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Mac Court: Fans give Ducks advantage ■ Continued from frog* 7 »#73 and M ?« And this yaw has proved to be no different Two week* ago. the Duck* be*! a young and promising California team AO SA in tbe waning moment* of the game, prompting the fans to rush ih# court in celebrslion of the victory that came less than a month after the Ducks were drubbed by the Ciolden Bears #7 72 In Berkeley Two day* later, the Ducks beat a veteran Stan ford team A4 A2 on a last am ond lump shot from kenya Wilkins, all but erasing the memories of the #4-74 whipping ihe Cardinal handed Oregon lha previous month 'They have always been great defensively and much more physical there, which is probably typ ical of a kg of us in the league, but Mac Court prow ably accentuate* II more than anything else." Montgomery said “They are much more aggressive a! home than they are away." UCLA coach |im Warrick said They shoot a lot better because that is where they practice everyday They are capable of shooting the light* out up them 1 imagine it wtll he a heck of a war up there on Saturday * In short, the Ducks have historically played well in big games at home, and when you combine lhat with Mai Court'* surroundings and atmosphere it is tough for a visiting team to find Us rhythm I ihtnk McArthur Court 1* a tough plate fo play.” Green said "1 think you need to have a tough arena to play in, a tough situation for people to come in and play in Bui that alone is not enough W« have got to play good, loo 'But the combination of the two — when we ate playing good and fan* are realty into It — make* McArthur Court a very abnormal place to come into and play collage basketball * Mac Court i* abnormal, all right With it* Ivy covered anterior and street-side positioning. McArthur Court doe* not typify a college basket ball facility The sealing (aside McArthur Court gives it a unique look because the crowd is right above the court "Certainly it Is an abnormal arena.* Green said, adding that it is similar in this reaped to Duke, where UCLA lost last week "Duke ts a little abnormal, and so is McArthur Court — the fad that If goes straight up and that everybody is on top of you The new and more modern arenas that asist in the I’ai 10 are more spread out and not quite on top of the court as much as they are here * "Mat; Court is unique, just the way it is atrw • lured if nothing else.” Montgomery said. “It is straight up and down They have U.UCKK plus peo ple in there, and a lot of it has to do |u«t with Ilnur attitude They come to gel after you they own* to yell, as compared to coming to watch' Green agree* that the crowd add* to the aura of Mac (knot “They don't come to watch, they come to part it (pate, and to me that it the key word They get into it and get into the game, and that i* what I Tike for our Item to do," Green said “I like to think that tt the home court advantage ” UMass gets back on the winning track ■ COLLEGE BASKETBALL: The No 2 team beat St Joseph's in its first game after its only toss AMHERST, Mas* (AP) — Mann* Camby had 21 point*. 15 rebound* and hi* 300th career blocked shot Wednesday night as No 2 Me mum husetts rebound «! from Its only loss with a 66 66 overtime victory over St icweph'*. Camby hit a turnaround Jumper in the Jane with 1 44 left in overtime to break a 63-63 tie. then registered the milestone block at the other end With 16 second* left ami UMa*» leading 67-66. Edgar Padilla missed two free throw* I ha! could have iced it. but Camby grabbed the rebound Padilla went bark to the line with 13 sec ond* left and made >ne of two free throws The Hawks went (or the win at the Ihuusm. but Terrell Myers' 3-point •t tempt bounced off the rim Myers and Reggie Townsend each bad 14 point* and Townsend added 11 rebound* for St Joseph's (13 11. 8 7 Atlantic 10), which had won four in a row t ‘Mat* 127-1.15-1} was com ing off it* only lews of the *»«■ son. 86 78 Saturday to George Washington The Mtnuiemen haven't lo*t two In a row in three years It was the fourth overtime win this muon for the Mmutenten, who Iteal the Hawk* tt-t 89 in uvertime earlier in ihe year The Muw huH.ii* (mi k> ourt of Padilla and Carmelo Travieso combined for m point* and each was 1 of 8 from the held St Joseph * had a SB 32 lead with 2 01 left but didn’t score again in regulation I‘Mas* crawled back, going 4-fur 10 from the free throw tine the ret! of regulation and repeatedly fail ing to convert on offensive rebound* The Mlnutemen trailed by three with 34 seconds left in reg u 1st ion when the official* emerged from a lengthy confer ence wish a flagrant foul call ag*m*( the Hawk* Ktgobertn None* hit one of two foul »hot* to make it a two point game Then UMa*t stole the inbound* pas* to set up Donta Bright * failaway lumper in the lane with 1 ft m.urnlt loft to •end the game into overtime Bright finished with IS point* and i 5 rebound* Cam by b*i utw the fourth player to NCAA history to lop 100 bloc ked shot* by hi* junior year Other* are LSU'i Sharjudle O'Neal. 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