In the waning minutes of the fourth quarter, an upset of No. 11 Stanford seemed possible for Oregon. But Kat Cooper’s potential game-typing shot came after time expired and the Ducks lost 64-62.

Oregon missed its last six shots to end the game and remain winless in Pac-12 play at 11-5. The Ducks had a 62-60 lead with 53 seconds remaining. A layup from Stanford’s Lili Thompson tied the game at 62 with 35 seconds remaining and Thompson again drove to the basket on the next Cardinal possession to take a 64-62 lead with three seconds left.

“There were 10 chances in the last five minutes of that game where we could’ve either iced it, turned it, (or) sealed it,” Oregon head coach Kelly Graves said. “And we didn’t, so that’s the bottom line.”

The Cardinal (14-3, 4-1 Pac-12) outscored Oregon 18-12 in the fourth quarter before 2,030 in attendance to erase a 54-51 Oregon lead after three quarters.

“That was a really tough one to swallow because we were right there,” Oregon’s Lexi Petersen, who had a team-high 17 points, said. “We were playing them so well for 40 minutes. I think that was as close to a 40-minute game we’ve had in 2016.”

Oregon’s Lexi Bando bounced back from a scoreless showing last weekend to notch 15 points—all 3-pointers. She was 5-of-7 from downtown. Maite Cazorla tallied seven points and six assists.

“We again showed — it’s small solace, I know,” Graves said. “We’re zero and five. Bottom line. But the reality is that we’ve showed we can play with anybody. We’ve just got to close the deal.”

The Ducks jumped out to a quick 11-5 lead on a 3-pointer from Petersen and led 18-12 after the first quarter. Stanford leveled the Oregon lead at 21 on a bucket from Kailee Johnson with 7:09 remaining before halftime. The Ducks hit three consecutive 3-pointers from Kat Cooper, Bando, and Jordan Loera for a 30-23 lead. The Ducks took a 36-32 lead to halftime and shot 54.2 percent from the field before intermission compared to Stanford’s 48.3 percent. The Ducks won the rebounding battle (20-14) and had their largest lead of eight points with 1:27 left in the first.

Stanford was without forward Erica McCall, who is the team’s leading rebounder (9.5 a game). She also averages 13.1 points a game and has started all 16 games for the Cardinal, who had three scorers find double-digits: Kaylee Johnson (16), Thompson (16) and Karlie Samuelson (18).

Stanford held UO’s Jillian Alleyne to five points, but she had 14 rebounds.

“She has such a big name right now in the Pac-12,” Petersen said of Alleyne. “Obviously that’s everyone’s game plan—to stop her. I feel like all of us other players have to step up and prove we can score, so we can open it back up for her.”

Oregon led 50-46 after three quarters. The Ducks held their largest lead of the game at nine points at 45-36 with 4:07 left in the third.

In the fourth quarter, the Ducks led 58-51 on a layup from Petersen with 6:58 left. A pair of free-throws trimmed the Oregon lead to 58-56 with 5:10 remaining. Bando’s 3-pointer with 5:00 to go started a 4:07 scoreless drought and Stanford’s bucket with three seconds left was its first lead since the first minutes of the game. The Cardinal were scoreless for the 3:27 before Thompson’s layup with 35 seconds left.

“We had our opportunities,” Graves said of the fourth quarter. “We had shots around the rim. Tough turnovers. I obviously didn’t make the right calls when we needed it.”

The Ducks were 3-of-13 from the field in the fourth quarter.

“The good thing is we have a lot of season left,” Bando said. ” … We’ve just got to keep trucking and stay (together) as a unit.”

The Ducks will next face California on Sunday afternoon in a 12 p.m. tipoff.

“We’re competing,” Graves said. “So guess what? Cal comes in. They’ve been ranked most of the season and they’re unbelievably talented and we better pick ourselves up. We have to.”

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