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(7) Wake Forest
(10) Pepperdine
(3) Miss. St.
(14) McNeese St.
(6) Texas
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2ND ROUND 1 REGIONALS
REGIONALS I 2ND ROUND
1ST ROUND
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must reflect on the wild first half,
which consisted of both Oregon
and USC showcasing plenty of raz
zle-dazzle.
First, Oregon took a 17-10 lead af
ter a 10-0 run. Then USC answered
with an 11-0 run to reclaim the lead
at 21-17. But the Ducks came right
back and scored 18 of the next 20
points to open up a 35-23 lead, and
it appeared that Oregon was going
to run away with the game.
Alas, the Trojans (22-8, 12-6)
closed the entertaining half with a
22-13 run to cut the Oregon lead to
48-45 and set the stage for their sec
ond half dominance.
“I thought we were pretty spec
tacular in the first half,” Oregon
head coach Ernie Kent said.
“Maybe running too much caught
up with us in the second half.”
Whatever it was, the Trojans
turned up the heat, utilizing a full
court press that baffled the Ducks.
Oregon led 68-65 after a Chris
Christoffersen bucket with less
than 12 minutes to play. But from
there, it was all USC. The Trojans
scored the next 10 points en route
to a game-closing 26-10 run that ac
counted for their 11-point victory
— the largest margin of defeat for
Oregon all season.
This was a win that USC badly
mm—mm
wanted after losing two close ones
to the Ducks during the regular sea
son and, thus, losing out on the
conference title as well.
“I really didn’t want to lose to
them three times,” USC senior Sam
Clancy said.
“We felt that Oregon took the
championship from us and the
coach of the year award away from
coach (Henry) Bibby,” said sopho
more Jerry Dupree, who was the
Trojans’ spark-plug with 12 points.
Speaking of coaches, both Bibby
and Kent were faced with similar
dilemmas and made opposite choic
es. First, Oregon senior Freddie Jones
picked up his fourth foul with 9:46
to play and Kent promptly pulled
him. Jones, who scored a game-high
20, returned four minutes later with
the Ducks trailing by eight.
“We knew we had to rest him for
a stretch there, and it turned out to
be a critical stretch,” Kent said.
With 7:23 to play, Clancy also
picked up his fourth foul, but Bibby
kept him in for the rest of the way.
“I never thought about taking
him out,” Bibby said. “Sam got us
here, so Sam is going to stay in the
game.”
Jones might not have made that
much of a difference with the way
the Trojans were feeding off their
large fan base, which clearly didn’t
provide a neutral floor atmosphere
for the Ducks.
“Their school is, what, two min
utes away?” Ridnour said. “They
had a lot of fans here.”
“USC was pumped up for us,”
Oregon sophomore Jay Anderson
said. “They were doing a little ex
cessive celebration there at the end.
The tournament isn’t over for them.
I don’t know what they were so
happy about.”
Clearly, USC was thrilled to
beat Oregon. But now it’s the
Ducks with revenge on their
minds. With his ankle tape cut
and on the floor, Ridnour eventu
ally moved his thoughts away
from the past couple of hours and
toward the future.
“It’s a good experience for us to
play in a big arena and knowing
that if you lose, you’re done,” Rid
nour said. “We wanted to be in the
championship game, but we can’t
let this ruin our season. We have to
use this loss as motivation for the
NCAA Tournament.
“USC was talking a lot about
playing us and they came out and
got it done and we didn’t. Hopeful
ly we play them again this year in
the Elite Eight.”
With that, Ridnour dressed him
self and departed from the Lakers’
confines, leaving the scenes of a
frustrating night but entering the
promise of a mad March.
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