Las Vegas – They were bloodied. They were bruised. They hobbled around on bum ankles. But after 45 minutes of Pac-12 semifinal game that more resembled a heavyweight brawl Friday night at T-Mobile Arena, the Ducks did what champions do.
Survive and advance.
Oregon's three veterans - Paul White, Payton Pritchard and Ehab Amin - combined for 45 points to lead Oregon to a 79-75 victory in overtime over Arizona State to advance to Saturday's Pac-12 Championship game against Washington (7:30 p.m. PT, ESPN).
"To the guys' credit, they stayed with it," said Oregon head coach Dana Altman.