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Lukes Lead Ducks Past Trojans
02/27/03 | Men's Basketball
Luke Ridnour has 23 points, Luke Jackson 22 in Oregon's 79-66 win over USC.
Feb 27, 2003
By ANNE M. PETERSON
AP Sports Writer
EUGENE, Ore. - Luke Ridnour scored 23 points and Luke Jackson added 22 as Oregon overcame a first-half deficit to beat Southern California 79-66 Thursday.
Oregon (19-7, 9-6 Pacific-10), which was ranked as high as No. 6 this season but then faltered when conference play began, trailed by as many as 12 points in the first half before leading by as many as 14 in the second.
The Trojans (10-14, 5-10), fighting for a Pac-10 Tournament berth with just three games to go, have lost five straight.
Ridnour scored eight points in a 12-0 run that gave Oregon a 70-58 lead, and the Ducks stretched it to 76-63 on Ridnour's long jumper with 3:37 left.
As former Oregon quarterback Joey Harrington looked on from a courtside seat, the Trojans jumped out to a 12-8 lead on four straight 3-pointers by Desmon Farmer, who led USC with 15 points.
Southern California stretched its lead to 39-27 on Roydell Smiley's 3-pointer, but Oregon took off on a 15-3 run capped by Ridnour's 3-pointer with 1:04 left.
Freshman Brandon Lincoln briefly put Oregon ahead 43-42 with a free throw, before Derrick Craven hit a buzzer-beating layup to give the Trojans a 44-43 lead at the half.
USC's early attack of the 3s momentarily quieted the crowd at McArthur Court, who mercilessly teased Trojan coach Henry Bibby as payback for disparaging comments he made about Oregon's home fans last season.
Southern California upset the Ducks earlier this season with a 91-76 victory at the Sports Arena.
Oregon was without junior guard Andre Joseph, who was suspended for the game by coach Ernie Kent.
Joseph refused to re-enter the game during Oregon's loss at Washington last Saturday. He then argued with assistant coach John Cooper during a timeout.
Kent suspended Joseph for conduct detrimental to the team on Monday, after talking with the junior college transfer and his mother.
"The team rallied together through the adversity that they had this week," Kent said after Thursday's win.
The Ducks finish the regular season next week at Arizona State and then close with Arizona.
Southern California wraps up its regular season at home next week against Washington and Washington State.
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Oregon 79, USC 66
Box Score
Feb. 27, 2003
Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS
USC vs Oregon
02-27-03 5:30 PM at McArthur Court, Eugene, Ore.
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VISITORS: USC 10-14, 5-10
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
13 Guenther Jr., Gregg. f 5-13 0-0 2-3 4 7 11 3 12 2 2 0 0 35
21 O'Neil, Rory........ c 2-6 0-0 0-0 2 4 6 5 4 2 1 2 0 20
22 Craven, Errick...... g 3-10 0-3 4-4 1 0 1 3 10 3 6 0 1 33
24 Craven, Derrick..... g 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 5 2 2 3 1 0 18
33 Farmer, Desmon...... g 4-13 4-9 3-4 1 4 5 2 15 2 2 0 0 39
01 Smiley, Roydell..... 5-9 3-5 0-0 0 2 2 2 13 2 2 0 1 24
02 Curtis, Nick........ 3-5 1-1 1-2 2 4 6 2 8 1 3 1 1 21
03 Mehanna, Michael.... 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Oliver, Jonathan.... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
11 McCaslin, Peter..... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
31 Dupree, Jerry....... 0-2 0-1 1-2 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
TEAM................ 3 1 4 1
Totals.............. 23-59 8-19 12-17 14 24 38 23 66 14 19 4 3 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 15-34 44.1% 2nd Half: 8-25 32.0% Game: 39.0% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 8-12 66.7% 2nd Half: 0-7 0.0% Game: 42.1% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 6-7 85.7% 2nd Half: 6-10 60.0% Game: 70.6% 2,1
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HOME TEAM: Oregon 19-7, 9-6
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
03 Johnson, Robert..... f 5-9 0-0 2-3 4 3 7 3 12 3 0 2 1 31
33 Jackson, Luke....... f 8-17 0-2 6-8 4 2 6 2 22 2 1 1 5 36
40 Helquist, Brian..... c 3-6 0-0 0-1 2 4 6 4 6 0 1 1 1 21
01 Davis, James........ g 4-12 1-6 0-0 0 3 3 2 9 2 1 0 1 31
13 Ridnour, Luke....... g 6-14 2-6 9-10 0 3 3 1 23 6 3 0 2 38
05 Short, Matt......... 3-4 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 2 6 2 0 1 1 15
11 Crosswhite, Ian..... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 6
14 Lincoln, Brandon.... 0-2 0-0 1-2 0 4 4 2 1 2 2 0 0 14
15 York, Tyler......... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
55 Anderson, Jay....... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
TEAM................ 2 4 6
Totals.............. 29-64 3-14 18-24 14 25 39 18 79 17 11 5 11 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 17-35 48.6% 2nd Half: 12-29 41.4% Game: 45.3% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-6 16.7% 2nd Half: 2-8 25.0% Game: 21.4% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 8-10 80.0% 2nd Half: 10-14 71.4% Game: 75.0% 2
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Officials: Dave Libbey, Bill Vinovich, Deron White
Technical fouls: USC-TEAM. Oregon-None.
Attendance: 9087
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
USC........................... 44 22 - 66
Oregon........................ 43 36 - 79
9th capacity crowd of the season, including all 8 home Pac-10 games
Ernie Kent (113 wins) passes his coach Dick Harter into 5th place all-time
coacing wins.
Points in the paint-USC 19,ORE 38. Points off turnovers-USC 10,ORE 19.
2nd chance points-USC 16,ORE 14. Fast break points-USC 5,ORE 12.
Bench points-USC 23,ORE 7. Score tied-4 times. Lead changed-8 times.
Last FG-USC 2nd-05:56, ORE 2nd-02:12.
