Wiese helps No. 9 Oregon St overwhelm Arizona, 71-43

When asked if he had just played his best game in an Arizona uniform, York agreed.

Dillon Brooks scored 24 points and reserve Dwayne Benjamin had 15 as No. 23 OR ended No. 18 Arizona’s 49-game homecourt winning streak with a 83-75 Pac-12 victory at McKale Center on Thursday.

“After Arizona, just wanted to come back strong”, said Boucher, a 6-foot-10 senior. I took it upon myself I needed to be a better captain, a better leader. Joining Tarczewski in the paint are two division one transfers, Ryan Anderson (14.8 ppg, 10.2 rpg, & 55.1% FG) and Mark Tollefsen (8.8 ppg and 38.6% 3FG).

Trailing 42-41 at the half, OR took its first lead of the game on Cook’s three-pointer with 16:08 to play.

The Ducks would score 14 points off six Arizona turnovers as both teams started the second half.

Sulaimon made one free throw with 49.7 seconds to make it 67-62 and Stone made one with 39.5 seconds left to extend the advantage to 68-62. Miller has now lost six career games to OR coach Dana Altman in 13 tries. When going for at least 20 three pointers in a game this season, both teams have winning records; Arizona is 5-1 and Oregon State is 4-2.

Arizona is 16-5 SU in its last 21 games.

Boucher had 10 rebounds for his sixth double-double and added seven blocked shots.

“I worked on that shot a lot”, said Brooks, who could give OR back-to-back conference player of the year honors after Joseph Young earned the honor last year. I really liked those games.

Arizona shot 62 percent from the floor in the first quarter, hitting eight of 13 shots.

Wiese returned to the starting lineup after a hand injury and had 15 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists as No. 9 Oregon State overwhelmed Arizona 71-43. The Ducks were coming off a huge road win at Arizona and achieved what every Pac-12 team hopes for – a weekend road split.

“This was a good team win tonight”, said Oregon State head coach Scott Rueck.

While the shots were not falling at a good rate from the outside, OR did make hay from the charity stripe, especially in the second half.

Despite Oregon’s success lately, this is a letdown spot for the Ducks. A technical foul on Hurley for complaining on a foul call resulted in Dorsey sinking three free throws to put the Ducks up 73-63 with 4:57 left. “There was some frustration”.

Take a step back, and you’ll realize that what OR is doing is pretty remarkable considering the circumstances. “They played very hard”. Some of them were around you. Wazzu’s last win was against a then-ranked UCLA squad so you can never be too sure when it comes to conference play. “Put the officials in a position where they have to do something”. Arizona State’s 59 percent shooting percentage Thursday night against Oregon State was its highest in a Pac-12 game since 2013.

The 23rd-ranked Ducks look to beat the Sun Devils for the seventh time in eight meetings when they square off Sunday night in Tempe. “It started on defense, how we guarded them in the first half”.

“We have to do a better job on Gabe York in our zone”, was Tinkle’s summation.

The Ducks would start the 4 on a 7-2 run pushing their lead to 23 points over Arizona.

OR is in first place in the league rated No. 2 by the Ratings Percentage Index, so maybe such a high seed in a projected NCAA Tournament bracket does not seem so outlandish. Jillian Alleyne had 18 points and 10 rebounds extending her Pac-12 record for double-doubles that she set in a loss at Arizona State on Friday to 87.