ASU roughs up Oregon.Byline: JOHN CONRAD Conrad, Latin king of Jerusalem Conrad, d. 1192, Latin king of Jerusalem (1192), marquis of Montferrat, a leading figure in the Third Crusade (see Crusades). He saved Tyre from the Saracens and became (1187) its lord. Register-Guard Sports Editor Noun 1. sports editor - the newspaper editor responsible for sports news newspaper editor - the editor of a newspaper TEMPE, Ariz. - Oregon has made the game look easy the past couple of weeks. Arizona State wasn't going to have any of that. The Sun Devils
The defeat dropped Oregon to 3-1 in league and 10-4 overall, ending the Ducks' six-game winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" , while Arizona State improved to 2-2 and 9-4, having scored 185 points against Oregon in two games. "I tried to make our guys understand that teams would start coming after us," UO coach Ernie Kent Ernie Kent (Born January 22, 1955 in Rockford, Illinois) is the current head men's basketball coach at the University of Oregon. He has been the Ducks' coach since he replaced Jerry Green after Green left for University of Tennessee after the 1996-97 season. said. "The difference in the game was that their energy level was so high at the beginning of the game. I'm proud of the way we battled to get back in it, but we couldn't make stops when we needed to down the stretch and they hit a lot of big shots." Arizona State was determined to take the Ducks out of their comfort zone. The Sun Devils not only came out with a lot of intensity, they made it a very physical game in which 52 fouls were called and 75 free throws attempted. Oregon hit 34-of-43 from the line but could manage only 42.4 percent from the field and a season-low 20 percent on 4-of-20 three-pointers. Luke Jackson had 19 points and six rebounds, 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. 17 points and six assists, Robert Johnson Robert Johnson may refer to:
Frederick Jones 15 points despite playing only 16 minutes due to fouls, and Anthony Lever lever, simple machine consisting of a bar supported at some stationary point along its length and used to overcome resistance at a second point by application of force at a third point. The stationary point of a lever is known as its fulcrum. 14 points off the bench. Still plenty of offense to win, except the Ducks couldn't handle Arizona State center Chad Chad (chăd, chäd), Fr. Tchad, officially Republic of Chad, republic (2005 est. pop. 9,826,000), 495,752 sq mi (1,284,000 sq km), N central Africa. Prewitt and played horrible defense overall. Prewitt had 27 points on 7-of-10 from the field and 13-of-14 from the line, and the only Oregon player close to effective against him was Johnson. The Sun Devils shot 57.4 percent from the field and converted 21-of-32 free throws and became only the second team this season to beat the Ducks on the boards. "Our main objective defensively is to get stops, and we didn't do a very good job of that," Lever said. "We fouled too much and we ended up playing catchup catch·up n. Variant of ketchup. after the way they came out at the start." All of that and the Ducks had an excellent chance to win down the stretch. They trailed by as many as 13 points in the first half and then went ahead briefly at 37-36 on a Ridnour three, but 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 went back on top 40-38 on two Prewitt free throws and didn't trail again. Oregon battled back from a nine-point deficit in the second half and four times in the final four minutes pulled within one point. Johnson's free throws made it 83-82 at the 3:55 mark, then Jones answered Tommy Smith's basket with a steal to make it 85-84 for ASU. Kyle Dodd scored on a drive for the Sun Devils, but Jones hit two foul shots for the Ducks. Prewitt scored for ASU, and Jackson answered with two foul shots for Oregon to make it 89-88 with 1:08 left. Then the Ducks finally got a stop as Prewitt missed, but Oregon couldn't get the rebound rebound (rē´bownd), n/v 1. a recovery from illness. n 2. an outbreak of fresh reflex activity after withdrawal of a stimulus rebound adjective and ASU kept the ball when it went out of bounds off of an Oregon player with 36 seconds left. Oregon didn't foul Dodd when he took the inbound in·bound 1 adj. Bound inward; incoming: inbound commuter traffic. Adj. 1. inbound pass, then couldn't foul Curtis Millage mill·age n. A tax rate on property, expressed in mills per dollar of value of the property. until he drove to the basket for what would be a three-point play with 25.5 seconds left, giving ASU a 92-88 lead. "Millage was their worst free-throw shooter on the floor and we felt we had enough time to let the ball come to him," Kent said. "Ridnour thought he fouled him on the drive, and it looked to us like he did, but we didn't get the call." The Ducks then took a couple of wild three-point attempts in the final seconds and their fate was sealed. "The