The Oregon Ducks certainly didn’t make it easy on themselves, but in the end, they left Corvallis with a victory over the Oregon State Beavers.
Oregon held as big as a 10-point lead during the second half of the game, but once again, they left the door open for the Beavers to come back and eventually take the lead late in the game. Fortunately, a last-second shot from Rivaldo Soares gave the Ducks a two-point victory on the road.
While it is a critical win in terms of Pac-12 tournament seeding, it’s hard to imagine that it will do much in terms of NCAA Tournament resume-building. After losses to both Washington and Washington State last weekend, it seems that the Ducks need a Pac-12 championship in order to get to March Madness.
Regardless, it was a great win on Saturday night. Here’s how everything went down.