Devonaire Doutrive’s buzzer beater propels Arizona past Oregon State

Devonaire Doutrive made a putback at the buzzer as the Arizona Wildcats outlasted the Oregon State Beavers 74-72 on Thursday in Corvallis.

The freshman darted into the paint as Justin Coleman rose for a contested fadeaway, jumped, collected the rebound and laid it in for the game-winning basket.

Devonaire Doutrive comes up clutch as Arizona beats Oregon State at the buzzer in Corvallis. Heck of a finish. pic.twitter.com/gIwMSmzmlk

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It was a gutsy win for the Wildcats, who lost Chase Jeter to a left knee injury midway through the second half while Brandon Williams and Ryan Luther fouled out in the last few minutes of the period.

UA (17-12, 8-8) has now won three straight, catching fire as the Pac-12 Tournament approaches, though Jeter’s status will certainly be worth monitoring moving forward. The center got tangled up while defending a Tres Tinkle drive.

Brandon Randolph scored 15 points, making a couple big buckets down the stretch.

Oregon State’s Big 3 of Tinkle and the Thompson brothers combined for 59 points. Stephen Thompson Jr., who finished with 17, made a layup to tie it with 24 seconds left, setting the stage for Doutrive’s heroics.

Doutrive finished with nine points and had a tip slam to put UA up 62-60, but then made a freshman mistake by fouling Ethan Thompson on a 3-point attempt. The Beavers guard sank all three to give OSU a 65-62 lead with 5:21 left.

Luther drained a triple to bring the Wildcats within one with 4:12 left and Doutrive drove for a layup to tie it at 68 with 3:02 to play. Randolph then scored twice to give UA a 72-70 lead, erased by Thompson’s layup.

Williams played 20 minutes off the bench and came out hot out of the gate, scoring eight first-half points and draining a pair of 3s.

However, the freshman picked up his third foul with three seconds left in the first half and fouled out with 3:58 left in regulation, finishing with 11 points.

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