Eugene, Ore. (AP) — Jermaine Quinard scored 27 points in his first start of the season as Oregon beat No. 9 Arizona 87-68 on Saturday night.
Quinard, a transfer from South Carolina who missed the first 14 games of the season due to injury, made six 3-pointers, including one intended to assist Alleyoop.
Senior center Enfary Dante added 22 points, including an early-game highlight dunk, and had 10 rebounds as the Ducks (10-8, 4-3 Pac-12) shot 53.1% from the field. bottom. Will Richardson scored 14 and Nate Bittle scored 10.
“It was a huge effort,” Oregon coach Dana Altman said. “They really responded, showed their competitiveness, played with tremendous energy and the crowd was amazing.
Kylan Boswell scored 15 points to set the pace for the Wildcats (15-3, 4-3). Meanwhile, Azuolas Tubelis had 14 points and he had 6 rebounds. Courtney Ramey Making four 3-pointers for 12 points, Oumar Baro added 10 points and 7 rebounds.
“You have to match their energy when you’re playing against a team that’s fighting for a season and trying to come out victorious,” Ramey said. “We did the first seven or eight minutes, but they kept swinging and they couldn’t match it. , we must strive to make all games like that.”
Oregon lost 90-73 to Arizona on Thursday, recording its best win of the year.
“We came together as a team,” says Couisnard. “We knew we were better than we showed on Thursday. It was a team effort from everyone.”
Raimy started the second half with back-to-back 3-pointers and tied the game at 43 before Oregon followed with the next 10 points.
“Obviously it was good to get the three and we wanted to build some momentum, but we gave up on the 10-0 run and then we went nuts,” said Arizona manager Tommy Lloyd. said.
Rivaldo Soares pushed the lead to 61-48 on a 3-point play with 12:21 remaining. Dante scored and added a free throw to widen the margin to 66-52 and Arizona never threatened again.
The two teams traded leads six times in the first half before Oregon gave the locker room a 43-37 lead thanks to 50% shooting from the field.
Oregon led 7–5 before Bello hit back-to-back dunks and Raimy added a 3-pointer. Tubelis won back-to-back buckets as Arizona took her biggest lead at 16-9.
Oregon followed with a 14-3 run, highlighted by back-to-back 3-pointers from Kwannard to lead 23-19. Boswell hit back-to-back 3-pointers for Arizona, and Kerr’s Cleisa added his three free throws to put Arizona ahead 28–26.
After Tuberis tied the game 33-33, Oregon scored seven consecutive points, culminating in a three-pointer from Keyshawn Barthelemy with 3:13 left in the first half.
big picture
Arizona: The Wildcats may drop out of the top 10 after losing their third conference to an unranked foe. Arizona can’t afford another loss and may be in contention for the Pac-12 title, but his remaining two games against UCLA will put the Wildcats on the road to a championship. I can.
OREGON: The Ducks have revived their NCAA tournament hopes with a win over the Wildcats, beating the top 15 teams in the NET rankings since last year. Oregon faces important trips in California and Stanford next week to try to build momentum for its postseason run.
next
Arizona: The Wildcats will host USC on Thursday night.
Oregon: Dax is visiting California on Wednesday night.
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