EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Chris Duarte and LJ Figueroa scored 15 points apiece and Oregon beat Utah 67-64 on Saturday night for the Ducks' fifth straight win.
Eugene Omoruyi added 13 points for Oregon (14-4, 9-3 Pac-12) before fouling out with 3:29 to play.
Duarte, who had 11 points in the second half, and Figueroa hit 3-pointers 21 seconds apart to give the Ducks a 64-61 lead with 1:55 to play. Alfonso Plummer answered with a 3-pointer before Duarte made 1 of 2 free throws to give Oregon the lead for good with 1:20 remaining. Utah went 0 for 2 from the field with two turnovers from there, and Duarte made two free throws with three seconds left to cap the scoring.
Plummer hit four 3s and finished with 17 points, and Timmy Allen scored 15 for Utah (9-10, 6-9). Branden Carlson and Pelle Larsson added 13 points apiece. Carlson had nine rebounds, and Larsson had seven boards and five assists.
Neither team led by more than five points, and there were nine ties and 19 lead changes.
Oregon, which made just four of its first 14 second-half shots and went without a field goal for more than three minutes midway through the period, made 8 of 15 — including four 3-pointers — to close it out.
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1of12Oregon center Franck Kepnang (22) shoots over Utah center Lahat Thioune (32) during an NCAA college basketball game in Eugene, Ore., Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021.Thomas Boyd/APShow MoreShow Less2of12Oregon guard Jalen Terry (3), attempts to block a pass by a Utah player during an NCAA college basketball game in Eugene, Ore., Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021Thomas Boyd/APShow MoreShow Less
3of124of12Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak questions an official about a call during the team's NCAA college basketball game against Oregon in Eugene, Ore., Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021.Thomas Boyd/APShow MoreShow Less5of12Utah center Branden Carlson (35) looks to pass against Oregon during an NCAA men's college basketball game in Eugene, Ore., Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021Thomas Boyd/APShow MoreShow Less
6of127of12Oregon coach Dana Altman, talks to the team during an NCAA college basketball game against Utah in Eugene, Ore., Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021Thomas Boyd/APShow MoreShow Less8of12Oregon guard Will Richardson (0) shoots againstUtah guard Pelle Larsson (3) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Eugene, Ore., Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021.Thomas Boyd/APShow MoreShow Less
9of1210of12Utah guard Pelle Larsson (3) shoots against Oregon during an NCAA college basketball game in Eugene, Ore., Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021Thomas Boyd/APShow MoreShow Less11of12Utah's Timmy Allen drives to the basket past Oregon State's Ethan Thompson during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Corvallis, Ore., Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021.Amanda Loman/APShow MoreShow Less