Emotional night for Kents
as Ernie, Jordan both win
■ Oregon head coach Ernie Kent won the Civil War and his son,
Jordan, won the 4A Boys Championship game Saturday night
By Peter Hockaday
Oregon Daily Emerald
CORVALLIS — It was as
poignant a moment as you can find
in this sports world cluttered with
so much trash.
Oregon head coach Ernie Kent,
voice hoarse, addressed the media
in the basement of Oregon State’s
Gill Coliseum less than a half-hour
after his team had become NIT-eligi
ble by beating the Beavers 69-60.
Less than four feet away, on a 32
inch television, Kent’s son, Jordan, a
forward for the Churchill High
Lancers, was celebrating his victo
ry in the Oregon Class 4A boys bas
ketball title game and was also fac
ing the media.
The camera cut to Kent’s wife, Di
anna, in the crowd.
Fox Sports Net launched a Jordan
Kent highlight reel, as a broadcaster
interviewed the high school junior.
Still, the coach was oblivious to the
praise his son was receiving.
Someone told Kent that his son
and wife were on the television.
“What? What am I talking to you
all for?” the coach exclaimed, and
leaned over the table in front of him
in an attempt to see the TV. “The
game’s on TV and I can’t even see
it?”
It was a winning evening for the
Kent family. Jordan scored a game
high 20 points to lead Churchill to a
78-46 victory over Benson that, by
all accounts, was never really close.
Meanwhile, in Corvallis, Jordan’s
dad coached the Ducks through one
of their ugliest games of the season
to a victory that, finally, qualified
them for the NIT (even though Ore
gon was not selected!.
Churchill’s victory was felt by both
father and son. Standing outside the
Ducks’ locker room after Saturday’s
game, reporters heard the coach
launch into a joyous tirade after he
found out that Churchill was win
ning by 30 points.
“How ‘bout that?” Kent said.
“How ‘bout THAT?”
“He just went bonkers,” Oregon
center Julius Hicks said afterwards.
At that point, Coach Kent didn’t
know that Jordan was the star of the
state title game. Along with the tel
evision exposure and the points,
Jordan was named to the
OSAA/US Bank All-Tournament
Second Team. As the Lancers gath
ered at Portland’s Memorial Colise
um to accept the championship tro
phy, Jordan lofted the hardware
above his head triumphantly, in a
moment that obviously was one of
the most emotional of his life.
The other Kent, meanwhile, dis
sected Oregon’s win over in-state
rival Oregon State, but his mind
was with Jordan and Dianna in
Portland.
“It will definitely be a happy
household in the Kent house
tonight,” Kent said.
For good reason.
Men’s
continued from page 7
point in his post-game comments af
ter the final contest of his first season
in Corvallis.
“We probably should apologize
to the 8,870 Oregon State fans for
our effort,” McKay said. “We didn’t
have any offense. [Oregon] played
with a sense of urgency like they
wanted to continue their season.
That was the worst effort.
“I never saw it in their eyes.”
That could have been said for ei
ther team in the opening minutes of
the game, as Oregon was only up 9-3
at the 11:10 mark of the half. Missed
shots continued to pile up for both
teams, and Oregon entered the half
leading 23-19. The Beavers shot 25
percent from the field in the first half
while the Ducks managed to shoot
just under 30 percent in that time.
“I don’t think we came out flat,
we just weren’t playing as smart as
we could have been,” Bracey said.
The score remained close during
the beginning of the second half, but
then the tide took a noticeable turn
in the Ducks’ favor when Oregon
State forward Brian Jackson fouled
out with 11:31 to play. Jackson fin
ished with 10 points.
With Jackson out, Oregon took a
41-31 lead after a Julius Hicks re
bound-basket with 10:20 remain
ing. The Beavers made a late charge
and cut to within 54-50 after two Ja
son Heide free throws at the 2:29
mark, which prompted the Gill Col
iseum crowd to rise to its feet in
roaring approval.
But then Bracey put up a missed
shot and Julius Hicks rebounded it
and emphatically threw it down
with two hands to help the Ducks
put the game away.
“We were only up four and that
put us by six,” Bracey said. “That
shut up the crowd. ”
The Ducks then converted 13 free
throws in the final 1:11 to clinch the
win.
The victory came a week after the
Ducks’ embarrassing 39-point de
feat to Arizona. After the loss, Kent
knew that his team was fatigued
and gave them three days off before
practicing for the Civil War.
“It was a week that we put Arizona
behind us quickly,” Kent said. “You
can’t dwell. I challenged my team. It’s
been a long haul, and it’ll be interest
ing to see if we get into the NIT. ”
As Kent would find out less than
24 hours later, however, his team
will not be making its third straight
postseason appearance despite be
ing the only non-NCAA Tourna
ment team in the Pac-10 that would
be eligible to play in the NIT.
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