Oregon & Oregon State sports, Jan. 12

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Oregon and Ohio State meet tonight for the NCAA Division One football championship at AT&T Stadium in Arlington Stadium. Kickoff is set for 5:30 p.m. on ESPN.

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Joe Latham (174) and freshman Ronnie Bresser (125) avenged earlier defeats and won key matches on Saturday to lead the 19th-ranked Oregon State wrestling team to a 19-12 decision over Stanford in a Pacific-12 Conference dual at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis. The Beavers (4-0, 2-0 Pac-12) trailed 9-6 midway through the match. But they captured four of the final five weight classes to remain undefeated in duals with the 1,003rd victory in program history. The Beavers resume Pac-12 action at on Jan. 17 with an 11 a.m. match against Cal State-Bakersfield at Gill Coliseum. It will be televised by Pac-12 Networks.

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The No. 11/13 Oregon State women’s basketball team completed a season sweep over Oregon and recorded its ninth-straight win over the Ducks with a 77-48 victory Sunday evening in Eugene. Junior Ruth Hamblin led the way for the Beavers, scoring 23 points on 11-for-17 shooting from the field, as she recorded her second 20+ point game this season and the fourth of her career. Hamblin led five Beavers in double-figures, the fifth time this season Oregon State (14-1, 4-0 Pac-12) has had at least five players with 10 or more points. The Beavers return to action on on Friday when they face Washington State at Gill Coliseum.

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Fueled by the block factory that is Jordan Bell, the Oregon men’s basketball team sneaked past Arizona State 59-56 on Saturday at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene. Bell’s eight blocks against Arizona State tied the single-game school record. The equaled mark was last set by Blair Rasmussen versus Davidson on Dec. 27, 1984. The Long Beach, Calif., product’s 59 blocks also broke UO’s single-season blocks record, previously 51 by Tony Woods (2012), with at least 16 games remaining. He also tied Washington’s Robert Upshaw for the most blocks in a single game this season in the Pac-12. The Ducks will now head north for their first true road games against the Washington schools. UO (12-4, 2-1) will first face Washington State on Jan. 15 at 8 p.m. on the Pac-12 Networks before heading west to take on the Huskies of Washington on Jan. 18 at 5:30 p.m. on ESPNU.

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Oregon State rocked the college basketball world by shocking No. 7 Arizona 58-56 at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis on Sunday for its first victory over a Top-10 team in nearly 15 years. A driving layup by junior guard Langston Morris-Walker with 26 seconds to play broke a 56-56 tie. The Beavers then got one final stop on the defensive end when T.J. McConnell missed a short running jumper with one second remaining. The Beavers (11-4, 2-1) resume Pac-12 action at Washington at 6 p.m. Thursday. They conclude their short road trip at Washington State at 6 p.m. Saturday; both games will be televised by Pac-12 Networks.