SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - No. 11 Oregon became the first team this season to take a lead into halftime against No. 1 Stanford, but the Cardinal used a big third quarter to win, 70-63, on Friday afternoon at Keiser Permanente Arena.
"Ultimately, I was really proud of my team," said head coach Kelly Graves. "I truly was. I thought we battled these guys all the way to the end."
The Ducks (8-2, 6-2) were unable to bounce back from last Sunday's loss to UCLA with a victory, but Graves' young team came out as the aggressors against the nation's top-ranked team and kept fighting down the stretch after getting outscored 28-14 in the third quarter.