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“If you had told me that both me
and Borchardt would have what we
had and we would still lose, I
would say you’re crazy,” said Ja
cobsen, who admitted that he loves
playing in Eugene despite being the
constant target of the Pit Crew.
For Oregon, Luke Jackson poured
in 27 and Chris Christoffersen had
one of his better games, scoring 16,
including 6-of-7 from the foul line.
Freddie Jones (12 points), Ridnour
(11) and Brian Helquist (10) also
contributed to the win.
“The biggest key for us was we
got off to a great start and stayed
pretty much in control of the
game,” Kent said.
In the first half, Jacobsen was
lights out, scoring 22 points, but the
Ducks still held the 42-36 halftime
advantage.
“If Casey didn’t have 22 in the
first half, we would have been
sucking grapes,” Montgomery said.
Oregon jumped out to a 57-48
lead on a Ridnour three with 15:28
to play, but Stanford came back to
close the gap to 63-60. The Ducks
responded with a 10-3 run to take
the 73-63 lead at the 8:27 mark that
sent Mac Court into a frenzy.
The Cardinal wouldn’t quit,
though. Stanford answered with its
own 10-1 run that was capped by
the second three-pointer made by
Borchardt, the 7-foot center.
“I was warned about it, but I did
n’t quite believe it,” Christoffersen
said of his opponent’s shooting
ability.
The rest of the contest consisted
of the two Lukes stepping up and
Jacobsen messing up.
Trailing by three with 3:16 to
play, Jacobsen went to the charity
stripe and missed both free throws.
Jackson scored four of the Ducks’
next five points, setting up the
game’s biggest turnover.
With less than a minute remain
ing, Oregon leading 83-79, Stan
ford’s Chris Hernandez passed the
ball to Jacobsen, who fumbled it out
of bounds and essentially fumbled
away any chance his team had of
winning.
Ridnour was fouled, made both
of his free throws and the long
awaited win belonged to Oregon.
“That’s what you live for as a
player,” Ridnour said of his free
throws.
And playing games that mean
something are what the Ducks live
for as a team. A year ago, in a similar
matchup with Stanford, Oregon saw
its seven-point lead evaporate in the
closing minutes as the Cardinal
scored 20 of the last 26 points to win.
Of course, it wouldn’t matter as the
Ducks went a dismal 5-13 in league
play and didn’t even make the NIT.
But that was way back in 2001,
which is treated like ancient histo
ry by Oregon.
“We don’t talk about last year,”
Jones said. “This is a whole new
team. Last year is in the past;”
And the future is promising.
E-mail assistant sports editor Jeff Smith
at jeffsmith@dailyemerald.com.
Hockaday
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of his three-point attempts. He had
22 points in the first half alone.
Like a baseball slugger trying des
perately to carry his team, he hit
home run after home run, shots
that were answered with singles
and doubles from the other team.
Mighty Casey could have,
should have, would have extended
his Oregon dominance if only he
hadn’t, well, struck out.
Mighty Casey had a chance to be
a hero, a chance he has converted
many times before, on Saturday
night. With the Cardinal threaten
ing to come back from a 10-point
deficit at the 8:31 mark, Mighty
Casey hit two important free throws
with less than two minutes left to
make the score 81-79 Oregon. On
Stanford’s next possession, with the
Cardinal down by four points,
freshman guard Chris Hernandez
threw a pass to the three-point line
on the left side, and ...
Mighty Casey booted the ball. He
mishandled Hernandez’s pass and
the ball went off his hands and out of
bounds to Oregon with 45 seconds
left. Duck guard Luke Ridnour hit
two free throws on the next posses
sion to all but seal the Oregon win.
Mighty Casey said the loss was
the most telling statistic.
“I played well offensively, but it
would be really hard to say that my
best game came in a loss,” Jacobsen
said. “I don’t think I would ever say
that, I’m not that kind of person.”
Mighty Casey was, surely, not
responsible for his team’s demise.
His 32 points and Curtis Bor
chardt’s 29 accounted for 77 per
cent of the Stanford scoring. No,
the reasons Stanford lost on Satur
day night were numbered 22, 24,
25, 00, 01, 05,11, 33 and 42. Those
were the jersey numbers of the
nine players who saw court time
but combined for only 18 points.
“We’re starting five guys this
year, it’s a new rule,” Stanford
coach Mike Montgomery said sar
castically after the game. “We can’t
stand and watch Casey play.”
Mighty Casey couldn’t beat the
Oregon team Saturday. He scored
points from everywhere on the
floor, but the Ducks always found
an answer. The auditory result was
often comical; the fans would fill
Mac Court with cheering, go
deathly silent after a Mighty Casey
jump shot, then explode once
more with a Luke Jackson jumper
or a Ridnour trey.
Mighty Casey couldn’t overcome
Jackson’s 27 points, Chris Christof
fersen’s 16, Freddie Jones’s 12, Luke
Ridnour’s 11, Brian Helquist’s 10.
Mighty Casey, in the end, could
n’t single-handedly win the game
for the Cardinal, as hard as he
tried. To paraphrase the fabled
poem “Casey at the Bat”:
Oh, somewhere in Califomia
land the sun is shining bright.
And somewhere the Stanford
band is playing, and somewhere
hearts are light.
And somewhere professors are
laughing, and somewhere students
shout.
But there is no joy at Stanford —
Mighty Casey has struck out.
E-mail sports reporter Peter Hockaday
at peterhockaday@dailyemerald.com.
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was 7-6 in favor of the Wolverines,
but the next two matchups put the
meet away for Michigan.
At 174 pounds, No. 2 Otto Olson
pinned Oregon redshirt freshman
Dustin Fisher in the second period.
Freshman Elias Soto was then pinned
in the 184-pound weight class by No.
r
3 Andy Hrovat at 2:53 of the match.
Head coach Chuck Kearney said
he knew the match would be diffi
cult and was pleased with the way
his wrestlers fought against them.
“Otto Olson is as good as they
come,” Kearney said. “Hrovat is an
other guy who’s got an outside shot at
winning a national title. When you
are wrestling a replacement wrestler
and a true freshman against that cal
iber of people, those are the kind of
results that you are going to get. I was
pleased with (Fisher and Soto) and
Badicke at 157, wrestling against the
No. 5 kid in the country. They went
out there and they fought. ”
Heavyweight Eric Webb came up
with the only other win for Oregon
in a 4-1 decision over Steve Heleni
ack. During the match, Webb
showed obvious signs of discomfort
when putting weight on his right
leg. After the meet, Webb put on a
protective boot because of an injury
to the soft tissue between the bones
in his big toe, Kearney said.
Senior No. 9 Shaun Williams, who
has been sidelined since the Dec. 20
Reno Tournament of Champions due
to an ankle injury, returned to a loss to
No. 12 A.J. Grant. Williams was also
limping during Friday night’s meet.
Despite the loss to Michigan,
Kearney was pleased with particu
lar aspects of the meet.
“We knew they were tough,” he
said. “They don’t have any weak
spots in their lineup.
“We need to meet people of this
caliber, because this is what we are
aspiring to do to other people. ”
The Ducks next compete Jan. 25
against Pacific and Central Wash
ington at Mac Court.
E-mail sports reporter Chris Cabot
at chriscabot@dailyemerald.com.
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