Brooks, Oregon end Arizona’s 49-game home win streak

Her shooting percentage ranks second in the Pac-12 among guards, behind only OSU’s Jamie Weisner. NOTES: Arizona and OR do not meet in Eugene this season due to the Pac-12’s unbalanced schedule. For the No. 23 Ducks, however, this is bad timing.

A win against Oregon Thursday would give Sean Miller his 300th win as a head coach. Then there’s that other thing. “He’s done it a number of times”.

The Wildcats have trailed at halftime only five times during the streak. Josh Hawkinson, the Pac-12’s leading rebounder, led the Cougars with 19 points and 13 rebounds.

York’s hot shooting night contributed to the second game in a row in which the Beavers allowed their opponent to hit more than 50 percent of their shots, a statistic that had not previously occurred this season. This season the Wildcats have done so eight times in 11 games. York shots 6-17 and 7-15 this week, when nearly everyone else on his team was playing well.

In other words: Good luck, Ducks.

“I like to score”, remarked Altman of the game.

Oregon State will be back in action Monday when it plays host to conference leader Arizona State. “Giving up 60 percent (shooting) is not Beaver defense”. On Jan. 9, Arizona shot 49.4 percent against USC.

The Oregon Ducks dominated Arizona with their resilient defensive attack and have earned a place as the top spot in the Pac-12 conference.

Arizona State would tie the game with just under 7 minutes left in the third quarter, but a turnover would give OR the ball and the chance to retake the lead.

The loss snapped the Irish’s four-game win streak.

The Oregon State Beavers average 7.3 steals per game. “He was the one guy we were trying to force off the 3-point line”.

If USC is able to prevent interior looks for Washington State’s big men and tightly contest 3-point shots, the Trojans will have an excellent chance of winning the game.

Oregon State guard Gary Payton II (1) drives against Arizona guard Kadeem Allen during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016, in Tucson, Ariz. Fellow freshman Katie McWilliams made her 11-straight start, scoring six points. Savanna Hanson scored 14 and Morgan McGwire 13 for Santa Clara, offsetting a 28-point game by Gonzaga’s Jill Barta.

“These last two games, we haven’t lived up to the standards that is held here at Arizona, especially effort-wise and paying attention to detail”, Anderson said. In Saturday’s win over Arizona State, Verhoeven scored a career-high nine points, three coming on the first 3-point attempt of his career. The impressive part: 20 came in the second half.

Arizona State: The Sun Devils are 26-5 against OR since 2001….

The teams battled back and forth early on, with the Beavers taking a five-point lead into the first media timeout.

The Ducks are 12-2 when they win the battle of the boards this season. The ACC ranks behind the Pac-12 in conference RPI, and yet has a dramatically superior record against the top teams: 19-20.

Arizona plays at Washington State on Wednesday.

Perhaps the biggest surprise in the Pac-12 this year has been the play of the Huskies.

The timeout that mattered was the under 12 media timeout that followed shortly thereafter though. If Davis meant that there’s no clear Final Four contender in the conference – fine. In addition to Poeltl, Colorado’s Josh Scott and UCLA’s Thomas Welsh have won.

OR did what for almost three years seemed impossible-though this season in college hoops the impossible doesn’t exist-by maintaining its composure after the early hole and doing whatever it could to quiet a crowd that during the win streak had rarely had to panic. Those teams don’t meet until late February, but the unofficial tiebreaker might as well be how each has fared in Tucson.