By Daniel Dullum
Sports Radio Service
Sunday, January 10, 2016

photo credit: gocardinal.com Cardinal lose road game in Oregon at Knight Arena in Eugene Sunday night

Dillon Brooks, Oregon’s multi-talented sophomore, put his talents on display to great effect Sunday night, leading the Ducks past Stanford 71-58 in Pac-12 men’s basketball at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Ore.

The win completed a home sweep of the Bay Area schools. Oregon defeated Cal earlier in the week. It was the Ducks’ first home sweep of Cal and Stanford since 2007-08.

Brooks led the Ducks (13-3 overall, 2-1 Pac-12) with 15 points, 10 rebounds and a career-high seven assists. Tyler Dorsey and Dwayne Benjamin each added 12 points, with Jordan Bell contributing eight points and 10 rebounds for Oregon.

Also for Oregon, Chris Boucher had nine points and five blocks, while Casey Benson scored nine points (on three 3-pointers) to go with six assists. The Ducks maintained a 38-22 rebounding edge that included 15 offensive rebounds lading to 16 second-chance points. Stanford, by comparison, had three second-chance points.

The Ducks started slowly on offense, hitting only 8 of 20 from the field to open the game. But Oregon shot 51 percent the rest of the game and outscored the Cardinal 43-34 in the second half.

Stanford, meanwhile, shot 38 percent for the night.

The Cardinal led 15-9 until midway through the first half, when Oregon used an 8-2 run to tie the game at 17-17 on a Benson 3-pointer. The Ducks led 28-24 at halftime, and pulled away in the second half.

Stanford cut the lead to 60-53 with 2:44 remaining, but the Ducks sank nine straight free throws down the stretch.

Michael Humphrey led Stanford with 18 points.