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After holding off Oregon State down the stretch Sunday, the Oregon men’s basketball team talked as if it had turned the corner on a string of late-game struggles. One outcome does not a trend make, of course. But after a 78-71 win over Washington on Wednesday, there just may be something to the Ducks’ new-found confidence down the stretch. After trailing by three at halftime, Oregon (17-8, 5-8 Pac-12) scored the first 10 points of the second half and never trailed again. The Huskies (14-13, 6-8) fought back to a 60-60 tie with 9:11 left, but just as was the case against the Beavers three days earlier, the Ducks might have let the opponent get close, but they never fell behind in crunch time.
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Oregon State hosts Washington State in a Pac-12 men’s basketball game in Corvallis tonight at 6 p.m.
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Oregon State plays in the Mary Nutter Collegiate Softball Classic at Cathedral City, CA beginning today. The Beavers play Boise State at 12:30 p.m.