Wear putback beats UO

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Travis Wear’s putback with 5.3 seconds to go gave UCLA a 70-68 victory over slumping Oregon on Thursday night.

Jordan Adams finished with 19 points for UCLA (17-4, 6-2 Pac-12), which has won five of its last six games to sit at second in the league’s standings behind top-ranked Arizona.

Joseph Young had 25 points for Oregon (14-6, 2-8)

Norman Powell’s fast-break layup and free throw gave UCLA a 62-52 lead — its largest of the game — with 7:20 left.

Oregon closed the gap with consecutive layups by Jason Calliste and Young to make it 65-62 with 3:21 left. Young added a free throw before Calliste hit a 3-pointer to pull Oregon in front 66-65 with 1:40 left.

Kyle Anderson missed a free throw for UCLA and Tony Parker missed a put-back layup before fouling out. Richard Amardi made both the free throws to make it 68-65 for the Ducks, but Adams hit a layup and added a free throw to tie it at 68 with just under a minute left — before Wear hit the winning basket.