STANFORD, Calif. — Someone finally made Oregon pay for its first-half struggles.

Led by a dominant performances from its two post players, Dwight Powell and Josh Huestis, Stanford built a 13-point halftime lead and cruised to a 76-52 victory over the 10th-ranked Ducks, ending Oregon's perfect start in the Pac-12 Conference Wednesday night at Maples Pavilion.

It was easily the most lopsided loss of the season for Oregon (18-3, 7-1 Pac-12), which lost for the first time since Dec. 19 at UTEP, ending its nine-game winning streak overall.

The Ducks played their second straight game without starting point guard Dominic Artis (foot), who is also expected to miss Saturday's game at California. In his place junior Johnathan Loyd finished 0-for-4 from the field, with zero points and zero assists in 23 minutes.

Carlos Emory finished with 12 points to lead the Ducks.

Oregon had no answers for the 6-foot-10 Powell, who finished with 12 points and 13 rebounds. The athletic big man routinely drove past Oregon defenders for easy baskets. The same for Huestis, who finished with 14 points, 12 rebounds and a handful of dunks.

Oregon trailed at halftime for the fourth time in eight Pac-12 games. They managed to come back and win the first seven times, most recently rallying from a 10-point deficit against Washington State.

The Ducks never had a chance in the second half against Stanford.

Zone, man, full-court press — nothing the Ducks did defensively gave Stanford much pause in the first half. Worse, Oregon had its most miserable start offensively, as the Cardinal held the Ducks to a season-low 22 first-half points.

The Cardinal then opened the second half on a 12-3 run, capped off by quick back-to-back three-pointers to push its lead to 47-25. Emory had picked up a loose-ball foul as Chasson Randle's three swished in; that set up the second three for Stanford.

A few seconds later, Oregon's Waverly Austin picked up an offensive foul near midcourt, the Ducks' fourth turnover in the first five minutes of the second half, and 15th overall. That got the Stanford crowd on its feet, and the Ducks were left flattened the rest of the way.

More to follow.

-- Adam Jude