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Photo Gallery: Ducks capture thrilling win at OSU

Jarrid Denneyby:Jarrid Denney•02/26/23•

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The Oregon Ducks men’s basketball program escaped Corvallis with a dramatic victory on Saturday.

After tailing by five points with two minutes to go, the Ducks rallied back to capture a 69-67 win over Oregon State at Gill Coliseum. Rivaldo Soares buried the go-ahead bucket with 0.6 seconds remaining to save Oregon from a disastrous defeat.

N’Faly Dante finished with 16 points and a career-high 18 rebounds, and Jermaine Couisnard scored 12 points.

ScoopDuck photographer Darby Winter was on hand to capture the action. Here’s a gallery of his best photos from a memorable night at Gill.

Oregon’s Jermaine Couisnard drives to the hoop.
Oregon’s Jermaine Couisnard dives for a loose ball.
Oregon’s Rivaldo Soares guards Oregon State’s Jordan Pope.
Oregon State’s Tyler Bilodeau attempts a jump shot.
Oregon’s Will Richardson attempts a jump shot.
Oregon’s Rivaldo Soares rises for a floater over Oregon State’s Glenn Taylor Jr.
Oregon State’s Dzmitry Ryuny drives past Oregon’s Nate Bittle.
Oregon’s N’Faly Dante slams home a dunk.
Oregon’s Keeshawn Barthelmy communicates to his teammates during a timeout.
Oregon’s Will Richardson initiates the Ducks’ offense.
Oregon’s Quincy Guerrier attempts a jump shot.
Oregon’s N’Faly Dante during the first half of the Ducks’ 69-67 win over Oregon State.
Oregon’s Will Richardson initiates the Ducks’ offense.
The find buzzer sounds following Oregon State’s last-second field goal attempt.

**Three takeaways from Oregon’s thrilling win over Oregon State**

In a span of 44 seconds on Saturday, Rivaldo Soares hit the two biggest shots of his Oregon career to save the Ducks from disaster.

Soares’ hit a game-tying three-pointer on Oregon’s penultimate possession, and a game-winning jumper on the final shot of the night to deliver a dramatic 69-67 win over Oregon State in Corvallis.

The late-game heroics from the senior guard rescued the Ducks from a humiliating loss at the hands of their in-state rivals and improved their record to 10-8 in Pac-12 play this season.

Here are three takeaways from a thrilling night at Gill Coliseum.

Rivaldo Soares’ moment

It’s impossible to ignore what Saturday meant to Rivaldo Soares and the Oregon program.

Soares has received his fair share of criticism from the Ducks’ fan base in the midst of an up-and-down season. The Ducks badly needed him to evolve into an offensive threat this year, but his field goal and three-point percentages are both worse than they were a year ago.

On Saturday, though, when Oregon looked down and out, Soares rose to the occasion. His only two buckets of the game came on the Ducks’ final two offensive possessions, and his game-winning jumper will go down as one of the more memorable moments of the year.

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