- Men’s
continued from page 9
Ducks also recorded their 20th
victory for just the ninth time in
school history and jumped out to
a 12-4 conference record for the
first time since the 1938-39
NCAA championship team.
From the beginning Saturday, it
was Freddie Jones’ night. The sen
ior capped off his Mac Court career
in spectacular fashion, scoring \5
of the first 18 Oregon points en
route to a 33-point night.
“I wanted to make sure I got my
self involved early,” Jones said.
“Coach gave me a lot of freedom.”
While the enthusiasm generated
from Jones’ emphatic slams — in
cluding one facial over Errol
Knight — gave the feeling of a cele
bratory atmosphere to honor the
seniors, the Huskies never rolled
over and let the party ensue.
Washington (10-17, 4-13), which
beat Oregon earlier this season in
Seattle, continued to give the
Ducks fits. Doug Wrenn paced the
Huskies with 27 points and Curtis
Allen chipped in 18.
At halftime, the Ducks led 51
45, but appeared to take control in
the second half. With 6:51 to play,
Oregon’s Robert Johnson convert
ed a hook shot in the paint to put
his team on top 76-63 — the largest
lead of the game.
The Huskies stormed right back
in it, though, after a 13-4 run
trimmed the lead to four.
But Jones, who has received crit
icism in th& past for not closing
out games, stepped up to the plate
on senior night and connected.
First, at the 3:16 mark, he
nailed a three-pointer to extend
the margin to 80-71 and awaken
the crowd. Then, with the
Huskies trailing only 82-79 and
less than a minute showing on
the clock, he launched a three in
front of the Oregon bench that
sealed the deal. In all, Jones
made 5-of-7 three-pointers,
grabbed seven rebounds and had
five steals.
“He had some big threes and big
plays to start the game and some
big threes to finish out the game,”
Kent said. “We all know he’s been
through a lot of growth. I’m going
to miss him immensely. It’s going
to be unreal with him not being
there (next season).”
Washington head coach Bob
Bender was more succinct.
“He just had it going,” he said.
Luke Jackson helped Jones car
ry the load with 23 points and
senior Anthony Lever made all
three treys he took in an 11-point
performance. Luke Ridnour only
made l-of-10 shot attempts, but
did record a career-high 10 as
sists.
Now, the talk shifts toward this
week’s regular season-ending
games in Los Angeles, beginning
with the Trojans on Thursday.
But before looking ahead, Kent
made sure to address the fans Sat
urday and thank them for their
support, as well as give his six
seniors one last round of ap
plause at The Pit.
“I think you need to give these
seniors and this team a terrific
send-off as we get ready to go
down to L.A. and bring back the
Pac-10 championship!” Kent said.
The cheers resumed.
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atjeffsmith@dailyemerald.com. .
Oregon coach Ernie Kent addresses the McArthur Court fans after the Ducks beat the Huskies to cap off a 16-0 home record.
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continued from page 9
the graduating six. The students
waved signs that said “I love sen
iors” and chanted “Fred-die, Fred
die” when Jones was introduced.
“It’s a great feeling,” Lever said,
reflecting on a super senior night
and senior season. “Compared to
what we went through last year, I
don’t think you can beat it.”
The game had a number df differ
ent factors for Oregon that could
have distracted a more youthful
team. There was the perfect home
record at stake. There was the con
ference lead at stake. There was
senior night.
“Coming into this game, there was
a lot of pressure building on us,”
Kent said. “But this team has been
tremendous all year long. They’ve
done a good job and have been able
to handle themselves in big games.”
Washington’s youth showed to
ward the end of Saturday’s game.
Sophomore Doug Wrenn, who led
the Huskies with 27 points, made
a key turnover with 45 seconds
left and Washington down by six
points. On the other end, he
fouled Oregon’s Luke Ridnour,
who made both foul shots to seal
the Duck victory.
Washington head coach Bob
Bender said he was proud of his
team’s play Saturday.
“We fought like crazy all night
and put ourselves in good posi
tion,” Bender said. “But it came
down to a couple of defensive
lapses.”
Those defensive lapses led to
two three-pointers for Jones late in
the game. The senior nailed his
treys to help lead Oregon to the win
in front of a sold out crowd.
“They expect me to hit those
shots, and I expect myself to hit.
them,” Jones said., : ‘ V
He was just one of six seniors to
leave Mac Court for good on Satur
day night, but Kent was quick to
point out that his and the other sen
iors’ careers are far from over. The
Ducks will play at Southern Cali
fornia and UCLA next weekend,
then play in the Pac-10 Tourna
ment the following weekend before
heading to the NCAA Tournament.
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