A little Porter power.Byline: Bob Clark For the 19th century baseball player, see Bob Clark (baseball) Benjamin "Bob" Clark (August 5 1939[] – April 4 2007) was an American actor, director, screenwriter and producer best known for directing and writing the script with Jean Shepherd to the The Register-Guard It's never easy for Oregon, and never for any team against Arizona State. So even if the Ducks are ranked 13th in the nation and the Sun Devils
Tajuan Porter Tajuan Marquis Porter (Born March 9, 1988) is a sophmore guard at Oregon. He is considered one of the top freshmen in the country. He is most notable for his exceptional game against Portland State. , who led the Ducks with 24 points, made two free throws and Aaron Brooks Aaron Brooks can refer to:
`I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. how they don't have a victory,' Brooks said with the sound of relief. Or maybe how Oregon (20-4 overall, 8-4 in the Pac-10) avoided being the first Pac-10 victim of ASU ASU Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ) ASU Appalachian State University ASU Arkansas State University ASU Angelo State University ASU Alabama State University ASU Australian Services Union (6-17, 0-12). The Ducks won despite their lowest point total of the season, despite another 16 turnovers and in spite of shooting .286 in the second half, when they were outscored 30-22 by ASU. `That's how they play,' Brooks said. `They don't allow that many points, they control the ball. ... It's not frustrating at all. `We knew what we were in for, and we knew we'd have to pull it out at the end.' And so the Ducks did, winning for the 10th time this season by eight or fewer points, including all eight of their Pac-10 victories. This one, at least, didn't require a major comeback. ASU's biggest lead was 9-3, and the Sun Devils never led in the final 28 minutes, though Glasser's five three-pointers in the second half led to 17 points to keep it close, and Jeff Pendergraph, with 19 rebounds including seven offensive ones, seemed to continually extend ASU possessions. There was one tie in the second half at 42-42, but the Ducks went from there to a 50-44 advantage, ending that surge with a three-pointer by Maarty Leunen Maarty Leunen (born September 3, 1985 in Vancouver, Washington) is an American college basketball player. A 6'9", 215 pound forward at the University of Oregon, he is a key reason why the Oregon Ducks reached the Elite 8 in the 2007 NCAA Division I tournament. . Leunen, in fact, had seven consecutive points for Oregon in a stretch of almost eight minutes until Porter hit his pair of free throws with 15 seconds left to make the lead 54-48. That completed a 24-point game for Porter, his highest-scoring night since he had 38 points in the third game of the season. He made his first five shots from the field, including four three-pointers. `He just came out gunning,' Malik Hairston Malik Hairston is an American college basketball player at the University of Oregon. The 6'6", 200 pound junior guard averaged 13 ppg and 6.1 rpg during the 2006-2007 season. High school Prior to arriving at the University of Oregon, he starred at Renaissance High School. said. `After we saw that anything that touched his hand was going in, we definitely were looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. him.' The 5-foot-6 Porter was 6-of-7 from the field in the first half and finished 8-of-12 overall, and 6-of-9 on three-point shots, where his teammates made 1-of-13. `I was just taking open shots,' said Porter, who early in the game shook his hand in a cooling motion. `I haven't been hot like that since the first three games, so I was impressed.' Everything Porter did was needed because no other Duck could reach double figures and Brooks, the Pac-10's leading scorer, was held to five points on 1-of-8 from the field. `They just played great defense,' Brooks said of the ASU zone. `I didn't make my shots; you're going to have off games like that, so I told Tajuan, `this is your game, I'll take this one off.' ' On a night where the points didn't come easily for any of the Ducks except Porter - the other starters were 8-of-26 from the field - the game was notable for the eight scored by Hairston, which give him 1,007 in his career. In becoming the 26th Oregon player to reach 1,000 for his career, he joins Brooks - now at 1,287 - over the four-figure plateau. Only three other times has Oregon had teammates with 1,000 career points: Stan Love Stan Love may refer to the following people:
Ballard attended the University of Oregon where he played at the collegiate level at the forward position. in 1976, and Luke Ridnour Lucas Robin (Luke) Ridnour (born February 13 1981 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) is an American professional basketball player for the Seattle SuperSonics of the NBA. He was born in Idaho and grew up in Blaine, Washington. and Luke Jackson in 2003. Hairston said reaching 1,000 points in college `was definitely a goal,' though he didn't realize he was there until being told on his way to the interview room. `It's a good feeling, to go along with a W.' The Ducks could have a third player with 1,000 points on the same team, a first for Oregon, if Bryce Taylor scores another 112 points this season. `It's certainly something we're going to be able to sell in recruiting,' UO coach Ernie Kent said. `We've sold this program in terms of having a lot of (offensive) freedom, that if you're a skilled player, this is a great system to play in.' This current team also offers the allure of winning, as the Ducks reached 20 victories for only the 11th time in the 102 years Oregon has played men's intercollegiate basketball. And there are at least seven games left in the regular season, including one in the Pac-10 tournament. `I don't care if it is an ugly game or a great game, that's 20 wins,' Kent said. `That's a huge milestone for us. `To get it this early with this group and everything they went through (the past two seasons), that's a tribute to them. The next step for them is to climb in this conference. It's a step-by-step climb as we close out the year.' His players had similar thoughts. By winning, the Ducks did move up from fifth to a tie for third in the conference standings, and only a game out of second. At the same time, sixth-place Arizona has only one more league loss than the Ducks and comes to McArthur Court on Saturday. That thought tempered the celebration over that 20th win. `Are we in the (NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association ) tournament? No,' Brooks said. `It's good to have 20 wins, but we're trying to make the tournament. We want at least a winning record in the Pac-10, that's our next goal, and then go from there.' REACHING 20 WINS At 20-4 after beating Arizona State, Oregon has recorded at least 20 victories for the 11th time in 102 seasons of men's intercollegiate basketball. In the order that it previously happened: Season Record How it ended 1926-27 24-4 League runner-up 1935-36 20-11 Fourth in division 1936-37 20-9 Tied for division title 1937-38 25-8 League runner-up 1938-39 29-5 NCAA champion 1944-45 30-15 NCAA regional semifinal 1974-75 21-9 NIT A measurement of luminance. One nit is equal to one candela per square meter (1cd/m2). Ten thousand nits are equal to one stilb. See candela. semifinals 1999-00 22-8 NCAA first round 2001-02 26-9 NCAA regional final 2002-03 23-10 NCAA first round Source: UO media services PAC-10 MEN'S BASKETBALL W L Pct. GB Overall UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX ... 10 2 833 - 21 2 Washington State ... 9 3 .750 1 20 4 Oregon ... 8 4 .667 2 20 4 USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. ... 8 4 .667 2 18 7 Stanford ... 7 4 .636 2 1/2 15 7 Arizona ... 7 5 .583 3 16 7 Washington ... 5 7 .417 5 15 8 California ... 4 7 .364 5 1/2 12 11 Oregon State ... 1 11 .083 9 9 16 Arizona State ... 0 12 .000 10 6 17 THURSDAY'S RESULTS Oregon 55, Arizona State 51 Washington State 58, Stanford 45 Arizona 72, Oregon State 66 Washington 79, California 71 SATURDAY'S GAMES Arizona at Oregon Arizona State at Oregon State California at Washington State UCLA at West Virginia SUNDAY'S GAME Stanford at Washington |
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