Pac-12 and Southland basketball: Dillon Brooks’ buzzer-beater lifts Oregon at Cal

Dillon Brooks made a three-pointer with 0.2 seconds to play to cap a comeback from 16 points down and No. 6 Oregon beat California, 68-65, on Wednesday night to keep its hopes alive for a Pac-12 title.

The Ducks (25-4, 14-2) trailed by 16 points early in the second half and were down 10 with just over 4 minutes left before rallying for the win that moved them a half-game behind Arizona for first place in the conference. Oregon holds the tiebreaker.

Brooks led the Ducks with 22 points and Chris Boucher added 18.

Jabari Bird scored 20 points to lead the way for the Golden Bears (18-9, 9-6), whose hopes for an NCAA Tournament berth were dealt a big blow with this loss.

Consecutive 3-pointers by Boucher, Dylan Ennis and Payton Pritchard cut Cal’s 10-point lead to one with just under 3 minutes left. Boucher then gave the Ducks their first lead of the game with a layup that made it 62-61 with 1:48 to go.

Grant Mullins and Brooks traded jumpers before Bird missed a contested 3-pointer with 28 seconds to go. Tyler Dorsey hit one free throw before Ivan Rabb tied the game with a putback of his own miss with 9.7 seconds to play.

That set the stage for Brooks, who hit the 3 that set off a wild celebration for the Ducks.

at Stanford 79, Oregon State 66: Reid Travis had 17 points and eight rebounds to lead four players in double figures for the Cardinal.

Marcus Allen also scored 17, Dorian Pickens added 15 and Robert Cartwright had 10 as the Cardinal beat the Beavers for the 21st time in the last 23 games between the two teams at Maples Pavilion.

Stanford (14-13, 6-9 Pac-12) led by as many as 25 but had to hold on after Oregon State (5-24, 1-15) pulled within 74-63 with 3:28 left on JaQuori McLaughlin’s three-pointer.

SOUTHLAND

Men

at Cal State Fullerton 56, UC Irvine 54: Lionheart Leslie’s jumper with 1:53 to go gave the Titans (14-12, 8-5 Big West) a four-point lead, and they held off the Anteaters (16-13, 9-4) in a cold-shooting contest. Fullerton made only 22 of 70 shots (31.4%) from the field and four of 21 three-point tries, while Irvine shot 34.7% and missed nine of 21 free throws.

Thursday’s schedule

Cal Poly at Long Beach State, 7 p.m.

Cal State Northridge at UC Davis, 7 p.m.

San Francisco at Loyola Marymount, 7 p.m.

No. 20 St. Mary’s at Pepperdine, 7 p.m.

UC Riverside at UC Santa Barbara, 7 p.m.