Arizona Tops Oregon, 74-60

Saturday, January 16

Eugene, Ore.

1:30 PM

University of Oregon

Arizona

Malcolm Armstead, 2009-10 Oregon Men's Basketball

01/17/10 | Men's Basketball

By: GoDucks.com

EUGENE, Ore. -- The Arizona Wildcats defeated the University of Oregon men's basketball team 74-60 in a Saturday afternoon game played at McArthur Court in Eugene. UA improved to 9-9 overall and 3-3 in conference play with the victory. The Ducks dropped to 10-7 on the year and 2-3 in league action.

Arizona's Derrick Williams had a double-double with 20 points and 13 rebounds, while Nic Wise and Kyle Fogg each had 19 points in the win. Wise added a team-high five assists and a steal.

The Wildcats shot 51.2 percent from the field (21-of-41), but was limited to 35.7 percent shooting on 3-pointers (5-of-14). UA finished 81.8 percent from the free throw line (27-of-33). The Ducks shot just 33.3 percent on field goals (20-of-60), while making a season-worst 18.8 percent from behind the 3-point arc. UO shot 77.3 percent on free throws in making 17-of-22.

Oregon was led offensively by LeKendric Longmire who had a team-best 18 points on 6-of-15 shooting. Sophomore guard Malcolm Armstead had 16 points and two steals, and fellow sophomore Michael Dunigan had 14 points and two blocked shots from his post position.

Behind Dunigan, Oregon held a 30-20 edge in points in the paint, while also holding a 41-7 advantage in points from bench players. Arizona's five starters combined to score 67 of the 74 points the Wildcats had as a team. Oregon's starters had just 19 of the 60 points in the game.

The Ducks were out-rebounded, 36-28, despite taking 19 more shots than the Wildcats.

Arizona opened the game on a 7-0 run, with four different players combining for those early points. Oregon's first points came at the 16:38 mark, a pair of free throws by Armstead to put the score at 7-2.

A dunk by Dunigan, assisted by Armstead, cut the lead to seven points, 11-4, with 14:44 on the clock. Oregon opened the first seven minutes of the game just 1-of-10 from the field, 0-of-3 from behind the 3-point arc.

Longmire and sophomore guard Teondre Williams converted jump shots on consecutive possessions to narrow the lead to 13-8. It was then Longmire and Porter who teamed up for the next six Oregon points, cutting the lead to five, 20-15.

Next time down the court, Dunigan grabbed an offensive rebound and finished with a two-handed slam to make it 20-17 at the 9:30 mark. A great hustle play by Williams, crashing the offensive glass and finishing with a reverse lay-up, cut the lead to a point just a minute later.

Oregon tied the game for the first time since the opening tip, a Jacob offensive board and put-back score which put the score at 22-apiece with 5:30 in the half.

Armstead hit a clutch 3-pointer at the end of the shot clock to tie it again at 29-29 with 2:49 remaining. Arizona followed that with a 7-0 run to close the half with a 36-29 advantage.

Oregon was led through the first 20 minutes by Longmire who had a team-best nine points, while Porter and Armstead each had five points. The Ducks shot just 35.5 percent from the field (11-of-31) while making only 2-of-7 on 3-pointers.

Arizona made 10 of its 17 first-half field goals for 58.8 percent. The Wildcats did most of their damage from the free throw line where they went 15-of-19 for 78.9 percent.

Dunigan opened the second half with a jump hook in the lane to put the score at 36-31. A pair of 3-pointers by Wise put Arizona up nine points, 42-33, with 16 minutes in the game.

The Wildcats built their lead up to 10 points, 49-39, at the 12-minute mark. They expended that to as many as 14 points on two occasions, a 56-42 score with eight minutes remaining and a 72-58 mark with under a minute to play.

POSTGAME NOTES:

LETTING IT FLY: Oregon has taken more shots than their opponents in all but three games this season and that trend continued against Arizona, where the Ducks took 60 shots while Arizona attempted just 41. The 19 shot difference was only the second largest for Oregon this season, as the Ducks fired 20 more shots than UC Davis on Nov. 14. On average, the Ducks are taking almost nine (8.6) more shots per game than their opponents this season. However, the Ducks are 3-0 in games where they take less shots than the opposing team (Colorado State, Montana State and Arkansas-Pine Bluff).

TURNOVER ADVANTAGE: The Ducks have had less turnovers than their opponents in 13 games this season, including the Arizona game where Oregon led the category 18-11. Oregon's record when they have less turnovers than their opponents, however, is just 8-5 and 1-2 in conference play.

BALANCED REBOUNDING: While no Duck had more than four rebounds against Arizona State, all players that saw playing time pulled down at least one board. It was the second straight time the Ducks achieved that after it happened just once previously this season. Oregon was outrebounded by Arizona 36-28 overall in the game, however, but led the Wildcats 13-8 on the offensive glass.

BENCH SCORING: Oregon's leading scorer against Arizona was LeKendric Longmire, who came off the bench. It was just the third time this season that the leading scorer for the Ducks was a bench player, but second straight time it's happened. Longmire scored 11 points to pace the Ducks against Arizona State, Armstead scored a team-high 21 after coming off the bench against Portland and Teondre Williams had 19 points in a reserve role in the season-opener against Winston-Salem State.

STARTING LINEUP: The starting lineup for the Ducks against Arizona was Jamil Wilson, EJ Singler, Michael Dunigan, Teondre Williams and Garrett Sim. It was the first time this season head coach Ernie Kent has used that lineup. Williams last started for the Ducks against Saint Mary's on Dec. 12 while Sim last started on Dec. 28 versus Arkansas-Pine Bluff. It also ended a streak of four-straight games that Dunigan, Singler, Wilson, Malcolm Armstead and Tajuan Porter had begun the game.