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After the game, both Kent and Ol
son made a point to downplay the
incident.
It was "nothing," Olson said. "I
was saying something to the official
over there. I didn't have words with
coach Kent, I had words with the
referee. I was a little bit irritated by
that call."
"The bottom line is, the officiat
ing had very little to do with the
outcome of that ball game," Kent
said. "I felt I had to do that to pro
tect my team.
"Officials have a tough job. You
can't blame anything on them."
When it was all said and done, a
huge finger could be pointed at
Oregon's start to the game. The
Ducks (12-8 overall, 7-6 Pac-10) al
lowed Arizona to jump out to a 6-0
lead before Jackson made a three
pointer three minutes into the
game.
Before Oregon knew it, Arizona
(16-7, 9-5) had jumped out to a 17
5 lead with 13:44 left to play in the
first half.
I thought the difference in the ball
game was our start," Kent said. "We
were never able to get that momen
tum back."
The Ducks tried, getting to within
10, 38-28, with less than five min
utes left to play. But Stoudamire,
who scored 20 in the first frame,
took over the final part of the half
along with Andre Iguodala and
Adams.
The trio combined to score 14 of
Arizona's last 16 points of the half as
the Wildcats took a 54-38 lead into
the break.
"Stoudamire was explosive, like
he has been his last three or four
games," Kent said. "Adams plays
like he's 6-foot-10 because of his
athleticism. And he really took
advantage of that, giving us trou
ble going baseline and using that
ability."
Jackson was his usual consistent
self, buoying the Ducks offensively. At
one point during the second half, he
scored 12 points in a row, pulling the
Ducks to within seven.
He took 21 shots, connecting on
14, and scored the most points at
McArthur Court by an Oregon player
in the arena's history.
"There is no question that Luke
Jackson is the best player in this
league because he plays on both
ends with great intensity," Olson
said. "I have great respect for him,
he's a very special player and per
son. You never see him lose it on
the court."
Oregon received some momen
tum midway through the second
half by the return of freshman point
guard Aaron Brooks to the floor. He
had been cleared shortly before the
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TOP: Arizona’s Channing Frye had a tooth knocked loose during the game.
BOTTOM: Arizona head coach Lute Olson was slapped with a technical foul in the second half.
game, but said he really wasn't ex
pecting to play.
Well, he didn't really even know
what to expect.
"I felt good," Brooks said.
"(Kent) said to be ready just in case.
He put me in and I was excited. I
just wanted to get out there and dis
tribute the ball. I was not tentative
at all."
Brooks played 12 minutes and
scored one point — a free throw. He
had three assists in the loss.
For the record, the Ducks gave up
more than 76 points for the eighth
time this season. And for the eighth
time this season, Oregon fell in the
loss column.
The eighth one hurts a lot.
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