Colorado Buffaloes vs Oregon Ducks Match Player Stats On Feb 18, 2021

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