SEATTLE — Andrew Andrews scored a season-high 21 points and Nigel Williams-Goss added 20 to lead Washington to an 85-77 win against Oregon on Sunday night.
Washington (13-4, 2-3 Pac-12) trailed by 10 points at halftime but the Huskies rallied in the second half for their second win in a row after losing four straight.
Robert Upshaw had 13 points and 12 rebounds for Washington, and Donaven Dorsey scored 13 points on 4 of 5 shooting, including hitting all three of his 3-point attempts.
Dillon Brooks led Oregon (12-6, 2-3) with 16 points and Dwayne Benjamin scored 15. It was the second straight loss for the Ducks.
The game was tied at 59 with 8 1/2 to play before the Huskies took the lead for good with an 11-0 run. The stretch included a pair of 3-pointers from Dorsey and a three-point play by Shawn Kemp, Jr., who was fouled on an alley-oop dunk that got a loud response from the crowd. Washington held off Oregon down the stretch to seal the win.
The Ducks used a flurry of 3-pointers and dunks to open a big first-half lead. Oregon hit three straight 3-pointers to go up 15-14, then, after a Washington basket, reeled off three straight dunks to start a 14-point run. The run was capped by another pair of 3s as the Ducks took a 31-19 lead with 8 1/2 minutes left in the half.
Oregon led 42-32 at halftime but the Huskies mounted a comeback. Mike Anderson’s 3-pointer with 13:09 to play — set up by a Upshaw block on defense — put the Huskies ahead 52-50, their first lead since Oregon’s big run.
TIP-INS
Oregon: The Ducks made 6 of their 12 3-pointers in the first half but went cold from long-range in the second. Oregon was just 5 for 18 on 3-pointers after halftime, with three of the successful 3s coming in the final two minutes.
Washington: Big men Kemp and Upshaw both picked up two fouls early in the first half, leading coach Lorenzo Romar to turn to center Gilles Dierickx. The junior, who missed the first 12 games of the season with a stress fracture in his right foot, had played in one game for a total of three minutes this season before Sunday. Against Oregon he scored two points and had two rebounds in seven minutes.
UP NEXT
Oregon hosts USC on Thursday.
Washington travels to Colorado on Thursday.
