Oregon lets Colorado slip away 72-21

Oregon coach Dana Altman shouts instructions at his team during the second half Thursday.

(AP Photo/Steve C. Wilson)

A last-second foul helped Colorado squeeze past Oregon in a battle among leaders of the Pac-12 Conference Saturday.

Nate Tomlinson hit one of two free throws in the final second after being fouled to give the Buffaloes a 72-71 win before a packed house.

Oregon got 18 points from Devoe Joseph and 17 points from Olu Ashaolu, who had a chance to give the Ducks the lead with 7.6 seconds left, but missed a free throw to complete a three-point play.

Tomlinson drew the crucial foul from E.J. Singler with under a second left in the game.

Oregon fell to 16-7 overall, 7-4 in Pac-12 play, while Colorado improved to 16-7, 8-3.

Singler finished with 13 points and 12 rebounds.

Oregon plays host to conference-leading Washington Thursday night.

OREGON 79, UTAH 68

The Oregon Ducks shook off the second-half malaise from Sunday's loss to Oregon State in time to win at Utah Thursday, and keep pace with Washington in the race for the Pac-12 Conference regular season title.

Devoe Joseph had 20 points, E.J. Singler scored 12 and  Carlos Emery added 14 points off the bench as Oregon outscored the Utes 43-32 in the second half and won 79-68.

The Ducks hit 28 of 57 (49 percent) shots from the field and 15 of 17 (88 percent) of their 17 free-throw attempts to improve to 16-6 overall, 7-3 in Pac-12 play.

Washington beat UCLA Thursday to improve to 15-7, 8-2.

The Ducks, who play at Colorado Saturday, trailed 59-58 when they scored the next 11 points to take control of the game.

Colorado also improved to 7-3 in Pac-12 play with an 82-60 blowout of Oregon State Thursday.