Going into the weekend, the Oregon Ducks knew that they needed to go 1-1 on their road trip to the desert in order to keep their season alive.
Mission accomplished.
After a tough loss to the Arizona Wildcats on Thursday night, the Ducks were able to pull out a scrappy, ugly, and hard-fought 75-70 victory over the Arizona State Sun Devils. It certainly wasn’t pretty, but it was good enough to keep Oregon’s hopes of getting an at-large bid in the NCAA March Madness Tournament alive and well.
This game was back and forth for much of the contest, and while the Ducks were able to build a 10-point lead in the second half, ASU fought hard to make it tight down the stretch, cutting the lead to one with under a minute remaining. Thanks to stellar play from N’Faly Dante in the second half, the Ducks were able to get a critical road win.
Here’s how it all went down: