Oregon 65, Oregon State 62: Elgin Cook scored 17 points as the visiting Ducks capped the series sweep in the regular-season finale for both teams.
Joseph Young, the Pac-12’s leading scorer, fought through a 4-of-13 shooting performance to add 15 points for Oregon (23-8, 13-5 Pac-12), which heads into next week’s conference tournament on a five-game win streak. The Ducks, who also received 12 points and seven rebounds from Dwayne Benjamin, and 12 points from Jalil Abdul-Bassit, enjoyed advantages at the free-throw line (19-8) and on the glass (39-34) to overcome 36.4 percent shooting from the floor.
Malcolm Duvivier had 18 points, and Jarmal Reid added 16 for Oregon State (17-13, 8-10), which closed the regular season with six losses in its last seven games. Gary Payton II added 13 points, 10 rebounds, nine assists and six steals, while Olaf Schaftenaar chipped in 11 points for the Beavers, who shot 42.9 percent from the field.
Oregon State pulled even at 52 with 4:38 to play, but Benjamin hit a 3-pointer coming out of the under-four media timeout, and Dillon Brooks followed with a layup to give Oregon a 57-52 advantage with 3:26 left. The Beavers pulled within 59-58 on a Payton steal and Duvivier layup with 33 seconds to go, but Cook was fouled and drained a pair of free throws and Young stole the ball from Duvivier, setting up a pair of free throws apiece from Brooks and Abdul-Bassit sandwiched around a Schaftenaar 3-pointer to seal it.
Oregon jumped out to an 8-0 lead, but Oregon State scored 28 of the ensuing 39 points to take a 28-19 lead with 5:05 remaining in the first half. Young, however, heated up in a hurry, accounting for the Ducks’ next 10 points as they closed the half with a 13-4 run to pull even at 32 heading into intermission.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Oregon improved to 16-0 when holding the opposition to 69 or fewer points. … The Beavers won their first 14 home games this season but wound up losing two of their final three, also falling to Utah. … Oregon State didn’t have any seniors to honor so coach Wayne Tinkle started the five walk-on players who have been with the Beavers all season.
Oregon | Oregon St. | |
Elgin Cook 17 | Scoring | Malcolm Duvivier 18 |
Joseph Young 6 | Assists | Gary Payton II 9 |
Jordan Bell 9 | Rebounds | Gary Payton II 10 |
Jalil Abdul-Bassit 6 | Free Throws Made | Jarmal Reid 6 |
Jordan Bell 3 | Steals | Gary Payton II 6 |
Jordan Bell 2 | Blocks | Daniel Gomis 2 |
Team | Points | FG% | 3PM-3PA | FTM-FTA | Assists | Rebounds | Blocks | Steals | Turnovers |
Oregon | 65 | 36.4 | 6-22 | 19-24 | 14 | 35 | 2 | 11 | 14 |
Oregon St. | 62 | 42.9 | 6-18 | 8-11 | 16 | 32 | 3 | 9 | 13 |