Wednesday, March 10
Los Angeles, Calif.
8:10 PM
University of Oregon
82
vs
80
No. 9 Washington State
Photo by: Associated Press
Ducks Top WSU in Overtime at Pac-10 Tournament
03/11/10 | Men's Basketball
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Senior guard Tajuan Porter scored 32 points, including eight in overtime, and the University of Oregon men's basketball rallied for an 82-80 victory over Washington State on Wednesday night in the Pac-10 Conference tournament opener.
The Ducks improved to 16-15 overall with the victory, which advances them to play top-seed California (21-9) on Thursday afternoon. Washington State ends its season at 16-15 on the year.
Joining Porter in double-figures in scoring was sophomore guard Teondre Williams and freshman forward E.J. Singler who each tallied 11 points. Singler hit a tip-in at the end of regulation to tie the game and send it to overtime. Junior forward LeKendric Longmire and Williams each tallied a team-best six rebounds.
Klay Thompson scored 20 points and made six 3-pointers for No. 9-seeded Washington State (16-15), which had five players score in double figures. Marcus Capers added 16 points.
Oregon shot 50.8 percent from the floor (33-of-65), while hitting 37.5 percent of its 3-pointers (6-of-16). The Ducks made 10-of-10 from the charity stripe, including 5-of-5 from Porter. WSU hit 46.0 percent from the field (29-of-63) and 10-of-21 on 3-pointers (47.6 percent).
OREGON POSTGAME NOTES
- Tajuan Porter, who finished with a game-high 32 points, reached 30+ points for the fifth time of his career and the second time this season. It also marked the 30th time of his career that Porter scored 20 or more points (sixth time on the year). It was Porter's 14th double-figure scoring effort on the season (and his fifth consecutive). It was also the 85th time of Porter's career where he's gone for 10 or more points.
- Porter's 28 field goals attempt matched a Pac-10 Tournament record.
- Teondre Williams came off the bench to score 11 points (5-of-6 on field goals). He entered the tournament having scored a total of 10 points in his last seven outings.
Tajuan Porter career numbers watch
- Porter pushed his school-record career 3-point total to 341 in 125 games played (341-of-887). He ranks second in Pac-10 Conference history and needs two more 3-pointers to break the league record held by Arizona's Salim Stoudamire (342, 2002-05). He is also just five attempts shy of breaking the Pac-10's 3-point field goals attempted record held by Arizona State's Stevin Smith (891, 1991-94).
- He remains fifth in school history with 1,777 points in 125 games.
- Porter has 103 career steals which ranks ninth all-time at UO.
- He also ranks ninth at Oregon for field goals made with 576 (576-of-1477)
Malcolm Armstead sets single-season steals record
Armstead has 64 steals in 31 games this season which is a school record for steals in a season. previous record of 63 was held by Terrell Brandon, Fred Jones and Luke Ridnour who held a three-way tie.
The Ducks improved to 16-15 overall with the victory, which advances them to play top-seed California (21-9) on Thursday afternoon. Washington State ends its season at 16-15 on the year.
Joining Porter in double-figures in scoring was sophomore guard Teondre Williams and freshman forward E.J. Singler who each tallied 11 points. Singler hit a tip-in at the end of regulation to tie the game and send it to overtime. Junior forward LeKendric Longmire and Williams each tallied a team-best six rebounds.
Klay Thompson scored 20 points and made six 3-pointers for No. 9-seeded Washington State (16-15), which had five players score in double figures. Marcus Capers added 16 points.
Oregon shot 50.8 percent from the floor (33-of-65), while hitting 37.5 percent of its 3-pointers (6-of-16). The Ducks made 10-of-10 from the charity stripe, including 5-of-5 from Porter. WSU hit 46.0 percent from the field (29-of-63) and 10-of-21 on 3-pointers (47.6 percent).
OREGON POSTGAME NOTES
- Tajuan Porter, who finished with a game-high 32 points, reached 30+ points for the fifth time of his career and the second time this season. It also marked the 30th time of his career that Porter scored 20 or more points (sixth time on the year). It was Porter's 14th double-figure scoring effort on the season (and his fifth consecutive). It was also the 85th time of Porter's career where he's gone for 10 or more points.
- Porter's 28 field goals attempt matched a Pac-10 Tournament record.
- Teondre Williams came off the bench to score 11 points (5-of-6 on field goals). He entered the tournament having scored a total of 10 points in his last seven outings.
Tajuan Porter career numbers watch
- Porter pushed his school-record career 3-point total to 341 in 125 games played (341-of-887). He ranks second in Pac-10 Conference history and needs two more 3-pointers to break the league record held by Arizona's Salim Stoudamire (342, 2002-05). He is also just five attempts shy of breaking the Pac-10's 3-point field goals attempted record held by Arizona State's Stevin Smith (891, 1991-94).
- He remains fifth in school history with 1,777 points in 125 games.
- Porter has 103 career steals which ranks ninth all-time at UO.
- He also ranks ninth at Oregon for field goals made with 576 (576-of-1477)
Malcolm Armstead sets single-season steals record
Armstead has 64 steals in 31 games this season which is a school record for steals in a season. previous record of 63 was held by Terrell Brandon, Fred Jones and Luke Ridnour who held a three-way tie.
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