Matt Bradley and Paris Austin each had 18 points and six rebounds to lead Cal over Stanford 63-51 in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament Wednesday night in Las Vegas.

The loss seriously damages Stanford’s hopes for an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Cardinal (20-12) began Wednesday with a NET (NCAA Evaluation Tool) ranking of 30. Cal was at 148.

“I think we laid a little bit of an egg today,” Stanford guard Bryce Wills said.

The Bears (14-18), the 10th seed in the tournament, advanced to play second-seeded UCLA on Thursday evening. Kareem South added 15 points for the Bears.

Wednesday’s game was played in a cloud of uncertainty because of concerns about the coronavirus. The game mostly likely will be the last for both teams playing in front of fans this season.

Prior to the game, the Pac-12 released a statement saying a decision was made to have only “essential staff, TV network partners, credentialed media, and limited family and friends in attendance” for the rest of the tournament.

Earlier in the day, the NCAA announced that its tournament would be played under similar circumstances.

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“If health and the safety is the No. 1 priority that we say it is, then (we) fully support keeping just those that are necessary to compete in the game tomorrow,” said Cal head coach Mark Fox, who picked up the 300th win of his career. “And hopefully we can regroup and play well.”

Daejon Davis led Stanford with 16 points.

The Bears jumped to a 7-0 lead and did not trail. Stanford tied it 17-17, but Cal led 30-20 at halftime, capped by Joel Brown’s twisting layup at the buzzer.

The Bears built their largest lead at 16 with a little less than two minutes remaining.

Cal owned a 36-25 advantage on the boards. Cal junior forward Grant Anticevich had a game-high eight rebounds.

Stanford’s Oscar da Silva, a first-team All-Pac-12 selection, was held to four points as he went 2-for-11 from the field. He did surpass the 1,000-point mark for his career. He’s now at 1,002.

The teams split the regular season with the Bears winning the second game, 52-50 at Haas Pavilion on Jan. 26.

Washington State 82, Colorado 68: Also in the Pac-12 tournament, CJ Elleby had 30 points and 10 rebounds as the Cougars (16-16) handed the Buffaloes (21-11) their fifth straight loss.

Arizona 77, Washington 70: Josh Green scored 19 points, Nico Mannion added 14 and the Wildcats (21-11) beat the Huskies (15-17) in a first-round Pac-12 tournament game. Isaiah Stewart led Washington with 29 points and 12 rebounds. On Saturday, the Huskies had ended the regular season with a 69-63 win at Arizona. The Wildcats advance to face USC in the quarterfinals Thursday.

Oregon State 71, Utah 69: Jarod Lucas hit a 3-pointer with 1.8 seconds left and the Beavers (18-13) withstood Alfonso Plummer’s conference-record 11 3-pointers to beat the Utes (16-15) in the Pac-12 tournament. Making his second start in place of Rylan Jones (concussion protocol), the junior guard finished 11-for-16 from beyond the arc. He had 35 points. The Beavers meet Oregon on Thursday.

Boston University 64, Colgate 61: Tournament MVP Max Mahoney had 18 points and 10 rebounds to lead four players in double figures and the visiting Terriers (21-13) stopped the Red Raiders (25-9) in Hamilton, N.Y., to win the Patriot League title. Chronicle staff writer Steve Kroner contributed to this report.