Utah Utes vs Oregon Ducks Match Player Stats On Feb 20, 2021

LJ Figueroa and Chris Duarte each scored 15 points, Eugene Omoruyi added 13 points, and the Oregon Ducks held off the Utah Utes in a back-and-forth Pac-12 Conference matchup, 67-64, Saturday at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Ore.

The Ducks (14-4, 9-3 Pac-12), who won their fifth straight, and Utes battled for all 40 minutes, with neither team leading by more than five points at any point in the night.

Utah (9-10, 6-9), which dropped its third in a row, forced a 64-64 tie when Alfonso Plummer made a 3-pointer with 1:36 remaining. A Duarte free throw put Oregon ahead by a point, but the Utes had two possessions with an opportunity to take the lead.

Branden Carlson missed a hook shot just outside the key on one, and Plummer committed a turnover on the other. Duarte iced the win on a pair of free throws with three seconds left after the giveaway.

Duarte went just 4-of-12 shooting from the floor and 2-of-7 from 3-point range, but the second of his makes from beyond the arc erased a three-point Utah lead in the final two minutes.

Omoruyi fouled out with 3:29 remaining when he collided with Plummer, sending the Utah guard to the free-throw line for three foul shots that put the Utes ahead. Two free throws from Timmy Allen, who finished with 15 points, extended the advantage before Duarte's pivotal 3-pointer.

Oregon shot 9-for-23 (39.1 percent) from long range, outpacing Utah's 5-for-18 (27.8 percent) performance. Figueroa went 3-for-5, Omoruyi shot 2-for-3, and Will Richardson added another 3-pointer for part of his nine points.

Carlson and Pelle Larsson each added 13 points to complement Plummer's game-high 17 points. Carlson grabbed a game-high nine rebounds.

With the win and USC's loss to Arizona earlier in the day, Oregon moved into a tie with the Trojans (12-3 in Pac-12) atop the loss column of the conference. The two teams meet on Monday in Los Angeles.

UCLA defeated Arizona State on Saturday night to also improve to 12-3 in conference play.

--Field Level Media