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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Devoe Joseph scored 20 points and Oregon used a late 11-0 run to beat Utah 79-68 on Thursday night.
Carlos Emory had a perfect shooting night, making all four field goal attempts and all five free throws on his way to 14 points. E.J. Singler added 12 as the Ducks (16-6, 7-3 Pac-12) won for the fifth time in their last six games.
Chris Hines had 20 points, including four 3-pointers, and Cedric Martin added 15 for Utah (5-17, 2-8). Kareem Storey had 10 points and a career-high 11 assists for the Utes, who have dropped seven of their last eight games.
Storey made a pair of free throws for Utah's last lead at 59-58. Emory then converted a three-point play and added a reverse dunk on a lob pass from Joseph during the game- clinching run.
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Utah led 49-41 after Hines and Dijon Farr hit back-to-back 3-pointers. But the Utes went cold as they have so often in this season of frustration, going almost seven minutes without a field goal, and Oregon took the lead on Singler's layup with 8:37 to play.
The Ducks' press took its toll against the decimated Utes down the stretch, leading to easy shots for Joseph, Emory & Co. Since becoming eligible on Dec. 10 after transferring from Minnesota, Joseph has scored in double figures in all but one game of his 16 games.
Utah has been blown out of most conference road games in its initial Pac-12 season but has been competitive at home, beating Washington State and Oregon State and suffering a close defeat to Washington.
The Utes lost their only two seniors when leading scorer Josh Watkins was released from the team for rules violations last month and center David Foster had foot surgery in November.
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