Pritchard helps No. 11 Oregon get past Cal
Payton Pritchard scored 21 points and broke Oregon’s career assists record in leading the No. 11 Ducks to a 7772 victory over Cal at Haas Pavilion on Thursday night.
Chris Duarte added 19 points as Oregon (184, 72) remained on top of the Pac12 standings with the victory.
The Bears (911, 34), who led by seven midway through the second half, were led by Matt Bradley, who had 25 points.
The Ducks went ahead for good on Anthony Mathis’ 3pointer that snapped a 5858 tie with 6:53 remaining.
That basket was set up by Pritchard’s 615th career assist, setting a career mark for the Ducks. Kenya Wilkins, who played for Oregon from 1993 through ’97, held the previous record.
“It’s something I’ll remember forever,” Pritchard said of the assists record. “I can’t do that without teammates hitting shots” Pritchard was held to two points in the first half and scored 19 in the second. Oregon St. 68, Stanford 63: At Maples Pavilion, the Cardinal (155, 43 Pac12) absorbed a third straight loss as the Beavers (138, 36) got 21 points from Jarod Lucas to prevail. Stanford’s Oscar da Silva scored a gamehigh 22 points. #2 Gonzaga 87, Santa Clara 72: At the Leavey Center, the Broncos (185, 44 WCC) hung with the Bulldogs for much of the night, but Gonzaga (221, 80) just had too much as it extended its winning streak to 14 games.
Gonzaga’s Filip Petrusev scored a gamehigh 31 points as he went 14for18 from the field. The Zags lost forward Killian Tillie to an apparent left leg injury in the first half. DJ Mitchell had 17 points for the Broncos, who got a doubledouble from Josip Vrankic (15 points, 12 rebounds).
The Zags have won 35 consecutive conference road games. They’ll put that streak on the line when they face USF on Saturday afternoon. St. Mary’s 86, Portland 64: In Moraga, the Gaels (194, 62 WCC) did not trail as they cruised over the Pilots (914, 17). Malik Fitts scored a gamehigh 27 points and Jordan Ford had 21 for St. Mary’s, which has won four straight. Portland has lost six in a row. St. Mary’s has a key matchup at BYU on Saturday night. USF 69, San Diego 44: Charles Minlend scored 21 points and Jimbo Lull and Khalil Shabazz each scored 15 as the visiting Dons (167, 53 WCC) rolled over the Toreros (815, 17). USF outscored San Diego 4222 in the second half.
Women
St. Mary’s 70, LMU 61: Sam Simons had 19 points, Taycee Wedin scored 15 — all from beyond the arc — and Tyra Moe had a doubledouble with 11 points and a gamehigh 12 rebounds as the visiting Gaels (1011, 55 WCC) got past the Lions (716, 37).