Stanford Men Fall To Oregon 78-67
EUGENE, Ore. (CBS / AP) -- Devoe Joseph scored a career-high 30 points to lead Oregon past Stanford 78-67 on Thursday night.
Coming off a four-point, 1-for-13 shooting performance Saturday against Washington, Joseph made 9 of 15, including 5 of 9 from 3-point range.
"My teammates trusted me," said Joseph, a senior whose previous best was 23 points in 2009 when he was a freshman at Minnesota. His previous best with Oregon was 19.
E.J. Singler scored 13 points for the Ducks (11-4, 2-1 Pac-12), who went 10 for 12 from the free throw line in the final 3 minutes.
Forward Tyrone Nared, who missed six games with a small tear in his left MCL, returned to the lineup and had five points and five rebounds in 23 minutes.
Oregon is off to its best start since opening 12-4 in 2006-07 and is 9-0 this season when scoring at least 70.
"There was a little electricity tonight in the ballgame," Oregon coach Dana Altman said. "We've been kind of lacking that at home. We haven't given them much to cheer about, but we haven't been energized at home."
Josh Owens led the Cardinal (12-3, 2-1) with 19 points. He had 17 points on 7-of-9 shooting in the first half but picked up his third foul early in the second and sat out nearly 7 minutes.
"They played him well," Stanford coach Johnny Dawkins said. "We were able to get the ball to him some, but by and large they gave a real good effort tonight."
Aaron Bright also scored 14 points for the Cardinal, and John Gage added 13.
Oregon led 34-32 at halftime and fell behind only once in the second half, following a 3-pointer by Gage that made it 50-49 with 10:50 to play.
But Joseph followed with a quick 3-pointer in transition and another on Oregon's next possession from the corner to make it 55-50.
"I just got a lot of good looks tonight," said Joseph, who scored 18 points in the second half. "We were going fast, and I got them in mixed-up situations and I just got open."
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