Couisnard scores 18, Oregon beats Utah 68-56
Oregon snaps Utah's 3-game winning streak
Utah Utes vs. Oregon Ducks: Full Highlights
EUGENE, Ore. -- — Jermaine Couisnard scored 18 points and Oregon beat Utah 68-56 on Saturday night for its 11th straight win in the series.
Couisnard was 7-of-14 shooting and had five rebounds and four assists. He has scored nine-plus points in each of his three games since returning from a left knee injury.
Will Richardson added 12 points and seven assists for Oregon (13-9, 7-4 Pac-12). N’Faly Dante grabbed 10 rebounds to go with nine points. Couisnard and Richardson combined for 21 points on 8-of-17 shooting and had three 3s in the second half for the Ducks.
Lazar Stefanovic scored 14 points for Utah (15-8, 8-4), which ended a three-game win streak. Branden Carlson, the Utes' leading scorer, had 13 points. Carlson was 2 of 14 from the floor and missed all six of his 3-point attempts but was 9 of 10 from the line and had eight rebounds. Utah finished 16 of 57 (28%) from the field. Stefanovic made four of the Utes' eight 3-pointers.
The Ducks took the lead about seven minutes into the game and led 35-26 at halftime, shooting 50%. Dante had eight points in the half. Consecutive 3s from Stefanovic and Wilguens Exacte Jr. pulled Utah within 47-40, but they didn’t get closer.
Utah hosts Stanford on Thursday while Oregon plays at sixth-ranked Arizona.
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Game Information
- Referees:
- Michael Greenstein
- Mike Reed
- Kelly Pfeifer
2024-25 Big 12 Conference Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
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Kansas | 0-0 | - | 5-0 |
BYU | 0-0 | - | 4-0 |
Cincinnati | 0-0 | - | 4-0 |
Colorado | 0-0 | - | 4-0 |
Iowa State | 0-0 | - | 3-0 |
Arizona State | 0-0 | - | 5-1 |
Baylor | 0-0 | - | 4-1 |
Oklahoma State | 0-0 | - | 4-1 |
TCU | 0-0 | - | 4-1 |
Texas Tech | 0-0 | - | 4-1 |
UCF | 0-0 | - | 4-1 |
Utah | 0-0 | - | 4-1 |
Kansas State | 0-0 | - | 3-1 |
West Virginia | 0-0 | - | 3-1 |
Arizona | 0-0 | - | 2-1 |
Houston | 0-0 | - | 2-1 |
2024-25 Big Ten Conference Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
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Wisconsin | 0-0 | - | 6-0 |
Iowa | 0-0 | - | 5-0 |
Oregon | 0-0 | - | 5-0 |
Penn State | 0-0 | - | 5-0 |
Indiana | 0-0 | - | 4-0 |
Rutgers | 0-0 | - | 4-0 |
Maryland | 0-0 | - | 4-1 |
Michigan | 0-0 | - | 4-1 |
Michigan State | 0-0 | - | 4-1 |
Minnesota | 0-0 | - | 4-1 |
Northwestern | 0-0 | - | 4-1 |
Purdue | 0-0 | - | 4-1 |
UCLA | 0-0 | - | 4-1 |
USC | 0-0 | - | 4-1 |
Illinois | 0-0 | - | 3-1 |
Nebraska | 0-0 | - | 3-1 |
Ohio State | 0-0 | - | 3-1 |
Washington | 0-0 | - | 3-1 |