In sports briefs from Tuesday, Gonzaga's game vs. Pepperdine on Thursday is now at 6 p.m., the NBA and its players put more COVID-19 safety measures in place after five postponed games, and No. 7 Michigan remains undefeated with a rout of No. 9 Wisconsin.
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Haley Jones had 18 points and No. 1 Stanford used a big third quarter to beat 11th-ranked Oregon 70-63.
McKinley Wright IV recovered from the scary fall to score 21 points, including a game-sealing scoop layup with 27 seconds left, and Colorado held off No. 17 Oregon for a 79-72 win on Thursday.
UCLA's Michaela Onyenwere had a career-high 33 points along with 10 rebounds and No. 11 UCLA held off No. 8 Oregon, 73-71, on Sunday, snapping the Ducks' 27-game winning streak.
Freshman Bennedict Mathurin had his first career double-double, Terrell Brown Jr. hit a 3-pointer with 13 seconds left and Arizona beat Washington State 86-82 in double overtime.
Chris Duarte scored 23 points and No. 21 Oregon defeated Stanford 73-56 for its eighth straight win.
Breece Hall ran for 136 yards and two touchdowns, Brock Purdy accounted for two scores and No. 12 Iowa State grinded out a 34-17 win over No. Oregon in the Fiesta Bowl.
Taylor Mikesell made four 3-pointers and scored 16 points, and No. 8 Oregon remained undefeated with a 92-69 victory over USC.
Eugene Omoruyi scored 26 points and the No. 21 Ducks extended their winning streak at home to 27 games with a 82-69 victory over California on Thursday night.
Iowa State lost the Big 12 championship game, yet still earned a spot in its first major bowl game. Oregon won the Pac-12 title after being a late replacement and is back in a New Year's Six bowl for the second straight season. Two different roads to what could be another great Fiesta Bowl when No. 12 Iowa State faces No. 25 Oregon on Jan. 2.
Anthony Brown threw two touchdown passes in his unusual Oregon debut, Jamal Hill made his second interception with 2:47 to play, and the Ducks won their second straight Pac-12 title with a 31-24 victory over No. 13 Southern California.
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — New York top draft pick Sabrina Ionescu injured her ankle in the second quarter against Atlanta and did not return to action in the Liberty’s 84-78 loss to the Dream on Friday night.
Oregon's senior guard Payton Pritchard has been named to the All-American first team.
EUGENE — In a post-Oregon edition of the Washington State rewind, we revisit CJ Verdell’s big night against the Cougars, Tay Martin’s emergence – or rather, re-emergence – at the “X” receiver spot and where Wazzu’s postseason hopes stand in the wake of a 37-35 loss to the Ducks on Saturday night.
SEATTLE — On Oct. 13, 2018, Trey Adams wasn’t hunting ducks.
EUGENE — Running back Cyrus Habibi-Likio says Oregon’s defense in practice is as good as — or even better than — some of the teams the Ducks have faced so far.
EUGENE — Oregon tight end Cam McCormick will miss the rest of the season with an ankle injury.
EUGENE — Justin Herbert threw for 310 yards and five touchdowns before heading to the sideline in the third quarter, and No. 16 Oregon rebounded from its season-opening loss to Auburn with a 77-6 rout of Nevada on Saturday night.
AUBURN, Ala. — Freshman Bo Nix will be Auburn’s starting quarterback in the season opener.
EUGENE — Oregon coach Mario Cristobal figures the Ducks will have 19 days of traditional fall camp before they’ll have to start preparing for Auburn.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sabrina Ionescu of Oregon was a surprise winner of the women’s John R. Wooden Award.
Oregon and coach Kelly Graves are going into the Final Four as the only newcomers, surrounded by three other women’s teams that have won multiple national championships.
NEW YORK — UConn’s Napheesa Collier, Iowa’s Megan Gustafson, Oregon’s Sabrina Ionescu, Louisville’s Asia Durr and Mississippi State’s Teaira McCowan were named to The Associated Press women’s basketball All-American team. Voting was done before the NCAA Tournament by the 28-member national m…
PORTLAND — Off to Oregon’s first appearance in the Final Four, guard Sabrina Ionescu set the theme for the second-seeded Ducks.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Ty Jerome’s 3-pointer was memorable not only for its timing, but because it marked one of the few Virginia made against Oregon.
The closest thing to a long shot left in the NCAA Tournament is in the Sweet 16 for the third time in four years, made the Final Four a couple years ago and is led by a coach with almost 650 wins who has guided three programs to the dance.
EUGENE — Long after Sabrina Ionescu collected her 18th career triple double — in an NCAA Tournament game, no less — she stayed on the court at Matthew Knight Arena to sign autographs and pose for photos.
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Ehab Amin started the second half by cheering on his Oregon teammates from the bench during a scoring drought that seemed like it would never end.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two down, two to go for the Oregon Ducks and their dominant defense.
LAS VEGAS — Stanford got a measure of revenge en route to winning another Pac-12 Tournament title.
EUGENE (AP) — Francis Okoro earned his way into Oregon’s eighth different starting lineup two games ago with sheer effort.
CORVALLIS — The outcome of that first game against the Ducks didn’t sit so well with the Beavers.
STANFORD, Calif. — Sabrina Ionescu’s club and high school teams were in the stands, some 100 fans at Friday’s game in Berkeley and again Sunday at Stanford to watch the Oregon star.
EUGENE — Stanford knew exactly who the masked man was at the center of Oregon’s defense.
EUGENE — Oregon treated its scouting report on struggling Colorado as anything but a matchup of first vs. worst in the Pac-12.
SEATTLE — Something about playing the Washington Huskies has brought out the best this season in Oregon’s Erin Boley.
EUGENE — A timely chalk talk with Bill Walton inspired Oregon’s Kenny Wooten to check out the Hall of Famer’s moves.
EUGENE — It took Oregon’s Sabrina Ionescu until the third quarter to make her first field goal against Arizona.
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Oregon could feel the tide shifting. Arizona had found an offensive rhythm, the fans inside McKale Center rising and roaring with each made shot.
LOS ANGELES — Nothing much fazes Satou Sabally and No. 5 Oregon. Not when they’re blowing out opponents by 20 or 40 points.
EUGENE — Oregon’s defensive benchmark for success is to hold its opponent to fewer than 70 points.
EUGENE — Prince Ali summed it up in five words as he exited the victorious UCLA locker room.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Justin Herbert did just enough to keep his streak intact for consecutive games with a touchdown pass.
EUGENE — It took only 19 seconds for Sabrina Ionescu to show she’s mortal after all.
EUGENE — A matinee start seemed to catch the wrong team off its game with no excuses.
EUGENE — Oregon coach Kelly Graves chided guard Sabrina Ionescu following No. 7 Oregon’s win over No. 4 Mississippi State as she rested her head in her hand while addressing the media.
EUGENE — Ehab Amin let his Oregon teammates know that sleepwalking through another first half was no longer acceptable.
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State coach Suzy Merchant looked at Oregon’s statistical profile and figured the Ducks could be beaten.
EUGENE — Trayvon Reed picked the right night to be perfect.
