CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - Damyean Dotson scored 21 points and Oregon used a 9-0 second-half run to hold off rival Oregon State 79-66 Sunday night in the Pac-12 Conference opener for both teams.
E.J. Singler added 15 points and nine rebounds for the Ducks (12-2).
Ahmad Starks had 22 points, and Roberto Nelson 18 for Oregon State (10-4).
Dotson, a freshman guard, scored seven points in Oregon's 15-2 run to open the second half, helping the Ducks turn the tide and take a 43-36 lead.
Oregon State came right back, with Devon Collier scoring seven consecutive points to tie the game.
The Beavers took a 47-46 lead on Starks' two free throws with 11:02 remaining.
But Oregon took the momentum for good, scoring nine straight points over 3 1/2 minutes. Arsalan Kazemi's basket off an offensive rebound gave the Ducks a 55-47 lead with 7:34 remaining.
Oregon State got no closer than five after that.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Oregon (12-2) « | 28 | 51 | 79 |
| Oregon State (10-4) | 34 | 32 | 66 |
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| Oregon Ducks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Singler, F | 37 | 5-10 | 5-5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| C. Emory, F | 26 | 1-5 | 4-4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| T. Woods, C | 26 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| D. Dotson, G | 35 | 8-15 | 3-4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| D. Artis, G | 23 | 3-7 | 5-6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Kazemi | 21 | 4-5 | 0-2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| J. Loyd | 16 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| W. Austin | 9 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| W. Moore | 4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| B. Carter | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 29-59 | 18-23 | 42 | 10 | 17 | 79 | |
| 49.2% | 78.3% | ||||||
| Oregon State Beavers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Moreland, F | 38 | 4-7 | 1-4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| J. Reid, F | 14 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| J. Burton, C | 28 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| A. Starks, G | 36 | 8-16 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 |
| R. Nelson, G | 35 | 6-13 | 4-5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Collier | 29 | 4-8 | 2-3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| O. Schaftenaar | 12 | 0-7 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Barton | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Morris-Walker | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-60 | 10-16 | 31 | 8 | 18 | 66 | |
| 41.7% | 62.5% | ||||||
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