University of Oregon
California
Ducks Drop Game To Cal
02/08/03 | Men's Basketball
Oregon gets 19 points and seven assists from point guard Luke Ridnour in rare loss at home.
By ANNE M. PETERSON
AP Sports Writer
EUGENE, Ore. - Pacific-10 Conference scoring leader Joe Shipp had 23 points as California rebounded from a halftime deficit to beat Oregon 86-75 Saturday night.
Brian Wethers added 21 points and Amit Tamir had 18 for California, ranked second in the Pac-10 behind No. 2 Arizona.
The Golden Bears (16-4, 9-2) were coming off an 84-71 victory over Oregon State that snapped a two-game losing streak.
Oregon, coming off a 79-64 victory over No. 25 Stanford, was stymied by Cal's defense and had trouble making shots after holding a narrow 36-34 advantage at the half.
Luke Ridnour had 19 points and seven assists for the Ducks (16-6, 6-5), who suffered a rare loss at McArthur Court.
The Ducks went more than six minutes without scoring in the second half and couldn't recover. Cal, meanwhile, went on a 11-0 run, capped by Richard Midgley's free throws that made it 64-48 with 6:10 to go.
Ridnour's 3-pointer to make it 71-65 with 2:46 left was the closest Oregon would get. The Ducks shot just 36.8 percent from the floor in the second half.
The Ducks trailed until midway through the first half, when Ridnour's 3-pointer gave them a 15-13 lead.
Cal closed the gap to within 18-17 on Tamir's first basket of the game with 9:29 to go in the half.
Oregon built their biggest lead of the game, 30-22, on Andre Joseph's steal and 3-pointer, but California kept it close. Joseph and Wethers alternated on four straight 3-pointers as time wound down, and Oregon held only a slim advantage at halftime.
Shipp tied it at 43 before Wether's jumper put the Golden Bears ahead 45-43 to open the second.
Oregon has lost just two games at McArthur Court over the past two seasons. The Ducks lost at home to Arizona on June 2.
Cal, with a 9-2 conference mark, is off to its best Pac-10 start since 1993-94, when the Bears also went 9-2.
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California 86, Oregon 75
Box Score
Feb. 8, 2003
Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS
California vs Oregon
02-08-03 6:00 PM at McArthur Court, Eugene, Ore.
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VISITORS: California 16-4, 9-2
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
24 Tamir, Amit......... f 6-12 2-5 4-5 0 6 6 3 18 3 4 0 2 36
34 Shipp, Joe.......... f 7-12 1-2 8-10 0 1 1 1 23 1 2 1 0 37
33 Hughes, Gabriel..... c 0-2 0-0 2-2 1 3 4 0 2 0 1 1 1 17
15 Midgley, Richard.... g 1-2 1-1 9-10 1 3 4 3 12 4 3 0 1 32
25 Wethers, Brian...... g 9-11 2-3 1-2 1 4 5 3 21 2 6 2 5 30
00 Benson, Rod......... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
02 Diggs, A.J.......... 1-1 0-0 3-6 0 1 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 18
30 Bond, Erik.......... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
40 Famulener, Conor.... 1-1 0-0 1-2 0 4 4 3 3 2 3 1 0 16
55 Paris, David........ 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 8
TEAM................ 3 3
Totals.............. 26-44 6-11 28-37 3 27 30 16 86 13 20 5 10 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-25 52.0% 2nd Half: 13-19 68.4% Game: 59.1% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-7 42.9% 2nd Half: 3-4 75.0% Game: 54.5% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 5-6 83.3% 2nd Half: 23-31 74.2% Game: 75.7% 4,1
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HOME TEAM: Oregon 16-6, 6-5
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 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 3 5 5 2 1 3 0 0 24
33 Jackson, Luke....... f 4-14 1-6 0-0 2 7 9 1 9 4 4 0 0 35
05 Short, Matt......... c 5-5 0-0 1-1 0 2 2 3 11 0 0 0 0 20
01 Davis, James........ g 3-8 3-6 2-2 1 0 1 2 11 1 1 0 1 26
13 Ridnour, Luke....... g 6-20 3-7 4-4 2 1 3 5 19 7 5 0 4 37
11 Crosswhite, Ian..... 2-4 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 3 4 0 2 2 0 9
14 Lincoln, Brandon.... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
35 Joseph, Andre....... 4-10 3-8 1-1 1 4 5 4 12 1 4 0 2 27
40 Helquist, Brian..... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
55 Anderson, Jay....... 2-3 0-0 3-4 0 1 1 3 7 0 0 0 1 12
TEAM................ 5 1 6
Totals.............. 27-69 10-29 11-12 14 20 34 26 75 15 19 2 8 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-31 41.9% 2nd Half: 14-38 36.8% Game: 39.1% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 7-13 53.8% 2nd Half: 3-16 18.8% Game: 34.5% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 3-3 100 % 2nd Half: 8-9 88.9% Game: 91.7% 1
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Officials: Dick Cartmell, Chris Rastatter, Michael Irving
Technical fouls: California-None. Oregon-None.
Attendance: 9087
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
California.................... 34 52 - 86
Oregon........................ 36 39 - 75
8th capacity crowd of the season, including all 7 home Pac-10 games
Ridnour extends made free-throw streak to 47
Points in the paint-CAL 26,ORE 30. Points off turnovers-CAL 22,ORE 18.
2nd chance points-CAL 4,ORE 7. Fast break points-CAL 8,ORE 4.
Bench points-CAL 10,ORE 23. Score tied-3 times. Lead changed-3 times.
Last FG-CAL 2nd-04:07, ORE 2nd-00:17.
