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Sun Devils slip by Oregon in overtime
By JODY MURRAY
Of the Emerald
Oregon put the fifth-ranked
basketball team in the country
on its heels in the first half only
to lose to Arizona State in over
time, 78-77, in a cardiac
arresting Pacific-10 Conference
contest.
"It was a heartbreaking loss,
and typifies the way this season
r
has gone,” said coach Jim
Haney, referring to the
seemingly endless number of
games the Ducks have dropped
in the closing minutes.
The Ducks, now 12-14 and
5-12 in the conference, led by
10 at the break after a scorching
.633 shooting performance
compared to 462 for ASU
But the Sun Devils slowly cut
the lead in the second half and
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finally went ahead 71-69 with 18
seconds to go.
After John Greig missed a 10
footer on Oregon’s end, a Sun
Devil batted the ball out of
bounds with five ticks to go.
Fred Cofield took the inbound
pass, dribbled twice and sank a
20 footer with a second left to
force the overtime
In the overtime, ASU went
ahead 73-71 on Walt Stone's
18-foot jumper with 3:12 left.
Cofield countered quickly with
an 18 footer. Then ASU’s
Lafayette Lever grabbed Ray
Whiting, who dropped in two
with a minute left.
Sun Devil center Alton Lister
then muscled in for a layup,
missed, but was fouled by John
Grieg. With 8,906 Mac Court
fans blistering his ears, Lister
made one of the two and Ore
gon was still up by one, 75-74
Both teams then traded two
quick baskets — a 15-footer by
Walt Stone followed by a
20-footer by John Greig — and
Oregon remained ahead, 77-76,
with nine seconds left.
But Stone, ASU's Sun Devil of
the hour, dropped one in from
18 feet with five seconds left to
end Oregon’s dreams of a stun
ning upset and winning season.
"My man (Mike Clark) didn’t
respect me enough. I was open,
that’s my shot, so I shot,” Stone
said matter-of-factly.
Stone’s "man” disagreed
about his coverage. “I couldn’t
get any closer without fouling
him."
Haney agreed with his senior
center. "Stone hits a shot with
Mike Clark right in his face. It’s
not the shot you would take with
so little time left, but he took it
and it went in the hole.”
Oregon still had five seconds
to pull it off, but the Sun Devils
smothered the possibility of a
long inbounds pass Cofield was
forced to drive up the court and
launch a 30-foot prayer on the
left side that brushed the net.
"I wanted to go down mid
court, but there was too much
r
Photo by Steve Dykes
Oregon defenders Mike Clark and Ray Whiting made Arizona
State's Alton Lister work for all of his 21 points.
pressure,” Cofield said. "I saw I
had only had a couple seconds,
so I took what I could.”
The game was a stark turna
round from the 104-64 loss to
ASU two months ago, but Clark
wasn’t satisfied with whatever
measure of respect Oregon may
have regained from Thursday's
game.
“Screw respect," Clark said.
“To always be on the losing end
(of the close games) is really
frustrating. Every game we lose,
it seems to hurt a little bit more.”
Seniors Clark and Felton
Sealey have one more game,
against Arizona Saturday.
Clark’s pain and a team’s pride
will be on the line.
“We've played with class all
year,” Haney said, "and we will
bounce back Saturday with
class and dignity.”
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