Chris Duarte Catches Fire as Ducks top Cardinal

Neville E. Guard-USA TODAY Sports Fresh off a humbling 72-58 defeat to USC Monday night, the Ducks of Oregon continued their tour of California when they clashed with the Stanford Cardinal in Palo Alto. Both teams came into tonight’s contest looking to make up for losses, as Stanford is looking to make up for their loss to Washington State last Saturday.

First Half:

The Ducks got off to a bit of a slow start on offense, making only one of their first eight shots. After the loss to USC, this was exactly the kind of start Oregon didn’t want to have. Stanford wasn’t scoring at the pace USC did on Monday, but in the early going they looked a lot more prepared than the Ducks did. Stanford’s Daejon…