Bruins get past Oregon

Jordan Farmar and Luc Richard Mbah a Moute each scored 14 points to lead No. 17 UCLA to a 56-49 win over Oregon on Thursday night in Eugene, Ore.

The Bruins (16-4, 6-2 Pacific-10 Conference) outscored the Ducks 11-4 in the final 3 minutes, 54 seconds after the game was tied 45-all. The victory moved UCLA into sole possession of first place in the Pac-10 after Washington lost at California earlier in the night.

Arron Afflalo added 12 points for the Bruins. Brandon Lincoln and Ivan Johnson each scored 10 to lead Oregon (10-9, 4-3), which didn’t make a field goal in the final 7:51 and hit only one in the last 12:18.

The Bruins overcame a horrid start to the second half, during which they turned the ball over eight times and shot 3 of 10 from the field in the first 13:36.

Meanwhile, Oregon erased a 30-25 halftime deficit to take a 42-37 lead on a 3-pointer by Lincoln with 7:52 to go – its last field goal of the game.

UCLA took advantage, going on an 8-0 run capped by a tip-in by Mbah a Moute with 4:51 to play.

Johnson hit three of four free throws to tie the score at 45, but Farmar got steals on consecutive possessions and the Bruins capitalized with four points for a 49-45 lead they never relinquished.

The teams swapped the lead 13 times in the first half before UCLA went on a 12-4 run in the final 2:17 to go into the break up 30-25. Farmar and Michael Roll hit 3-pointers during that stretch, and Mbah a Moute scored four points on a layup off a steal and then a putback of a missed free throw by Farmar.

The Ducks struggled with their shooting in the first half as well. They missed on all six 3-point attempts and shot just 35 percent from the field overall.

They finished the game shooting 32 percent and were 3 of 17 on 3-pointers.

Southern Cal 72, Oregon State 70 (OT): At Corvallis, Ore., Nick Young hit a 17-footer with 0.8 seconds left to give the Trojans (13-6, 4-4 Pac-10) an overtime win over the Beavers (10-9, 3-5).

Young made 10 of 16 shots and had 19 of his 25 points in the first half for USC. Lodrick Stewart added 18 points.

Chris Stephens and Nick DeWitz had 16 points apiece for Oregon State.

The score was tied at 70 when Stephens made two free throws with 14.9 seconds left. With 7 seconds left, Young got the ball at the top of the key, started to drive, then pulled up and swished the shot while falling away.

Center Abdoulaye N’diaye had 12 points and eight rebounds for the Trojans, who surpassed last season’s 12 wins with the victory.

The Trojans entered the game having lost three of their last four.

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At Blacksburg, Va., Shelden Williams had 24 points and 15 rebounds and J.J. Redick added 24 points in the final college game in his home state as the second-ranked Duke Blue Devils (18-1, 6-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) beat the Virginia Tech Hokies (10-9, 0-6) 80-67 in Blacksburg, Va.

The Hokies should have expected the Blue Devils’ best. Not only did Duke lose its first game Saturday, but Virginia Tech earned a stunning last-minute victory here a year ago, then almost made it two wins in a row in the series at Duke on Dec. 4.

A 40-foot shot by Sean Dockery at the buzzer rescued Duke in a 77-75 victory.

Zabian Dowdell scored 21 to lead the Hokies. Coleman Collins added 13 and 10 rebounds and Deron Washington scored 12 before being ejected with 1:30 to play.

Redick, who starred about 40 minutes away at Cave Spring High School in Roanoke, was jeered often, except by a number of girls holding signs proposing marriage.

The game got ugly at the end. With 1:30 left and Duke leading 76-62, Lee Melchionni fouled Washington. It was Melchionni’s fifth personal, disqualifying him, and Washington also got tossed when he appeared to kick Melchionni on the floor.

(3) Memphis 73, UAB 66: At Memphis, Tenn., Darius Washington scored 26 points and Rodney Carney added 19 as the Tigers (18-2, 4-0 Conference USA) defeated the Blazers (14-4, 4-1).

Memphis moved into a tie with UTEP for the lead in the conference standings. The loss snapped UAB’s 10-game winning streak and its run of eight straight regular-season conference wins.