Cunningham lifts Beavers to Civil War win 76-71
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Jared Cunningham scored 27 points, including 24 in the second half, to lead Oregon State to a 76-71 victory against Oregon on Sunday.
Ahmad Starks added 15 points, Devon Collier 13 and Joe Burton 10 for the Beavers (14-7, 4-5 Pac-12), who won for just the second time in their last 19 trips to Eugene.
Devoe Joseph scored 26 points and E.J. Singler added 16 for Oregon (15-6, 6-3), which had a season-high 23 turnovers.
Trailing 73-70 in the final minute, the Ducks had a chance for a tie but Singler missed a 3-pointer and Oregon turned the ball over after getting the rebound.
Oregon State trailed 28-23 at halftime and 45-39 with 13:11 left to play. But Cunningham, who was 1 for 7 in the first half, hit 5 of 7 shots after the break and was 6 for 8 from the free-throw line in the final two minutes.
Cunningham was 12 for 15 from the line overall. He also had a team-high seven rebounds for the Beavers.
Oregon jumped out to a 36-27 lead three minutes into the second half, but the Beavers responded with a 12-3 run to tie it at 39 with 13:50 to play. Cunningham had seven points during that stretch, including one of his three 3-pointers.
But Joseph, who was 8 for 16 from the field and 5 for 9 from the 3-point line, drained back-to-back 3s as the Ducks regained the lead, 45-39.
Oregon State answered with an 11-0 run, taking the lead for good on Starks' 3-pointer with 11:46 remaining.
After shooting 28 percent from the floor in the first half, the Beavers made 57 percent in the second half to finish at 42 percent for the game.
POSTGAME NOTES
- The loss drops the Ducks into a tie for fourth in the Pac-12 conference standings.
- The Oregon loss is just their third at home this season. They had been 12-2 prior to the Civil War. The loss is also Oregon’s first defeat at home decided by fewer than 10 points. The Ducks had been a perfect 11-0 in those close games.
- The Ducks are now 4-5 when their opponents scores more than 70 points.
- The Ducks loss after leading at halftime is only their second such loss all season. They had been 12-1.
- The Ducks’ loss is their first when having more blocks than their opponent. They had been 9-0.
- The Ducks set a new season-high for blocks with 10. The previous high was eight against UTEP on Nov. 29. The last time the Ducks record 10+ blocks was Nov. 12, 2010 against North Dakota State.
- OSU out-scored Oregon, 22-4, over a six-minute stretch in the middle of the second half (UO led 45-39 with 12:14 in the half, OSU led 61-49 with 6:53).
- Carlos Emory registered his first career double-double (11 pts and 10 rebs). He became just the second UO player to have a double-double this year (Olu Ashaolu at Washington State, 23 points and 10 rebounds).
- Emory’s rebound total marked a career-high and it was the second time this season Emory led the team in rebounding.
- Devoe Joseph scored 26 points on 8-of-16 shooting from the field. His 16 shot attempts marked a new career high.
- Olu Ashaolu set a new career high for blocks in a game with three. His previous career high had been two.
- The Oregon starting lineup of Garrett Sim, Devoe Joseph, E.J. Singler, Jeremy Jacob, and Tony Woods dropped just their second game as a unit. They are 6-2.
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