Arizona’s 49-game home streak ends; player apologizes after loss to Ducks

For the season he leads OR with 16.6 points per game, and he’s second with 6.2 rebounds per game.

Boucher had career highs with 26 points and four 3-pointers in the 23rd-ranked Ducks’ 91-74 Pac-12 victory over the Arizona State Sun Devils on Sunday at the Wells Fargo Arena.

ARIZONA STATE: The Sun Devils entered the game averaging 75.8 points per game, their highest mark since the 2004-2005 team averaged 76…. But all that said, it’s hard to win games on the road. ASU is off to its best start in Pac-12 play halfway through the conference season…. “It’s not even debatable”.

“We’ve been a great third-quarter team, ” Turner Thorne said, “especially when we’ve stunk it up the first half”. The Wildcats made 6 of 11 3-pointers to take a 34-30 lead at the half.

BH: I say yes.

We give our thoughts on what will happen up there, but also how to describe last week. Cazorla ended the night with 17, followed by Bando with 12 points. He also broke his father’s Oregon State record with at least one steal in 38 consecutive games.

GE: Not in particular, but if I have to choose a conference to go up against it would be the SEC or Big East. The Big 12, Big Ten and ACC would all destroy the Pac-12 and I don’t think that’s a very good look. “It was a big streak to break”.

After the teams exchanged possessions, OR had an out-of-bounds play with 2.1 seconds left and Dorsey broke free for a layup at the buzzer to cut Arizona’s lead to 42-41 at the break.

Jared Brownridge led Santa Clara with 15 points, KJ Feagin scored 13 and Kai Healy added 10.

“I’ve never been more down looking at a team I coached than what I just saw”, he said. “We’re not up to the standards that we hold ourselves to”. Arizona G Allonzo Trier (fractured hand) has missed six games since suffering the injury at USC on January 9.

Santa Clara 71, Gonzaga 64: Taylor Berry scored 18 points as the Broncos (16-5, 7-3 WCC) won their fourth in a row, beating the Bulldogs (14-8, 6-4) at Leavey Center. Overall the Wildcats turned the ball over 19 times, with OR converting those mistakes into 21 points on the other end of the floor.

“They really separated themselves tonight was with their athletic ability and length”, said head coach Bobby Hurley. It’s like a matchup zone. Hurley just needs to take the officiating for what it is and teach his team to just play through it. Provoking the Pac-12 referees will not do any good.

Dillon Brooks and the No. 23 Oregon Ducks did something Thursday night no team has done in over three years – win at Arizona.

Oregon’s Jillian Alleyne, right, drives past Arizona State’s Kelsey Moos during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Friday, Jan. 29, 2016, in Eugene, Ore.

“The program history speaks for itself, and McKale is just an awesome place”, Arizona coach Sean Miller said. Wichita State owns the longest homecourt winning streak at 41. The Ducks are hoping this contest isn’t almost as competitive with the Sun Devils (12-9, 2-6) sitting near the bottom of the conference. But will the freshman guard be ready to play by the Washington State and Washington games?

But Oregon showed every game, no matter the opponent in this conference, is to be taken seriously and requires its full attention. Arizona State was whistled for five fouls in the first three minutes of the second stanza, four of which resulted in free throws. OR lost to both….