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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Oregon 60, Colorado 56
When: 11:00 PM ET, Thursday, February 18, 2021
Where: Matthew Knight Arena, Eugene, Oregon
Officials: # Randy McCall, # Jim Schipper, # Gregory Nixon
Attendance: N/A

Chris Duarte had 18 points and seven rebounds, Eugene Omoruyi scored 13 points before fouling out and Oregon beat Colorado 60-56 on Thursday night in Eugene, Ore.

Will Richardson had 11 points for the Ducks (13-4, 8-3 Pac-12), who won their fourth straight and avenged a Jan. 7 loss in Boulder, Colo.

D'Shawn Schwartz had 16 points and 11 rebounds, Jeriah Horne scored 11 and McKinley Wright IV had 10 for the Buffaloes (16-7, 10-6). Colorado dropped its second game in a row.

The Buffaloes went up by seven on two free throws by Dallas Walton early in the second half, but Oregon scored the next six points to make it 34-33. Colorado pushed the advantage to 41-36 with 13:45 left, but the Ducks responded with a 12-2 run to go ahead 48-43.

The Buffaloes went cold, but Keeshawn Barthelemy's 3-pointer with 8:31 left ended a nearly five-minute drought and made it 48-46.

Neither team scored for more than three minutes before Wright hit another short jumper to tie it with 4:57 left.

Duarte answered with a three-point play, ending a stretch of 5:28 without points for Oregon. After Horne scored off an offensive rebound, Duarte hit a spinning layup to make it 53-50 with 3:41 left.

Colorado's Evan Battey sank two free throws, Eli Parquet blocked Will Richardson's shot at the other end, and Schwartz split a pair of foul shots to tie it at 53 with 2:39 left.

Chandler Lawson's two free throws with 1:52 to go put the Ducks ahead again. Schwartz missed a 3-point attempt, and Richardson's jumper with 1:01 left made it a four-point game.

Horne missed a shot from behind the arc, and Oregon closed it out.

Colorado jumped out to a quick lead and had an answer when the Ducks would tie it up or get within a possession. After Omoruyi tied it at 21 with 3:58 left before intermission, Horne hit a layup and Schwartz a 3-pointer to put the Buffaloes ahead by five.

Colorado maintained that edge, taking a 30-25 lead into the locker room.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Colorado   Oregon
D'Shawn Schwartz 16 Scoring Chris Duarte 18
Jeriah Horne 2 Assists Chris Duarte 2
D'Shawn Schwartz 11 Rebounds Chris Duarte 7
Dallas Walton 4 Free Throws Made Chandler Lawson 5
Eli Parquet 2 Steals Eugene Omoruyi 5
Eli Parquet 1 Blocks Franck Kepnang 3
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Colorado 56 34.4 6-27 8-9 8 37 1 6 17
Oregon 60 43.4 4-17 10-15 5 27 5 11 14