Oregon Ducks 69, Saint Joseph's 64, final: That's it. The Oregon Ducks win it 69-64, closing the game on an 18-6 run. Tyler Dorsey was huge for Oregon down the stretch.

... Saint Joseph's with it, and DeAndre' Bembry drives right through the lane for a layup to pull the Hawks within two, at 66-64. Saint Joe's calls timeout with 26.8 seconds left. Ducks' ball after the break. Casey Benson is fouled, and he heads to the line for a one-and-one. Benson makes the first. He misses the second, and the Hawks rebound it, down three. Now Tyler Dorsey comes up with a steal, and there's a collision and some confusion as to whether there's a foul. The officials are sorting it out. There are 9.2 seconds left. OK, the officials have now put 9.8 seconds on the clock, and Dorsey heads to the line for a one-and-one. He drains the first free throw to give the Ducks a four-point lead at 68-64. He makes the second, and it's 69-64.

... Saint Joseph's with it, but the Ducks play tight defense, and the Hawks are forced into a shot-clock violation. Oregon takes over with 49.1 seconds to play. Elgin Cook drives, kicks it out to Casey Benson, but Cook is fouled and heads to the line for a one-and-one. Cook hits them both, and Oregon leads it 66-62. Saint Joseph's calls timeout with 31.7 seconds left.

A Saint Joe's miss, and Casey Benson with the rebound. Three minutes to play. Elgin Cook on the drive, can't finish the layup, but Tyler Dorsey cleans it up with a putback layup to tie the game at 58-58. Saint Joseph's Papa Ndao appeared to injure his ankle on the play. He walks gingerly to the bench. After Lamarr Kimble's layup for Saint Joe's, Tyler Dorsey knocks down a three from the left wing, and Oregon leads again at 61-60. DeAndre' Bembry draws contact and hits two free throws. Then Dillon Brooks nails a corner three-pointer, and Oregon leads it 64-62. Timeout Ducks, with 1:20 to play.

... Casey Benson draws a foul and makes two free throws to pull Oregon within two, at 58-56. Then Tyler Dorsey gets a steal, but on the offensive end, Dillon Brooks is called for an offensive foul. Timeout on the floor with 3:34 to play. Saint Joe's still leads, 58-56.

... Saint Joseph's continues its push, as the Hawks now lead it by five at 56-51. And the Ducks turn it over. Lamarr Kimble's jumper makes it 58-51. The Hawks are on an 8-0 run. Saint Joseph's is brimming with confidence at the five-minute mark, while the Ducks are in desperate need of a bucket. Tyler Dorsey drives, and draws a foul. Not a shooting foul, however. Dillon Brooks drives, scores and is fouled. He converts the three-point play, and the Ducks pull within four, at 58-54, with 4:42 left.

... Tyler Dorsey hits a jumper, and Oregon is back on top 47-45. On the other end, Jordan Bell is whistled for a non-shooting foul. Now nine minutes to play. DeAndre' Bembry is fouled, and he hits both free throws to again tie the game, at 47-47. A Dwayne Benjamin basket puts the Ducks up 49-47, but then a Saint Joe's three by Lamarr Kimble gives the Hawks their first lead of the game, at 50-49. Oregon answers with an Elgin Cook score, but then Bembry puts Saint Joe's back up 52-51. The Ducks lose it out of bounds, and after the TV timeout, the Hawks will have it back with 6:59 to play.

... The Ducks leave Isaiah Miles wide open for a jumper in the corner, and he knocks it down to tie the game at 45-45 with 10:15 to play. Oregon coach Dana Altman calls a timeout. The Hawks are on a 10-0 run after trailing 45-35.

... A Dillon Brooks three-pointer extends Oregon's lead to 10 at 45-35. The Hawks respond with four points in a row, though, and at the under-12 timeout, the Ducks lead it 45-39.

... Dillon Brooks knocks down a three-pointer, and the Ducks lead is 37-30 early in the second half. Couple of minutes later, though, Saint Joseph's Pierfrancesco Oliva hits a three to make it 37-33. The teams trade baskets, with Oregon leading 39-35. After a Hawks miss, Casey Benson's three is too strong. The Ducks get a turnover, Elgin Cook misses the layup, Chris Boucher grabs the rebound but gets tied up for a jump ball, and it's the first media timeout. The possession arrow is with Oregon, so the Ducks will have it when the action resumes.

Oregon Ducks 32, Saint Joseph's 27, first half: Casey Benson just tried to draw a charge, and instead was called for a blocking foul. He bumped his head on the court, but he's back up and stays in the game. That's five quick points for Saint Joseph's after the Hawks to draw within 30-25 after they trailed it by 10. But Elgin Cook with an emphatic answer on the other end with a powerful dunk to put Oregon back up 32-25. Saint Joe's takes a timeout with 32 seconds left in the half. Saint Joseph's miss rolls out of bounds, and the Ducks get a final look. Benjamin's three is no good, but a foul on Dillon Brooks on the rebound attempt sends Saint Joe's to the line. Lamarr Kimble makes both, and at halftime, Oregon leads 32-27 in Spokane.