biggest thing was not getting position to get the ball when Prewitt missed," Kent said. "But after they got the three-pointer, we didn't have to force the threes like we did. We went a little brain dead at that point." "We knew they would come at us and be physical because that's their game," Ridnour said. "We also knew we aren't going to shoot it great every game. But we've got to find other ways to win when that happens, and we've got to find ways to win close games. We didn't get the defensive stops we needed to make that happen." Kent was philosophical after the game. "We got a split down here and it's going to be difficult for anyone to do better than that," he said. "Arizona is a tough place to play, and Arizona State is a good basketball team that is gaining a lot of confidence. "One of the positives is that this trip is behind us. A game this physical was unlike anything we've seen so far this year, and it was good for us to go through that." It would have been even better to come out of it with a win on the road on a night the Ducks weren't up to par in so many areas, but were still right there at the end of the game. Oregon Men's Basketball Game Report NOTES ... Arizona State has scored 90 and 95 points in two games against Oregon, and the next highest is 79 against Portland ... Ben Lindquist suffered a broken nose in the first half but returned to the game ... Ducks shot a season-low 20 percent on three-pointers (4-of-20). KEY STAT ... Arizona State shot 75 percent in the second half and 57.4 percent for the game, numbers Oregon couldn't overcome despite hitting 34-of-43 at the line. NEXT ... California at McArthur Court McArthur Court is a basketball arena located on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene. Also known as "The Pit," it is known as one of the toughest arenas in the country for opposing players to play in. The arena is named for Clifton N. on Thursday at 7:05 p.m. PAC-10 STANDINGS 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 ... 4 0 1.000 - 11 2 USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. ... 4 0 1.000 - 12 2 Oregon ... 3 1 .750 1 10 4 Arizona ... 2 2 .500 2 9 4 Arizona State ... 2 2 .500 2 9 4 California ... 1 1 .500 2 10 2 Stanford ... 1 1 .500 2 8 3 Oregon State ... 1 3 .250 3 8 6 Washington ... 0 4 .000 4 6 8 WSU WSU Washington State University WSU Wayne State University WSU Wichita State University WSU Wright State University WSU Weber State University WSU Western State University College of Law WSU Winona State University WSU Walter Sisulu University ... 0 4 .000 4 4 8 SUNDAY'S RESULTS Arizona State 95, Oregon 88 Arizona 93, Oregon State 87 California 68, Stanford 54 UCLA 81, Washington State 69 USC 94, Washington 74 THURSDAY'S GAMES California at Oregon Stanford at Oregon State Arizona at Washington State Arizona State at Washington UCLA at USC Arizona State 95, Oregon 88 OREGON (88) Mp Fg Ft R F A To S Tp Johnson ... 39 3-4 6-10 13 3 1 0 0 12 Jackson ... 31 5-15 9-10 6 5 4 2 0 19 Christoffersn ... 9 2-4 0-1 2 3 0 2 0 4 Ridnour ... 39 5-14 5-6 2 1 6 3 1 17 Jones ... 16 4-6 7-8 3 5 1 1 1 15 Davis ... 15 1-5 2-2 0 1 0 0 0 4 Lindquist ... 8 0-2 3-4 1 1 2 1 0 3 Lever ... 34 5-9 2-2 2 1 2 0 2 14 Helquist ... 7 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 0 0 0 Michaelis ... 2 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Totals ... 200 25-59 34-43 34 24 16 9 4 88 Shooting: Field goals 42.4%, 3-point baskets - 4-20 (Ridnour 2-8, Lever 2-3, Davis 0-4, Jackson 0-3, Lindquist 0-2). Rebound total includes four team rebounds. ARIZONA STATE (95) Mp Fg Ft R F A To S Tp Smith ... 21 5-7 0-2 2 5 4 2 2 10 Crandall ... 21 5-5 1-1 0 3 3 0 0 14 Prewitt ... 34 7-10 13-14 12 4 3 3 0 27 Braxton ... 24 2-4 0-2 2 2 4 1 1 4 Millage ... 33 6-15 5-8 7 4 1 2 0 17 Knight ... 22 2-5 1-3 6 1 2 3 0 5 Dodd ... 17 3-5 0-0 1 2 5 1 0 6 Storey ... 6 1-2 0-0 2 4 1 0 0 2 Allen ... 7 1-3 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 3 Redhage ... 15 3-5 1-2 0 3 0 2 2 7 Totals ... 200 35-61 21-32 37 28 23 14 5 95 Shooting: Field goals 57.4%, 3-point baskets - 4-12 (Crandall 3-3, Allen 1-2, Millage 0-2, Knight 0-2, Smith 0-1, Prewitt 0-1, Dodd 0-1). Rebound total includes three team rebounds. Oregon ... 41 47 - 88 Arizona State ... 44 51 - 95 Officials - Charles Range, Jerry White Jerry White is a common name that can refer to different people:
Attendance - 6,849. NOTES ... Arizona State has scored 90 and 95 points in two games against Oregon, and the next highest is 79 against Portland ... Ben Lindquist suffered a broken nose in the first half but returned to the game ... Ducks shot a season-low 20 percent on three-pointers (4-of-20). KEY STAT ... Arizona State shot 75 percent in the second half and 57.4 percent for the game, numbers Oregon couldn't overcome despite hitting 34-of-43 at the line. NEXT ... California at McArthur Court on Thursday at 7:05 p.m. |
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