Oregon daily emerald., February 02, 1981, Page 8, Image 8

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Bruins win again,
but it wasn’t easy
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Of the Emerald
Oregon came within four minutes of
dumping UCLA at McArthur Court Sat
urday night, but a pair of Bruins — Rod
Foster and Mike Sanders — got in the
way
Sanders pumped in six of his game
high 22 points and Foster added a buck
et from 20 feet in the last few minutes as
the Bruins roared back from a brief 63-62
Oregon lead to nab their sixth confer
ence win by a 75-69 margin.
“Two good basketball teams per
formed here tonight," said Oregon
coach Jim Haney, who has yet to beat the
Bruins in three seasons at the Oregon
helm. “Unfortunately, UCLA made the
plays down the stretch while we did not.
“It was certainly a disappointing loss,”
added Haney. “But if we go out and play
all out like we did tonight then we will win
a lot of basketball games.”
UCLA coach Larry Brown agreed with
Haney’s assessment of the Ducks. “The
way Oregon is playing — and with the
crowd — I don’t think there are many
teams who could come in here and
dominate.’
Saturday’s game had all the earmarks
of past Oregon-UCLA encounters, in
cluding a deafening McArthur Court
crowd and an almost palpable intensity
on the court.
“I love the crowd enthusiasm,” said
Brown. “This is what I dream Pauley
Pavilion to be like, but the fans are too
sophisticated. The crowd here was such
a factor.”
“It’s a game of inches and we learned
that tonight,” said Oregon center Mike
Clark, who paced the Ducks with 18
points and 12 rebounds. “A couple of
bounces our way and it could have been
ours.”
All the bounces went the Bruins' way
near the end of the game, as Sanders’
perfect six-for-six from the free throw line
in the last few minutes and Foster’s
bomb saddled the Ducks with a loss,
dropping tnem to J-b in tne conference
and 10-8 on the year.
"You have to have guys willing to take
control down the stretch, and they did
tonight,” explained Brown, as the Bruins
improved their season mark to 12-4. "In
the first half, we were impatient when we
had the lead. In the second half, they
were in contact all the way, but we
executed well down the stretch."
Oregon opened the night on an 18-foot
jumper by freshman Fred Cofield, then
watched the Bruins bolt to a 16-12 lead
The Ducks tied it at 16-16, fell behind
24-18, then pulled to within one, 26-25 on
a lay-in and free throw by Ray Whiting,
who finished with 17 points.
UCLA then ran off nine unanswered
points before the Ducks closed to 36-34,
but the Bruins left the court at the half
with a 38-35 lead.
The first seven minutes of the second
half heralded the reappearance of Clark,
who had been all but invisible in the first
half, scoring five points and attempting
but two field goals.
"They were denying our forwards the
pass up top and taking the lob away,”
said Clark in describing the Bruins early
defensive efforts. "We started to pull the
ball to the guard on the side (in the
second half) and I got a couple of lobs.”
Clark put the Ducks on top 41 -40 at the
18:15 mark in the second half as the
Ducks came roaring back from their
halftime deficit
But Foster, who had problems all night
with the tenacious defense of the Ducks'
Barry Walker, hit a 10-foot jumper and
two free throws to push UCLA’s lead to
58-53.
John Greig put the Ducks back on top
with a driving lay-in and subsequent free
throw. Oregon led 63-62, and Haney was
on his feet, waving his arms trying to
exhort the Pit to higher decibel levels.
We needed every ally we could get,”
said Haney. “I tried to keep the crowd
active to put pressure on them (UCLA),
and they responded well."
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Photo by Steve Dykes
Oregon's Fred Cofield (center), David Brantley (foreground) and Ray Whiting (right)
fight to keep UCLA’s Ralph Jackson (3) and Mike Sanders (center) from scoring.
But Greig’s three-point play was the
last run at the Bruins the Ducks would
make, as Sanders hit on three one-and
one situations from the foul line to insure
UCLA’s win.
“We didn’t do a couple of things right
tonight,” said Cofield, who had eight
points and a season-high six assists
while playing the entire forty minutes.
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"But I think we’re more of a team than
UCLA. They rely on one-on-one plays a
lot.
"But then, they win with it."
Oregon - Greig 3 1-1 7, Whiting 81-1 17. Clark 7 4-8 18,
Cofield 4 8, Sealey 3 6, Brantley 2 4, Walker 3 3-4 9 Total
-30 9-14 69.
UCLA — 7 8-8 22 Sanders, Daye 4 4-5 12, Fields 3 6,
Foster 8 4-4 20, Holton 2-2 2, Jackson 2 4, Pruitt 3 3-4 9.
Total 27 21-24 75.
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