... Saint Joseph's has committed 10 fouls, and the Ducks have taken advantage, going 10 of 13 from the line so far. Dillon Brooks drops in two, and the Oregon lead is eight, at 28-20. Brooks and Elgin Cook lead the Ducks with eight points apiece. Media timeout now, with 3:35 to go in the half.

... Dwayne Benjamin with a bank shot to make it 21-15. James Demery answers with a layup. Then, Jordan Bell with a huge block on Demery, Benjamin is fouled and makes one of two at the line, and Oregon leads 21-17. After the Ducks extended it to 24-17, the Hawks' Shavar Newkirk with a three to make it 24-20. Casey Benson's basket puts Oregon back up six, at 26-20. Just more than 4 minutes to play in the half now.

... Tyler Dorsey hits a three-pointer to extend the Ducks' lead to 15-10. On the other end, a miss and an Elgin Cook rebound, but the Ducks can't convert. The teams trade empty possessions. Now under 10 minutes to play in the half. And at the 91/2-minute mark, Aaron Brown nails a three to cut Oregon's lead to 15-13. Dorsey fouled while shooting a three, and he hits two of them. Oregon up 17-13. Chris Boucher makes a turnaround shot in the lane, and the Ducks lead is 19-15 at the under-eight media timeout, with 7:31 to play in the half.

... The Ducks lead it 7-4 at the first media timeout, with 15:47 to go in the half. After Elgin Cook makes two free throws, Saint Joseph's answers with a basket from Aaron Brown, and Oregon's lead is 9-6. Dillon Brooks looks for the coast-to-coast drive, and he's fouled. He makes one of two from the line. After Saint Joseph's Brown makes a layup and misses a three-point play opportunity, Brooks slices to a layup, and Oregon leads 12-8. Aaron Brown with another drive and layup, and Saint Joseph's pulls within two at 12-10. Under 12 minutes to play in the half, and a media timeout.

Pregame

Game information:

No. 1 Oregon vs. No. 8 Saint Joseph's

Time: 6:40 p.m.

Where: Spokane Arena

On air: TBS, 750 AM Portland, 95.3 Eugene

KenPom rankings: Oregon: 10; St. Joe's: 44

Projected starters:

Oregon (29-6)

Elgin Cook, 6-6, Sr. (14.4 ppg, 5.2 rpg)

Dillon Brooks, 6-7, So. (16.6 ppg, 5.7 rpg)

Chris Boucher, 6-10, Sr. (12.3 ppg, 7.5 rpg)

Casey Benson, 6-3, So. (5.9 ppg, 3.0 apg)

Tyler Dorsey, 6-4, Fr. (13.7 ppg, 4.3 rpg)

Saint Joseph's (28-7)

DeAndre' Bembry, 6-6, Jr. (17.5 ppg, 7.6 rpg)

Isaiah Miles, 6-7, Sr. (18.4 ppg, 8.1 rpg)

Pierfrancesco Oliva, 6-8, Fr. (4.1ppg, 3.8 rpg)

Aaron Brown, 6-5, Sr. (10.4 ppg, 3.3 rpg)

Shavar Newkirk, 5-11, So. (8.0 ppg, 2.7 apg)

Preview:

"On paper, Saint Joe's might be an Oregon-lite. The Hawks are an eight seed, have few signature wins and play in an inferior conference to the Pac-12. But their roster sure does look a lot like Oregon's. It's chock-full of versatile wing players in the 6-foot-5 to 6-foot-8 range, fronted by Miles (6-7, 18.4 ppg, 8.1 rpg) and Atlantic 10 player of the year De'Andre Bembry (6-6, 17.5 ppg, 7.6 rpg, 4.5 apg). They're also piloted by a coach, like Oregon, with a wealth of experience. Phil Martelli has won 400 games in his 20 years with the Hawks, including a 27-0 regular season in 2004 that led to a No. 1 overall seed in the tournament.

"I would say maybe the biggest thing is they got a couple guys like me and Elgin, a couple guys who can do a lot of things, will cover guys, pass the ball well, shoot it, can defend a lot of positions," Oregon senior Dwayne Benjamin said. "Just that versatility, the wings can do a lot of things, just like us. But (they don't have) a Chris (Boucher), or maybe not a Jordan (Bell), but they got a lot of guys who can do a lot of things."

Having a Bell and Boucher certainly helps. Boucher led the Ducks with 20 points in Oregon's 91-52 thumping of Holy Cross on Friday. Bell had eight points, seven rebounds and three blocks.

Together, the two 6-foot-10 forwards have combined for 153 blocks this year. The Hawks as a team have 117 and don't use a player in their rotation taller than 6-foot-8.

That could be Oregon's X-factor. The Hawks' could be momentum.

Oregon breezed through its first-round win. They weren't challenged. And while that was a good thing on a day when so many high seeds fell, it didn't test the Ducks. Saint Joseph's went through the wringer on Friday and is coming back out on Sunday for more."

More from The Oregonian's preview here.

Links:

St. Joe's coach didn't know much about Oregon's season.

St. Joe's is a one-man act.

Mark Turgeon reflects on time at Oregon.

No freshmen wall for Oregon.

Ducks dismantle Holy Cross to advance.

-- Tyson Alger

talger@oregonian.com

@tysonalger