LOS ANGELES — Brook Lopez and the Stanford Cardinal were simply too big and too strong for Washington State.

Now, they'll get to face a team more their own size.

Lopez had 30 points, 12 rebounds and three blocked shots, and the 11th-ranked Cardinal beat No. 21 Washington State 75-68 last night in the semifinals of the Pac-10 Conference to continue their domination of the Cougars.

Lawrence Hill scored 14 points and Robin Lopez had nine points and eight rebounds for the second-seeded Cardinal (26-6), who advanced to today's championship game against No. 3 UCLA. The top-seeded Bruins (30-3) beat fourth-seeded Southern California 57-54 earlier last night for their ninth straight victory.

"I'm looking forward to it," Brook Lopez said. "It's always fun to play them because they're so physical."

Brook Lopez will be matched up against freshman Kevin Love, the Pac-10 player of the year.

"I'm always excited to play a really good post player, in the Pac-10 there are loads of them," he said.

Mitch Johnson had seven points and eight assists for the Cardinal, who swept the Cougars during the regular season and have won 24 of the last 27 games between the teams.

"They beat us three times this year. We obviously couldn't crack the code," Cougars coach Tony Bennett said. "Tonight was the least impressive of the three."

Stanford led 39-32 when 'Iolani alum Derrick Low suddenly got hot, making three 3-pointers without a miss in an 84-second span around two baskets by the Cardinal, drawing the Cougars within two.

But after a brief lull, Stanford took command.

Kyle Weaver had a career-high 25 points and 12 rebounds to lead the third-seeded Cougars (24-8). Low had 15 points, three steals and one rebound in 34 minutes of play.