Oregon crushes Oregon State by 42 for its biggest Civil War win

EUGENE, Ore. - Payton Pritchard had 17 points and No. 13 Oregon scored the game's first 21 points in an 85-43 victory over Oregon State on Saturday night.

Dylan Ennis added 16 points to help the Ducks (16-2, 5-0 Pac-12) win their 14th consecutive game and 36th in a row at home. Dillon Brooks and Casey Benson each had 11 points.

Drew Eubanks had 19 points to lead the Beavers (4-14, 0-5), and Stephen Thompson Jr. added 10 points. They have lost 10 of their last 11 games.

The 42-point margin of victory was the largest the Ducks have ever had in the Civil War rivalry and the biggest since a 43-point win by the Beavers in 1982.

So dominant was Oregon from the opening tip that Oregon State needed more than nine minutes to make a field goal and had four of its first nine attempts blocked. The Beavers didn't have more points than turnovers until Eubanks hit two free throws to cut the Ducks' lead to 31-11 after 14 minutes.

Oregon State shot 4 of 24 (16.7 percent) in the first half. Eight of those 20 misses were blocked.

After leading 41-13 at the half, Oregon started the second on a 16-5 run to go up by 37 points. The Ducks' largest lead was 43 in the final minute.

Oregon had assists on its first eight field goals and finished with 23 assists while shooting 27 of 52 (51.9 percent) overall and 11 of 23 (47.8 percent) from 3-point range.

The Ducks, who share the Pac-12 lead with Arizona, also had a 34-29 edge in rebounds, led by Jordan Bell with nine.

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Oregon State is now 2-10 since losing leading scorer Tres Tinkle, who averaged 20.2 points through the first six games, to a broken right wrist in late November. His status remains indefinite

Oregon is one victory away from matching the school record for consecutive wins (15), which dates back to 1913. The Ducks have won 14 straight for the sixth time in their history but only the second time since World War II.

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Oregon State will try to break its five-game losing streak when it hosts Stanford on Thursday night.

Oregon stays home to face California on Thursday night and Stanford on Saturday