OR basketball back on top against USC

With the loss, the Trojans were unable to avenge their 84-61 loss to the Ducks earlier this season on December 30. The Trojans had hoped his presence would be decisive.

“Our shots weren’t falling and they were getting everything they wanted”, Wiese said. The 1988-89 squad made 42.6 percent of its 3-point shots.

In the waning minutes, Metu failed to flush an alley-oop. The only real question is: “Will UCLA just score and not worry about defense or will they build on their defense effort from the second half of the or game?” In the second meeting, they had 16 turnovers.

“We missed our fair share, and everybody’s fair share the first seven games”, said Enfield.

The shooting didn’t help. “They definitely enforced their will on us and we didn’t respond the way that we should have”.

“We’ve seen (the shortcomings) all year and nothing’s changing”, said Oregon State redshirt freshman guard Kendal Manuel, who had 11 points against USC.

The answer came in the form of a statement-making victory. They had that press on us, and we weren’t handling it the way that we should, for whatever reason.

Earlier in the day the NCAA tournament selection committee disclosed their top 16 teams, which was done in the name of “transparency” but really was done to stir up the pot.

USC was not one of them. USC already had a similar resume to the Pac-12 triumvirate.

USC: The Trojans head south to Eugene to face Oregon. But it needed a head-to-head win. And UCLA confirmed those fears for the first three quarters of its victory over Oregon State, leading the last-place team in the Pac-12 by five with less than 10 minutes to play before separating for a more comfortable 13-point final margin.

As USC forward Bennie Boatwright charged to the basket, putting up a short jump shot in the lane, he drew contact from Dillon Brooks. It just confused a fifth foul with a breakthrough victory.

OR would have to play without its leading scorer.

There’s no doubt the Bruins should win this one easily and it may very well be another 40-point win like last weekend against Washington. For USC, Metu scored 16 and Stewart scored 15.

Dorsey shouldered the load from there, hitting two huge three-pointers in the waning minutes.

It was over when: The Beavers outscored UCLA 19-15 in the final period, helping OSU extend its lead to as many as 11 points. Now, a double-digit lead late was slipping away.

That’s when Dorsey, the sophomore from Maranatha, drained the killer 3, and Jordan Bell (Long Beach) scored on a baseline spin move. He sidestepped a flying Dylan Ennis and made the shot from in front of his team’s bench.

Brooks, Stewart said, “became a martyr”.

In the Second Quarter, Oregon continued to push the pace.

USC’s plan for the first half of the rematch was clear.

Guard Dylan Ennis added 12 points as OR (22-4) remained in second place in the Pac-12 at 11-2.

The Trojans took their first lead on Jordan McLaughlin’s 3-pointer early in the second half.

I think the most important thing sh brings is intensity. We played hard, but we have to play better to have a chance. “We just didn’t play well enough to beat a top-five team in the country”.