Jackson heads Ducks'
three-point day
Oregon goes 14 for 27
on three-pointers against
Fresno State in the win
By Jesse Thomas
Sports Reporter
Senior Luke Jackson made a state
ment to the Fresno State defense in the
first half of Friday night's game
In the first seven minutes, Jackson
was 4 for 5 from the three-point line
'They made every three" Fresno
State head coach Ray Lopes said. "We
left them too open. We didn't do a
good job of getting a hand up on
shooters, rhey got a great player in Jack
son. 1 Ie got off to a great start."
After Jackson earned himself 12
points, guards James Davis and Andre
Joseph took over the shooting duties
from downtown.
At 11:48 of the first half, Davis hit
the first of his three three-pointers to
put Oregon back up by 10 points.
Then Joseph got hot.
For nearly six minutes toward the
end of the first half, Joseph carried the
team as the only scorer by making three
in a row from beyond the arc.
Joseph was 3 for 6 on the night from
three-point land, helping him to his 15
points in Oregon's 80-67 win. Joseph
said it just feels natural.
"I feel comfortable taking it," he said.
"It's open, I've been doing it all my life I
just feel like it's going to go in."
In the final two minutes of the first
half, Davis and sophomore Brandon
Lincoln both converted, helping Ore
gon to a 42-30 lead at halftime. The
Ducks were 10 for 17 on three-pointers
in the first 20 minutes.
Oregon looked well on its way to
breaking a team record of 16 three
pointers in one game; set against Wash
ington State in February 2002.
Jackson also looked to have a chance
to break the individual record of eight
three-pointers in one game, set by Or
lando Williams and Jamal Lawrence in
the mid-1990s.
It remained promising as freshman
Aaron Brooks hit from three off an as
sist from Jackson for Oregon's first score
at 17:53 in the second half.
Then Oregon went cold. The Ducks
didn't hit again until the eight-minute
mark. Fresno State caught on.
"We were on fire there for a little
while," forward Ian Crosswhite said.
"The guys were just knocking them
down. Maybe they (Fresno State) were
getting out to the shooters a little better.
They realized those guys were lighting
them up from the three-point line"
At 8:31, Davis hit the third three in his
seven attempts. Jackson hit for the last
time at 6:20 on his fifth three to keep
Oregon ahead, 64-51. Lincoln scored
his second in the final three minutes.
"If we're going to shoot like that
from tlie three-point line, it's going to
be tough to beat us," Jackson said. "We
came out shooting the ball really well.
We were hot right off the bat. Every
body came in and hit a three, pretty
much, and that really helped."
Every Oregon player who attempted
a three-pointer made at least one Brooks
was 1 for 2, Lincoln was 2 for 4 and Jack
son led the way shooting 5 for 8.
Jackson's five broke his career high in
a game after earning four in games
against Arizona and Washington in the
past two seasons.
"If the three-point shot is there I'm a
strong believer in it," Oregon head
coach Ernie Kent said. "We need to
BASKETBALL
continued from page 7
The Ducks shot well early on, hit
ting 10 three-pointers in the first half
against a primarily zone defense.
Oregon shot 58 percent from be
yond the arc and 50 percent overall
in the first half.
Adam Amato Photo Editor
Andre Joseph was key for Oregon in its 13
point win over Fresno State.
Oregon received open looks time
after time. They were moving the
ball well, and at the same time pop
ping shots off because the Bulldogs
were slow to the ball. The Ducks had
clear looks at the basket.
"Zone's going to be a big defense
for us all year long," Lopes said.
"You've got to win with what's going
to be successful for your team."
The Ducks won well with their
traditional run-and-gun offense.
Aaron Brooks and whole host of
Oregon players ran the offense with
minimal problems, turning the ball
over 15 times.
The Ducks transitioned well, got
open looks early on and let the ball fly.
That's a win.
Oregon is 1-0.
"It was a great start to what is
hopefully a great year," Jackson said.
Contact the sports editor
at hankhager@dailyemerald.com.
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James Davis (1) sank three three-pointers against the Bulldogs in Oregon’s win.
shoot the three, because we've got some
really good shooters on this team....
There was not one single one that is
what 1 would call a bad shot."
Kent thinks Oregon still could have
done better.
'There were six or seven of them that
were wide open that could have given
you a higher mark out there in shoot
ing the basketball," he said. "It just tells
you that we're a really good shooting
basketball team."
Contact the sports reporter
at jessethomas@dailyemerald.com.
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