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Madden’s six points in overtime clinches Oregon’s 87-85 win over UCLA
By Chris Hansen
Sports Reporter
Henry Madden hit a game-winning 12-foot
jump shot with two seconds remaining in over
time to lead the Oregon men’s basketball team
past conference leader UCLA Thursday night at
McArthur Court, 87-85.
Madden, who started the night in head coach
Jerry Green’s dog house for being late for the
team’s pregame meal, took a pass from Jamar
Curry, hesitated, and then took the shot over a
charging Charles O’Bannon.
“It’s something I dream about every night,”
said Madden, who scored six points in over
time, about hitting the game winner. “I just
tried to get as close as I could, and when I saw
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Basketball
■ LEADING
SCORER: UCLA,
Bailey 24; UO,
Wilkins 18,
Lawrence 18
■ LEADING
REBOUNDER:
UCLA, McCoy 8;
Oregon, Madden 5, j
Milling 5, Ramaker !
5
LU bannon] coming I just
pulled up and shot.”
The game was sent
into overtime after the
second half was ended
with an off-balance,
one-handed, three-point
prayer from the Bruins’
(11-6 overall, 6-2 Pacific
10 Conference) Toby Bai
ley over a pressing Curry
with seven ticks remain
ing in regulation to tie
the game at 74.
After Madden’s
jumper, the Bruins in
bounded to Bailey who
once again threw up an
off-balance three-pointer,
but this time it clanked
off the rim.
Un my goodness, it
looked like it was going to go in,” Terik Brown
said. “My stomach dropped.”
“This was a heck of a basketball game,”
Green said. “It was war. UCLA has got a great
team and it would have been a whole lot easier
if [Bailey] hadn’t made that shot at the end.”
Brown got the starting nod in place of Curry,
who, along with Madden, was also late for the
pregame meal. His three-point basket to start
the game helped to spark the Ducks’ offense
early, which led by as many as 12 points in the
first 10 minutes of the game.
But the Bruins showed why they were once
considered one of the top teams in the country.
Down 21-10, three consecutive UCLA break
away dunks ignited a 19-6 run giving the Bru
ins a 29-27 lead.
Oregon remained undaunted, though, and
with the help of two quick three-pointers from
Jamal Lawrence, regained the lead going into
halftime at 36-34.
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MARK McTYRE/Emerald
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It's something I
dream about every
night. I just tried to
get as close as I
could, and when I
saw [O’Bannon]
coming I just pulled
up and shot.
— Henry Madden
UO Forward
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Player of
the Game
Oregon guard
Kenya Wilkins scored
18 points in the second
half, including five
clutch free throws, in
the Ducks’ 87-85 over
time win over UCLA.
Play of
the Game
Oregon's
Henry Madden hits a
12-footer with two sec
onds to go in overtime
to give the Ducks an
87-85 lead that they
would hold onto for the
win.
Quote of
the Day
“This was a
heck of a basketball
game. It was war.”
— Jerry Green,
UO coach
Oregon point
guard Kenya
Wilkins set
a new school
record for assists
Thursday night
against the UCLA
Bruins. Wilkins’
four assists
pushed him two
past the record of
572 career-assists
set by Ron Lee
back in 1976.
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Wilkins comes alive in second half
■ TURNAROUND: Wilkins could seemingly
do no wrong in the second half
By Andrea DeYoung
Assistant Sports Editor
The last time Kenya Wilkins led the Ducks in
points, the Pacific-10 Conference season hadn’t
even begun. And for the first 20 minutes, it
seemed as if the streak would continue.
Then the second half started. Fifty seconds lat
er, Wilkins had two points on a drive to the basket.
A minute and a half after that, he nailed a three.
By the time overtime ended and the Ducks were
celebrating on the court, Wilkins had tied for a
team-high 18 points.
So what was the big turnaround?
Wilkins shot O-for-1 in the first half, missing a
shot from behind the arc. But the second half, he
nailed six shots, including the three-pointer, and
hit five clutch free throws that may have meant
the difference between a win and a loss.
Did sitting for 20 minutes in the locker room
turn it around for him, or was it the pressure to
perform in front of a packed McArthur Court?
Turns out it was neither of those.
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