CORVALLIS, OREGON

BEAVERS 57 - DUCKS 72

The Oregon Ducks (15-10, 6-6) lost to the Oregon State Beavers (16-8, 8-4) in Corvallis by a score of 72 to 57. Louis King scored 20 points and hit five three-pointers, but the Ducks were outplayed in the second half.

After losing at home to the Beavers to kickoff PAC-12 play, the Ducks were hoping for better results the second time around. And after a competitive first half, Oregon led by a single point, in large part due to the stellar play of King.

At the half, King was a perfect 3-of-3 from downtown, while the Beavers were 2-of-10. But Oregon’s three-point shooting turned ice cold in the second half (from 55.6% to 28.6%), and the team committed 18 total turnovers.

With 12:35 left in the second half, King hit a three-pointer that gave the Ducks a 42-40 lead, their final lead of the game as the Beavers went on a 22-6 run to bury the Ducks for good. Oregon looked defeated long before the final buzzer, and the Beaver faithful could smell the blood in the water.

King was the only Duck to hit more than one triple, while Payton Pritchard and Kenny Wooten performed surprisingly poorly- each hitting only one shot from the floor. Paul White and Miles Norris were positive notes in a game that Duck fans should best forget.

The win over the Ducks put the Beavers in the second place spot of the PAC-12 standings, right behind Washington. Meanwhile, the Ducks are in eighth place. Ladies and gentleman, this is the darkest timeline.

OREGON DUCKS

*Louis King (37 min) 20 PTS - 8 REB - 2 AST - 6/11 FG - 5/7 3PT- 3/6 FT *Paul White (31 min) 12 PTS - 5 REB - 2 AST - 5/10 FG - 1/5 3PT - 1/1 FT *Payton Pritchard (38 min) 4 PTS - 2 REB - 7 AST - 1/4 FG - 1/3 3PT - 1/3 FT *Kenny Wooten (27 min) 4 PTS - 2 REB - 2 AST - 1/2 FG - 2/2 FT *Will Richardson (18 min) 2 PTS - 1 REB - 1 AST - 1 STL - 1/2 FG - 0/1 3PT Miles Norris (17 min) 7 PTS - 5 REB - 3 BLK - 2 STL - 3/4 FG - 0/1 3PT - 1/3 FT Victor Bailey Jr. (17 min) 5 PTS - 1 REB - 1 AST - 1 STL - 2/5 FG - 1/2 3PT Ehab Amin (12 min) 3 PTS - 3 REB - 1/6 FG - 1/4 3PT Francis Okoro (3 min) 3 REB - 0/1 FG

OREGON STATE STARTERS

Stephen Thompson Jr. (39 min) 22 PTS - 4 REB - 3 AST - 2 STL - 7/15 FG - 4/8 3PT - 4/5 FT Tres Tinkle (38 min) 13 PTS - 6 REB - 7 AST - 1 STL - 5/10 FG - 2/6 3PT - 1/2 FT Ethan Thompson (25 min) 10 PTS - 3 REB - 4 AST - 3/7 FG - 1/3 3PT - 3/3 FT Kylor Kelley (19 min) 6 PTS - 1 REB - 3 BLK - 2/4 FG - 2/4 FT Zach Reichle (25 min) 3 REB - 1 STL - 0/5 FG - 0/5 3PT

GO DUCKS!

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