Dillon Brooks Leads Oregon Ducks To Win With 30 Point Effort Over Utah
The Oregon Ducks used a big performance from Dillon Brooks who put in 30 points in a home win at Matthew Knight Arena against Utah. Oregon now has a two game lead in the Pac-12 and will look to continue the momentum this week against Cal and Stanford on the road.
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Oregon welcomed in a Utah team that had won five of their last six games, but in the end did enough to hold off a Utes comeback and get to 20 wins on the season. Dillon Brooks led the team with a 30 point performance. Utah hit five of their last six shots, but it was not enough as Oregon held on 76-66 to take a two game lead in the Pac-12 Conference. The Ducks saw four players hit double figures in the win. The win marked six straight 20 win seasons for the team, a first for the University of Oregon.
Utah out shot Oregon 50 percent to 48 percent from the field, but Oregon took care of the ball from three point range 43 to 33 percent. The Oregon Ducks Defense again came through with six blocks, three from Chris Boucher to go with six steals and just six Oregon turnovers for the game. The Ducks had 16 assists and forced 14 turnovers and turned it into 19 points which was a big key to the game. The lead changed 8 times in the game.
Oregon now hits the road to take on Cal and Stanford this week before three straight home games starting with Oregon State. The Ducks are in a good place right now with a two game lead in the Pac-12 Conference, but Arizona is not going away. The Pac-12 will certainly be entertaining to watch for the rest of the month of February. The Madness is approaching and right now, Oregon should find themselves in the middle of it.
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Oregon faces the Golden Bears on Thursday at 6pm Pacific Time on ESPN2.