Ducks are red hot as they roll into Civil War week

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4CAST: Oregon's sweep of LA schools has it tied for Pac-12 lead
MONDAY / Jan. 23, 2012
Tony Woods celebrates in the second half of Oregon's win over UCLA Saturday.
(AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

The Oregon Ducks will play host to Oregon State Sunday in the first Civil War of the men's basketball season and tip-off with their first four-game win streak in Pac-12 play in five years.

Oregon swept the Los Angeles schools at home a week after sweeping the Arizona schools on the road and is 15-5 overall, 6-2 in conference play, and tied for the conference lead with California.

Oregon State enters the game with season momentum as well after also sweeping the LA schools, including a 78-59 humbling of USC Saturday. The Beavers had four players in double figures led by Jared Cunningham's 18, and improved to 13-7, 3-5.

The Ducks rallied from a 13-point deficit to beat UCLA 75-68 Saturday at Matthew Knight Arena behind EJ Singler, who scored a career-high 26 points, and Garret Sim, who added 20, including a 7-0 run during the 13-0 run that started the second half. The Oregon rally also got a huge assist with a pair of blocks from center Tony Woods. Singler made 16 of 17 free throws in the game.

Oregon outscored UCLA at the foul line by 18 points, hitting 28 of 32 free throws, while the Bruins made just 10 of 21.

Oregon State fueled its win Saturday with 10 steals, but the Beavers made just 12 of 21 free-throw attempts.

In other highlights for this week, the Trail Blazers return to the Rose Garden for games Monday against Sacramento and Tuesday against Memphis.

The Winterhawks also return to Portland for a Tuesday-night game against Everett after consecutive losses in Spokane over the weekend.

And, the Portland Timbers open their second season in Major League Soccer with training camp Monday at Jeld-Wen Field.

 

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