CORVALLIS, OREGON - The Oregon Ducks (18-6, 7-4) lost to the Oregon State Beavers (14-9, 4-7) once again, by a score of 63 to 53.

The Ducks led by 10 in the second half, but a terrible night of shooting doomed the Ducks against their ancient rival.

1ST HALF: It was a back and forth affair for much of the first half as neither team was able to build a lead larger than five points. Tres Tinkle scored the game’s first points off a layup then Chris Duarte quickly responded with a bucket of his own. There were nine lead changes in the first 20 minutes, but three made triples from Oregon seemed to signify a turning of the tide as the Ducks turned a four-point deficit into a four-point lead heading into halftime.

2ND HALF: Oregon State’s Kylor Kelley cut the lead to two with a dunk early in the second half, but the Ducks scored eight unanswered points to build a 10-point lead with 17:21 left in the game. However, the Beavers outscored Altman’s squad 33 to 13 from then on to win their third consecutive Civil War.

Oregon State battled their way to a 42-42 tie at the 11:10 mark, then with under three minutes remaining Zach Reichle scored a dunk on the fastbreak to earn a 50 to 48 advantage. Oregon’s next possession ended with a costly turnover by Anthony Mathis that resulted in a pair of made Tinkle free throws. Payton Pritchard, Oregon’s proven late-game threat, scored a layup to cut the lead to two, but an offensive rebound from Kelley led to a Reichle corner three to make it a two possession game with 1:17 left.

The Ducks missed four straight shots from three-point land in the final minute, and four points from the Beaver charity stripe made Pritchard’s late three-pointer ultimately pointless. Pritchard surpassed E.J. Singler for most starts in school history with 133.

Oregon will need to put this loss behind them as the #24 Colorado Buffs are set to visit Matt Knight for a pivotal PAC-12 showdown.

OREGON DUCKS

*Payton Pritchard (38 min): 4 REB - 9 AST - 2 STL - 2 TO - 3 PF - 7/21 FG - 1/8 3PT - 1/2 FT - 16 PTS

*Chris Duarte (37 min): 4 REB - 1 BLK - 2 STL - 2 TO - 3 PF - 5/10 FG - 1/3 3PT - 11 PTS

*Chandler Lawson (23 min): 5 REB - 1 AST - 2 STL - 1 PF - 3/5 FG - 1/2 FT - 7 PTS

*Shakur Juiston (34 min): 10 REB - 2 AST - 1 TO - 4 PF - 2/6 FG - 1/2 3PT - 5 PTS

*Will Richardson (28 min): 1 AST - 3 TO - 1 PF - 2/4 FG - 1/2 3PT - 5 PTS

Anthony Mathis (23 min): 3 REB - 1 AST - 1 TO - 1 PF - 2/6 FG - 2/6 3PT - 6 PTS

CJ Walker (15 min): 2 REB - 1 AST - 2 STL - 2 TO - 4 PF - 1/3 FG - 1/2 3PT - 3 PTS

Addison Patterson (2 min):

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OREGON STATE STARTERS

*Ethan Thompson: 4 REB - 4 AST - 3 TO - 5/12 FG - 1/4 3PT - 4/4 FT - 15 PTS

*Kylor Kelley: 7 REB - 2 AST - 2 BLK - 7/9 FG - 14 PTS

*Tres Tinkle: 6 REB - 5 AST - 1 BLK - 3 STL - 4 TO - 2 PF - 4/13 FG - 0/4 3PT - 5/6 FT - 13 PTS

*Zach Reichie: 6 REB - 4 AST - 1 STL - 2 TO - 4/9 FG - 3/5 3PT - 11 PTS

*Alfred Hollins: 2 REB - 1 AST - 2 STL - 1 TO - 2 PF - 1/2 FG - 1/2 3PT - 3 PTS

GO DUCKS!

NEXT UP: #24 Colorado

2/13, Thursday, 6 PM, ESPN