No. 23 OR 83, No. 18 Arizona 75

Ducks sophomore forward Dillon Brooks leads the offense with 16.2 ppg, 6.5 rebounds, and 3.1 assists. Aiding in Oregon’s defensive effort, the Ducks had a 7-2 advantage in blocked shots.

After the Wildcats 4th loss of the season to Cal, they come home to protect their home game winning streak (49) which is on the line once again. The Wildcats have dropped four decisions this season by a total of ten points. OR (17-4, 6-2 Pac-12) won for the sixth time in seven games. The last time Arizona (16-5, 4-4) lost at home was almost three years ago to California. Wichita State owns the longest homecourt winning streak at 41.

“I mean, 49 games is unbelievable”, said OR coach Dana Altman, whose team lost at Arizona 90-56 last season. Arizona hung with the Ducks, tying the game at 64 after a Parker Jackson-Cartwright three pointer. “Tourney for Huskies?ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi projects eight Pac-12 teams will make the NCAA tournament field, and he thinks the Huskies will be among the last to make it.Lunardi now projects the Huskies will be in a play-in game as a No. 12 seed, and projects UW among the last four teams to be selected.As of Tuesday, the Huskies ranked 70th in the RPI, behind every Pac-12 team except Washington State – meaning that 10 of UW’s final 11 conference games will come against teams now rated 66th or better in the RPI”. “Our activity out of the traps caused them some problems”.

A win against Oregon Thursday would give Sean Miller his 300th win as a head coach.

“You look at the Warriors, and they’re playing so hard midseason”, she said. You can tell they care a lot about their university and they care a lot about their program. “They kicked us three times past year”. A couple minutes later a Cook three-pointer gave OR the lead.

Plus, the Sun Devils have two days instead of the normal one to prepare for its nationally televised showdown at Oregon State (16-3, 7-1) so there’s even less point in getting ahead of themselves. Benjamin hit 3-pointers on two consecutive possessions as the Ducks began their comeback.

Cameron Forte scored a career-high 37 points with 13 rebounds for Portland State (7-11, 3-4).

Brooks finished with a game-high 24 points including a 3-pointer that put the Ducks up eight points with just under five minutes to go. This in combination with an bad shooting night – 34 percent from the field and 25 percent on 3s – led to the Trojans dropping their second disappointing game in a row. “I worked on it, worked on it, worked on it and it paid off tonight”. It was a feeling fans at McKale haven’t felt in a long while.

But the Wildcats never re-took the lead. After the first media timeout, OR switched to its matchup zone yet still failed to contain the Wildcats, who started 12-for-13 from the floor. Brooks led the Ducks over the Wildcats and won, 83-75.

Across conference play, home teams were 28-14 entering Wednesday with the league’s 10 best going 26-8.