Dillion Brooks beats buzzer to lift No. 6 OR over Cal

The biggest of those threes came with 0.2 of a second remaining at California on Thursday and gave the Ducks a 68-65 victory when defeat had seemed all but certain just a few minutes earlier. “You look at every single crowd member and see them looking down”.

Oregon’s current record is 25-4 (14-2 Pac-12), and the Ducks are a projected 2-seed in the NCAA Tournament. If the Cardinal can effectively exit Corvallis with a victory, Stanford will own the conference lead, with only one game left in the season against the University of Oregon.

The Ducks were in severe danger of picking up their third conference loss and subsequently digging themselves into an insurmountable hole behind the Arizona Wildcats in the race for the Pac-12 title.

“We were fortunate”, OR coach Dana Altman said.

Key stats: OR had just eight rebounds in the first half and were out-rebounded 37-25 on the afternoon. “I feel like we’re really taking off”. The Ducks are now the No. 10 team in the country and OR senior Wyndham Clark in the No.1 collegiate golfer in the latest Arnold Palmer Cup Rankings.

Travis had 17 points and eight rebounds to lead four players in double figures.

The five seniors (Jabari Bird, Stephen Domingo, Roger Moute a Bidias, Grant Mullins and Sam Singer) combined for 30 points, seven rebounds and five assists.

There is no mistaking who the Cardinal’s bell cow is, and Stanford once more worked to make #FeedReid a trending hashtag. The Cardinal weren’t able to move in front until Nadia Fingall’s layup made it 41-40 with just over 5 minutes left. Stanford and Oregon State play on Friday in a game that could decide the title.

UCLA probably will start the NCAA tournament in Sacramento because of the pod system that keeps teams having good seasons close to home for the first two rounds, but the Bruins appear destined to play outside the West Regional unless they beat Arizona and win the Pac-12 tournament.

Drew Eubanks had 21 points and 14 rebounds for Oregon State. They did it past year and Senior Day will add to the emotion.

Oregon State will host California Sunday morning at 11 a.m., as the Beavers celebrate Senior Day. “Just to be able to get that win on our floor in front of our awesome fans — it was insane and it was loud”.

“In the last month, we are trending in the right direction on both ends of the floor”. “Smash-mouth is a football term but if it was a basketball term I think that would be a good word for us”. It was Cal’s defense that won the game, as it did not allow OR to take the lead throughout the match, holding the Ducks to a mediocre 37 percent field goal percentage. Brooks is the clear leader pushing 15 points per game. They ultimately fell short, but the star forward returned for his junior season along with many other key contributors.