Duarte, Oregon hold off Stanford 71-68

<p>STANFORD, Calif. &mdash; Chris Duarte had 17 of his 24 points in the final 10 minutes and Oregon held off Stanford for a 71-68 win on Thursday night.</p>
<p>Duarte’s 3-pointer with 3:55 left gave the Ducks (15-5, 10-4 Pac-12) the lead for good at 65-64. Chandler Lawson followed 48 seconds later with a dunk for a three-point lead and Oregon made 4 of 6 from the foul line to hang on.</p>
<p>Oregon kept its conference title hopes alive with four regular season games remaining on its schedule.</p>
<p>LJ Figueroa added 13 points, Eugene Omoruyi had 12 points and 10 rebounds, and Eric Williams Jr. scored 10 for the Ducks.</p>
<p>Ziaire Williams scored seven of his 12 points during a 13-4 run that gave the Cardinal (14-10, 10-8) their largest lead of the game at 56-50 with 9:06 to go.</p>
<p>Jaiden Delaire led Stanford with 15 points. Daejon Davis scored 13 and Spencer Jones added 11.</p>
<p>The Cardinal’s leading scorer and rebounder, Oscar da Silva, missed the game due to a lower extremity injury.</p>
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