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Ducks use defense, boards to clip Lamar, 58-47
By Capi I.ynn
Of Ik* Earn M
It may not have been the pret
tiest game to watch in McArthur
Court, but the Oregon men's
basketball team got the job clone
— especially defensively and on
the rebounding end — as it
upended l.amar University.
58-47. Tuesday night.
Head coach Don Munson,
whose team improved to 3-2.
was more than pleased with the
Ducks’ effort.
“We were brutal in a few in
stances. but I really can't say
enough about how hard we
played, particularly defensively
and on the boards." Munson
said. “And I can't say enough
about ilalderston (forward
Keith)...He had an outstan
ding game."
In fact. Balderston had as
close to a perfect game as you
can get and was definitely a
key. if not Ihn key. to the win.
He scored a career-high 23
points on nine of 10 from the
field and five of six from the
free-throw line, grabbed seven
rebounds, blocked one shot and
played tough man-to-man
defense on Lamar's post man
James Gulley — all In 30
minutes of action. Not a bad
night for someone who had
stomach cramps all day.
Halderston was less than
modest about his stellar perfor
mance: “Some days the ball just
goes in better than others, and
tonight was one of those
nights."
Luckily Balderston was on
target because the rest of the
team hit just 11 of 46 for a chilly
23.9 percent. With Balderston'*
statistics, the Ducks managed to
outshoot the Cardinals 3ij.4 per
cent to 30.2 percent
Oregon's top two scorers on
the season, guard Anthony
Taylor and center Sven Meyer,
were held to 12 and eight
points, respectively, while
shooting a combined six of 30.
But Taylor and Meyer con
tributed in other ways: Taylor
had two steals, dished out four
assists and grabbed six re
bounds. and Meyer dominated
the boards with a season-high
16 rebounds.
The Ducks narrowly outre
bounded the Cardinals. 43-41,
despite the presence of iamar's
8-foot-B, 255-pound Gulley.
Gulley essentially carried
larnar throughout the game,
finishing with 22 point* and
seven rebounds before fouling
out with 3:11 remaining in the
game.
Gulley almost single
handedly brought l,amar within
reaching distance in the open
ing 4:30 of the second half, as
he poured in eight of the Car
dinals’ first 10 points, to trim a
25-17 halftime lead to one point
(28-27).
Hut the Ducks, specifically
Balderston with his man-to-man
coverage in the second half,
shut down Gulley — he scored
only two points in the final
16:43 of the game
Five minutes after Gulley had
brought the Cardinals within
one. teammate Danny Gauthier
canned an 18-foot jumper to tie
the game for the first time.
37-37.
Ualderston came right back
for the Ducks nailing a 17-footer
from the baseline, but Gulley
responded in the lane with a
fadeaway to tie the score again.
39 39
Oregon out scored Ijimar 9-0
in the next stretch to establish
control of the game for good.
Rick Osborn scored from five
feet out. and Balderston hit two
free throws and converted a
three-point play during that
span.
Monson was pleased with
Osborn's contribution coming
in off the bench: “Ho came back
and got some key baskets and
some rebounds and played
well He was really a big
factor."
"I made up my mind going in
that I was going to do
something quick — to be
decisive alxmt it." Osborn said.
"Any time you can contribute
immediately off the bench it
really gets you into the game."
Osborn did just that, scoring
eight points on four of six from
the field, collecting five re
bounds and handing out two
assists in just 18 minutes of
playing time.
“One of these games we’re all
going to put it together offen
sively.” Monson said.
Photo by Mkhaol Wilhelm
Junior forward Keith Balderston takes it to Lamar's Jules Wells
underneath the basket for t wo of his season-high 23 points, as
the Ducks beat the Cardinals 58-47.
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