. 

Washington’s basketball team became masters of its own destiny.

The Huskies, an iffy proposition to make the NCAA tournament even as the Pacific 10 Conference’s third-place team, handled their own invitation with a 79-75 victory over California in the Pacific Life Pac-10 tournament championship game at Staples Center on Saturday.

In a game of many ebbs and flows, Washington (24-9) had enough of a surge at the end to snag the conference’s automatic berth into the NCAA tournament. California (23-10), the conference regular-season champion, is expected to get an at-large bid.

The last time the Pac-10 had only two teams make the NCAA tournament was 1987-88. Regular-season runner-up Arizona State is considered a bubble team.

Venoy Overton’s two free throws with two seconds left finally clinched the victory for the Huskies. California’s Jerome Randle tried to get the Bears even with four seconds left, throwing the ball off the rim on a free-throw attempt when trailing by two points. Randle got the rebound, but was called for a lane violation.

The Huskies, whose resume for an at-large invitation was suspect, nearly gave the game away. They led, 61-52, with 11:47 left, but went without a field goal for the next six minutes. California scored 15 consecutive points to take a 67-61 lead.

The Huskies, who shot 52% from the field, did not panic and scrapped back into the game. A three-pointer by Elston Turner gave Washington a 71-68 lead and the Huskies never trailed again.

Quincy Pondexter had 18 points and Isaiah Thomas added 16 to lead Washington. Thomas was selected the tournament’s most valuable player.

Theo Robertson had 25 points and Jamal Boykin added 20 to lead California. But the Bears, who made 17 three-pointers during the first two games of the tournament, were five for 19 on threes and shot 42% overall from the field. The Huskies held guard Jerome Randle to 12 points.

-- Chris Foster

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Photo: Washington guard Isaiah Thomas takes a shot over California forward Omondi Amoke in the first half Saturday. Credit: Mark J. Terrill / Associated Press

That seemed to slip the Bears’ mind through a first half that was controlled by UCLA. But it was clear to everyone from the moment California took the court in the second half and cruised to an 85-72 victory in the Pacific Life Pac-10 Tournament semifinals at Staples Center on Friday.

The Bears (23-9) will face the winner of Washington and Stanford on Saturday afternoon.

For a half, UCLA (14-18) appeared ready to mess with the Bears’ manifest destiny in this tournament. The Bruins came out hot and led by as many as 10 in the first half and were up, 39-35, at halftime.

But the Bears started the second half with a 21-5 run for a 54-46 lead. Theo Robertson had 10 points in that run, as California made nine of its first 11 shots.

Robertson (20 points), Jerome Randle (24 points) and Patrick Christopher (16 points) picked apart UCLA’s man-to-man defense throughout the second half. The Bears shot 71% in the second half and 60% for the game.

The Bears pushed their lead to 64-51 on a layup by Christopher, then nursed it through the final eight minutes. The Bears made 13 of 14 free throws in the last five minutes.

Michael Roll seemed determined to extend UCLA's season in the first half, scoring 16 points to give the Bruins a 39-35 halftime lead.

The Bruins made eight of their first 13 shots, with Roll doing the heavy lifting. He was four for five from the field, scoring 10 of UCLA’s first 20 points.

Roll was fouled sinking a short jumper, with his free throw giving UCLA a 20-10 lead with 12:30 left in the first half. The bruins led, 39-30, with 1:20 left in the first half. The Bears scored the last five points of the half, then continued that run in the second half.

Roll had 27 points to lead UCLA.

-- Chris Foster

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Photo: California point guard Jerome Randle tries to split the defense of UCLA guard Jerime Anderson (5) and forward Reeves Nelson for a layup Friday. Credit: Jose Carlos Fajardo / McClatchy-Tribune 

Michael Roll seemed determined to extend UCLA's season, scoring 16 points to give the Bruins a 39-35 halftime lead over California in the Pacific Life Pacific 10 Conference tournament semifinals this evening.

Roll made six of 10 shots in the first half, putting the Bears on their heels from the start.

The Bruins made eight of their first 13 shots, with Michael doing the heavy lifting. He was four for five from the field, scoring 10 of UCLA’s first 20 points.

UCLA shot 58% in the first half.

Roll was fouled sinking a short jumper, with his free throw giving UCLA a 20-10 lead with 12:30 left in the first half. It got a little grittier after that, as the Bears seemed to remember they were the conference’s regular-season champion.

California, behind point guard Jerome Randle’s play, began dissecting the Bruins’ man-to-man defense. The Bears pulled to within one point twice, but UCLA’s Jerime Anderson seven consecutive points to keep the Bruins in front.

Randle had 14 points in the first half.

-- Chris Foster

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Photo: UCLA guard Michael Roll shoots a jumper before California defenders can challenge the shot on Friday night at Staples Center. Credit: Gary A. Vasquez / US Presswire

As expected, Paul Westhead's Oregon Ducks have controlled the pace against USC, making the Trojans play the fast-break, basket-a-minute style that Westhead's teams have always been known for. 

Jayne Appel, who Stanford Coach Tara VanDerveer said was likely to miss today's game against Arizona with a turned ankle, unexpectedly came off the bench and sparked the Cardinal to a 72-52win over the Wildcats. 

Fourth-seed California topped fifth-seed Arizona State, 60-50, Friday at the Galen Center, advancing to Saturday's semifinal round of the State Farm Pac-10 women's tournament, where they'll take on the winner of the game coming up next between top-seed Stanford and eighth-seed Arizona. 

Junior Forward Becca Tobin led the Sun Devils with eight points. 

With his team trailing by nine points at halftime, Washington guard Isaiah Thomas found his touch from long range and led the third-seeded Huskies to a 59-52 victory over sixth-seeded Oregon State in the Pacific Life Pac-10 men's basketball tournament Thursday night at Staples Center.

Thomas scored 10 of his 15 points in the second half, nine coming on three-point shots that helped the Huskies tie the score and then pull ahead for a victory that puts them in the semifinals Friday night against Stanford.

UCLA plays California in the other semifinal.

On a night when Washington forward Quincy Pondexter had only nine points, the Huskies came back from a 31-22 deficit at the break. Consecutive three-pointers by Thomas, Elston Turner and Thomas gave Washington a 43-37 lead with about 10 minutes left.

Oregon State, which made only eight of 21 shots in the second half, pulled to within 49-47 with about five minutes remaining. But Thomas’ three-pointer increased the lead and the Huskies held off the Beavers.

Center Roeland Schaftenaar scored 17 points for Oregon State (14-17).

-- Gary Klein

Photo: Washington's Isaiah Thomas celebrates in the closing seconds of Washington's 59-52 victory over Oregon State on Thursday. Credit: Mark J. Terrill / Associated Press