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Arizona 90, Oregon 56
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All posts by Alan DraperUpdated9 hours ago on April 19, 2024
TUCSON, Ariz. — Arizona broke the game open with a 17-1 second-half run, and the sixth-ranked Wildcats routed Oregon 90-56 to sweep the regular-season series.
The Wildcats won 80-62 when the teams met in Eugene, Ore., on Jan. 8.
After Oregon used an 8-0 run to trim Arizona’s lead to 56-46 with 13:06 to play, Wildcats junior guard Gabe York scored the first nine points of the 17-1 surge to quash the comeback. York knocked down two 3-pointers and added a transition three-point play to push the lead back to 19. He added a jumper late in the run.
Thirteen of York’s team-high 16 points came in the second half.
Oregon (14-7, 4-4 Pac-12) opened the second half by scoring eight of the first 10 points thanks to a pair of 3-pointers from guard Jalil Abdul-Bassit.
Arizona (19-2, 7-1) countered by attacking the paint, going on a 13-3 run with all 13 coming in the lane. Center Kaleb Tarczewski started things off with a hook shot that led to a three-point play, and forwards Rondae Hollis-Jefferson and Stanley Johnson got to the rim for the Wildcats’ next three field goals.
Wildcats forward Brandon Ashley scored 13 points, and Johnson contributed 12 points, six rebounds and five assists. Tarczewski and Hollis-Jefferson had 11 points apiece, and guard T.J. McConnell scored 10 points.
Forward Elgin Cook paced Oregon with 16 points. Guard Joseph Young scored 12, and forward Dillon Brooks finished with 11.
The Wildcats outrebounded the Ducks 34-20 and outshot them from the floor, 59.3 percent to 40.4 percent.
