University of Oregon
Portland
Oregon Flies Over Pilots with 15 Threes
12/23/03 | Men's Basketball
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Luke Jackson rebounded from a cold-shooting first half to score 19 points and lead Oregon to an 88-70 victory over Portland on Monday.
The win avenged a surprising loss that Oregon (5-2) suffered at Portland (5-5) two years ago.
"Losing here two years ago might have been the worst loss I can remember since I've been here at Oregon," Jackson said. "I wanted this win so bad for everybody who was on that team."
Jackson made only 2-of-9 shots in the first half, but the Ducks hit 6-of-9 3-pointers to get a 34-28 lead by the half.
Jackson heated up in the second half but he didn't get his first basket of the period until the 10:45 mark. Then he scored on a slam dunk after driving to the baseline. That put the Ducks ahead 59-46.
The 6-foot-7 senior followed that with a layup and two 3-pointers to push Oregon's lead to 67-52. Oregon had its biggest advantage of the game when Andre Joseph hit a 3-pointer to make the score 74-54 with 6:22 remaining.
"We never had a run in the second half and I thought that was the difference," said Portland coach Michael Holton.
For the game, the Ducks made a season-high 15 3-pointers -- which tied the Chiles Center record set by Loyola-Marymount in 1990 -- out of 21 attempts, for an astounding 71 percent.
"It doesn't hurt whenever you shoot in the 70s from the 3-point line. We'll take it," Jackson said.
James Davis led the way by making 5-of-8 3-pointers. He finished with 18 points. Jackson and Joseph, who wound up with 15 points, both hit a trio of 3-pointers.
Even 6-foot-11 Ian Crosswhite got in on the act by hitting his only 3-point attempt. He finished with 18 points and a game-high nine rebounds.
"We were really unselfish and kind of got them running all over the place," Crosswhite said. "James, Andre, Luke and Brandon (Lincoln), everybody was stepping up and knocking down the threes."
Eugene Jeter led Portland with 19 points but was only 1-of-7 from beyond the arc.
Portland entered the game as the nation's third-best 3-pointer shooting team. The Pilots improved on their percentage, hitting 8-of-19 for 42 percent but they couldn't keep pace with the Ducks.
