EUGENE, Ore. – Elgin Cook scored 18 points and Chris Boucher had 12 rebounds and blocked six shots to lead No. 16 Oregon to a 76-56 win over Colorado on Thursday night.
Tyler Dorsey added 13 points and Dwayne Benjamin had 11 for the Ducks (19-4, 8-2 Pac-12), who won their their fifth in a row and 21st consecutive home game for the second-longest streak in school history.
Josh Scott led the Buffaloes (18-5, 7-3) with 17 points, and George King had 16 and eight rebounds. Colorado had a 42-38 advantage on the boards.
The Ducks avenged a 91-87 loss to the Buffaloes on the road last month.
Oregon led by as many as 23 points late in the game and finished with a 21-4 edge in points off turnovers, with Colorado committing 14. The Ducks also held the Buffaloes, the conference leaders in 3-point accuracy at 41.2 percent, to 8 of 24 (33.3 percent) from beyond the arc.
Colorado got within 10 at 50-40 midway through the second half, but Oregon answered with a 7-0 run and pulled away.
The Ducks spotted Colorado the game’s first basket and never trailed again after Chris Boucher’s 3-pointer. Oregon went on a 13-0 run to go up 24-7 with 7:45 left in the half, which ended with the Ducks up 40-21 behind Cook’s 10 points.
Oregon converted eight Buffalo turnovers into 11 points during a chippy first half that included a pair of double technicals.
TIP-INS
Colorado: The Buffaloes are 6-4 against Oregon since joining the Pac-12 four years ago. . Colorado’s one free-throw attempt, which it missed, and 21 points in the first half tied season lows. . The Buffs came in as the Pac-12 leader in free-throw accuracy at 73.9 percent but were just 6 of 14 (42.9 percent) in the loss.
Oregon: Dillon Brooks has been named one of 10 finalists for the 2016 Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award on Wednesday. . Senior Elgin Cook became the 34th Duck player to surpass 1,000 career points. He now has 1,011. . Sophomore Jordan Bell broke the school record for career blocked shots with three in his 50th game for 117, topping Blair Rasmussen’s record of 116 in 114 games.
UP NEXT
Colorado plays at Oregon State on Saturday.
No. 16 Oregon hosts Utah on Sunday.
