EUGENE, Ore. Joseph Young scored 21 points, including a key 3 pointer that touched off a 12 0 Oregon run midway through the second half, and the Ducks defeated the USC Trojans 78 66 on Saturday night.
Jason Calliste had 18 points for Oregon (15 6, 3 6 Pac 12), which led by as many as 17 points. The Ducks had Nike KD 7 lost six of their last seven games after opening the season with 13 straight wins and climbing as high as No. 10 in the AP rankings.
Byron Wesley finished Air Jordan Fusion 5 with 19 points for the Trojans (10 12, 1 8 Pac 12), who have lost three straight overall and haven’t managed to defeat the Ducks in seven straight meetings.
Sitting last in the league standings, Southern California was coming off a 76 75 loss to Oregon State on Thursday night. With the loss to the Ducks, the Trojans fall to 0 5 on the road in conference play.
USC was plagued by turnovers, finishing with a season high 22.
The Trojans jumped out to a 12 6 lead on Wesley’s jumper, but Oregon responded with a 7 0 run capped by Young’s layup and free throw to take a 13 12 lead at the halfway point of the first period.
Oregon extended the lead to 23 18 on Mike Moser’s 3 pointer.
Southern California led 38 34 at the break, but Young’s 3 pointer, four straight points from Calliste and Ben Carter’s layup gave Oregon a 53 44 lead with 12:02 left. Richard Amardi made a free throw and Johnathan Loyd scored a layup to complete the 11 point run that put the Air Jordan DMP Ducks in command.
The Ducks, coming off a 70 68 loss to UCLA on Thursday night, went into the game ranked atop the Pac 12 and fourth in Nike LeBron 11 the nation with an average of 85.1 points per game.
The game was played on Phil Knight appreciation night at Matthew Knight Arena. All fans were given a souvenir bobblehead of the Nike co founder, who was celebrating his 76th birthday. During a timeout, the fans serenaded Air Jordan 3s their most famous booster with “Happy Birthday.”
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