The Oregon Ducks (26-4, 15-2) pushed past a rocky start to defeat the Arizona State Sun Devils (19-10, 10-7) in a 57-44 victory.
The Ducks had not won a game in Tempe in their last 15 attempts, since 2000. They had not won a regular season championship since the 1999-2000 season, and had never won more than 25 games in a season, a record first set during the 1998-99 season. All these streaks came to a crashing halt as the Ducks took care of business in the second half.
There are many cliché reasons why a team in Oregon’s position would have such an off first half against a team like ASU.