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Battle to the end Oregon forward Kenny Wooten is fouled by Texas Southern center Trayvon Reed as the Ducks' Troy Brown watches during the first half in Eugene Monday. [ANDY NELSON/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS] Tuesday Dec 12, 2017 at 2:00 AM The Associated Press EUGENE — Payton Pritchard scored 16 points, Troy Brown had 10 points, 12 rebounds and four assists and Oregon beat winless Texas Southern 74-68 on Monday night. Oregon forward Kenny Wooten blocked Trayvon Reed's layup with 1:56 remaining but Texas Southern kept possession and Donte Clark made a basket to pull the Tigers within 69-66. Brown scored on the next two possessions for the Ducks, including a 3-pointer to cap the scoring with 45 seconds to go. Demontrae Jefferson and Clark both missed shots in the closing seconds for Texas Southern. Wooten added 13 points with four blocks for Oregon (6-3). Paul White and Victor Bailey Jr. each scored 11 points, and Mikyle McIntosh had 10 points and eight boards. Clark scored 17 points for Texas Southern (0-8) and Jefferson added 16 with five assists. The Tigers shot 39 percent from the floor but hit 13 of 14 free throws. BIG PICTURE Texas Southern will attempt to give coach Mike Davis his 100th victory with the Tigers when they continue their 13-game opening road slate at Baylor, Wyoming, TCU and BYU before starting Southwestern Athletic Conference play. Oregon defeated the third winless team among its first 10 opponents, but the competition gets tougher with two games against teams with power ratings in the top 60 in Portland State and Fresno State. The latter will be the Ducks' only game outside of Oregon before January. UP NEXT Texas Southern plays at Baylor on Thursday night. Oregon hosts Portland State on Wednesday night.