Oregon: 2018-19 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Champions

Payton Pritchard posted 20 points, seven assists, six rebounds and four steals as sixth-seeded Oregon beat top-seeded Washington 68-48 in the Pac-12 men's basketball championship game on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Louis King added 15 points for the 23-12 Ducks, who won their fourth Pac-12 tournament championship game in school history. Paul White added 14 points.

Jaylen Nowell scored a team-leading eight points for the 26-8 Huskies, who shot 33.3 percent from the field and 5-of-23 from three-point range. Washington only scored two points over the first 10 minutes of the second half.

             

What's Next?

Both teams will wait to hear their names on Sunday during the NCAA tournament selection show, which begins at 6 p.m. ET on CBS.

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LAS VEGAS — After trailing by just two points at half, the Washington men’s basketball team went on the wrong end of a big run that ultimately cost them in a 68-48 loss to Oregon in the Pac-12 championship game.

The offensive struggles against the Ducks continued today for the Huskies, who shot just 33.3 percent from the field and a measly 5-of-23 from distance.

Now, all the Huskies can do is sit and wait for the fates come Selection Sunday, where a loss casts some doubt on if the Dawgs will hear their names called. 

The first half featured a mostly back-and-forth contest before the Ducks began to generate a sliver of separation near the midway point. Oregon Guard Victor Bailey Jr. knocked down a heavily-contested three-point shot from the right wing to take the UO lead to four with 7:10 to go in the half.

After a series of back-and-forth buckets between the two teams, Matisse Thybulle scored on a tough floater to close out the half for the Huskies and trim the deficit to just two at the break.

It was a tough offensive start for leading UW scorer Jaylen Nowell, as he scored his first points of the game at the 4:17 mark in the opening frame and was shooting 2-of-5 from the field with a turnover at the half.

The second half didn’t start any better for the Huskies, who through nine and a half minutes had only scored two points and suddenly found themselves trailing by 16.

Finally, a Noah Dickerson layup in the post broke an over seven-minute scoreless streak midway through the second half. 

But the Ducks kept the pressure on. Led by Payton Pritchard, Louis King, and Paul White, who each scored in double figures, Oregon put on enough points to secure the upset and win yet another Pac-12 tournament championship.  

No Washington player scored in double figures.

The CBS selection show will air at 3 p.m. on Sunday, where the Huskies are hoping for their first tournament appearance since 2011.