Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, December 01, 1989, Page 11, Image 11

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    _Sports_
Ducks burn Wildcats,
capture 68-63 thriller
By Ir.u\ Sumner
Emer.ild Sports Editor
Si unet li mg shocking hap
peneii on the y\ay to \o J
ranked Arizona's romp over ()r
egon m last night's Pacifii In
(lonlerence baskelliall opener
fin iioth teams
It didn't happen
t he I tin ks. behind the ' 7
points seven assists and seven
rebounds from sophomore
guard lerrell Brandon. handed
the Wildcats a stunning OH-O.i
upset before a Irenzied Mi \i
tlnir ( 'ourt crowd ot 7Si.il!
"Obviously. 1 couldn't lie
prouder. Oregon 11mi h I ton
Munson said Talk about a
hunch ol young kids battling
the whole time They fust
seemed to light through one
thing alter another
"It has to he the best win
sim e I ve been here ' he said
"He pis! did the things we had
to do It's just a great win
Oregon, which had lost lit
straight games took an early
tilt lead and led almost the
yvhole yvev en route to the yvin
its first ovei Arizona since the
1087 far 10 tournament
Brandon, making his fai 111
debut hit tour of live ( point
ers in the tirst halt and si ored
14 points to lead the I)tu ks to
leads as large as 10 points on
I he yy ay to a 4 1 i'i lead at I he
break
I'hi' I>111 ks streti In'll Ilu'ii
If‘ini to 45 15 just Hi sci mills
min the sci mill hall im .1 h.isket
bv forward Keith Reynolds .mil
.1 Hi,null m dunk Reynolds
si-tired mi .1 reverse lnvu|i with
1 1 55 remaining in the game to
Hive Oregon a 52 42 lend
Ari/on.i, v\ Ini h had its streak
ol 14 I'.ii 10 wins hmken wont
on a lfi-5 tear over the next
7:2:1 to take a 58-57 lead on a
basket h\ sophomore i enter
Brian Williams
Reynolds si ored from in feet
Brandon lot a 15-footer and Or
egon i enter Richard Ian as hit a
free throw to give the the Dm ks
a H2-5H lead with 1 22 Ifft
After Sean Rooks scored lot
Arizona on a rebound with 1 in
remaining to pull the Wildcats
to within n2-l>n. Brandon hit
four tree throws down the
stretch to help seal the w in |u
nior guard Kevin Mixon hit two
free throws with one second re
maining to provide the final
margin.
"We set some things up tor
him and he was tough. Mon
son said ot the 5-foot 1 1 ini I)
Brandon "hm sure Arizona
didn’t think he was that good
either bet ause they scouted us
at Arkansas
Brandon played only 14 min
utes before tooling out of l.ist
Sunday's 102 75 loss to the R.i
zorbai ks hut i nine liai k w illi a
vengeance against the Wild
cats Brandon said the Arkan
sas game was extra motivation
for Arizona
I thought I let people
down Hr.union said I rrallv
lot im team down 1 didn’t plav
well I k>iI into tool trouble in
the lirsl live minnlrs ol thr
Kamo
t ills game. I kept im hands
to myself and triad to play as
haul as I i mild. hr said ( )h
\ ionsK ur i amr out vu torions
and ur’rr really happv
Hrandun said thr w in o\ri
tin- two time I’ai tit r hantpion
Wihlrai was thr highlight ol
his i arrer
"This is thr •■■•si. Itrandou
said \ 11 thr things I A r door
in high si hunt is in thr past
Moating thr sri ond host tram in
thr nation |iist rrallv means a
lot
" Wr played hard. ssr plusrd
together wr played .is a tram
hr said Wo prai In rd hard all
week tnr this (•time It pist i an t
gel anv hrttrr than this
Mthnugh Arizona was lieusi
lv lavorrd t oming into thr
game Munson and his plasms
hrlicyrd in thrir In-aits they
( mild hrat thr VVildt ats
I'hat's thr last Ih 111 n I askrd
thrill hrhirr they svrnt mil to
play . Monsori said I pmnlrd
at rai h onr of thrill and askrd
thrm it thry beliesrd they
could win
Vmi gotta beliesr you 1 an
win drrp down or it will nrvrr
get done. hr said It you
don t get hai k on defense
pound tin- hoards and lakr i all
ot tin- haskrthall. thry (tin
Wild, ats) arc too good and sou
emit ss in
It sou do tliosr things sou
1 an ss in. " In- said
Reynolds ss ho finished ssith
1 t points, said In- knrss ss hat
tin- I )ui ks ss err 1 apabli- ot
Thursday night
I svokr up this morning and
that svas thr firs! thing I
thought. Reynolds said I
said ssr rr going to get ssith Ar
izona Thai's ss lull ssr wanted
to do and that 's ss hat ss r did
We battled them big lime.
r
I’hiiln li> \lnln- K.«m< i .
So/thomon' yii.ml I mi ll lit.union Ino III} Iril Orrifon mill -7 i>uint-> in thr Dm As' nil i,.l n/isrf
ol \ 11/on.i
Lucas, who scored 11 points
and grabbed nine rebounds
agreed with Reynolds
We VVI II bed 111 j irai I if e
against iv bat the\ run. I an as
said "We vv all bed lliein on
film and wall bed them right
bi'tuie we went upstairs In
pins We wot bed bard and vv e
did it We believed in our
hearts we i ouId beat them
I liev re the number 1 v\ n
team in the nation he said
Ibis is pmhahlv the gieutesl
v n ti n v I has eev ei had 1 know
it s up there with c uai li Mull
soil too '
\llhough Ibev i ombined tin
onlv three points freshmen
Aaron |ohnson and Hob file
were tng fa< tois in the g.ime
lohnson had five rebounds
and f ite had two bhx bed shots
in the final minutes to secure
the win
'‘lohnson and life did an
outstanding job." Munson said
I've never had two freshmen
i nine in a game libe th.it and
contribute as muc fi as they
did "
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