University of Oregon
Stanford
Hot-Shooting Stanford Spoils Senior Day, 88-71
02/27/11 | Men's Basketball
EUGENE – A season-high 22 points out of Malcolm Armstead was not enough to close the Oregon men's basketball team's inaugural regular season at Matthew Knight Arena with a win as Stanford spoiled senior day by tripping up the Ducks, 88-71, on Saturday.
The loss drops the Ducks (14-14, 7-9 Pac-10) back to .500 on the season with their first consecutive losses in over a month.
Armstead also dished out a team-best six assists and had five steals in the game. He was joined in double figures by Jay-R Strowbridge (16 points) and Johnathan Loyd (11 points). E.J. Singler led the Ducks with six rebounds.
Stanford had five players in double figures, led by Josh Owens' 31, the highest individual total Oregon has yielded this season. The Cardinal also got 15 points from Jeremy Green, 13 from Aaron Bright, 12 out of Anthony Brown and 11 from Josh Powell. Owens and Powell each recorded double-doubles with 11 rebounds apiece.
Oregon started out on fire, scoring the first eight points and making seven of its first 11 shots from the floor. Stanford heated up and went on a 14-3 run to turn an 18-13 deficit into a 27-21 lead midway through the opening stanza. At one point, the Cardinal made eight shots in a row and finished the first half 17-of-31 from the floor (54.8 percent) to take a 43-34 lead into the break.
SU's Owens was the story of the first half, scoring Stanford's first seven points en route to a game-high 17 in the first half. Armstead led the Ducks with nine points in the opening frame.
The Cardinal's shooting was even more lethal in the second half as they connected on 15-of-23 attempts (65.3 percent) and led by as many as 20 points in the final stanza. SU scored the first six points of the second half and its lead was never less than 13 points the rest of the way.
Stanford shot 59.3 percent for the game and Oregon finished at 36.7 percent from the floor. Oregon shot considerably better from three-point range, connecting on 10-of-25 (40 percent) from beyond the arc, though Stanford finished an efficient 7-of-15 (46.7 percent). The Cardinal held a decisive, 36-21, advantage in rebounding while the Ducks forced 16 turnovers and committed only 10 themselves. Oregon made 17 of its 19 free throws (89.5 percent) while Stanford finished 17-of-23 (73.9 percent).
There are two games remaining in the regular season and Oregon returns to the court on March 3 when it travels to Arizona State.
POSTGAME NOTES
- Malcolm Armstead scored a season-high 22 points marking the just the second time this season he led the team in scoring (ninth time of career). He became only the third Oregon player to tally 20 or more points in a game this season (Catron seven times, Strowbridge once). Armstead finished just one point off his career high of 23 points, which he reached last season against Idaho State (Dec. 22, 2009)
- Armstead, who matched a career high with five steals against Stanford, has 123 career steals in 59 games which moved him into seventh place all time at UO (by Maarty Leunen who had 121 steals in 127 career games).
- Jay-R Strowbridge (16 points) scored in double figures for the seventh time in the last 10 games (11th time overall this season).
- Johnathan Loyd (11 points) scored in double figures for the first time since UO's Jan. 13 home win over USC (12 points). It was the fifth time this season that Loyd scored 10 or more points.
- The Ducks' 36.7 percent shooting percentage was their lowest since the Jan. 1 home loss to Arizona State (.321, 17-of-53).
- Oregon's 11 steals were its most in Pac-10 play and highest figure since finishing with 17 against Willamette on Dec. 11, 2010.
