Ducks Defeat Washington State, 74-66

Saturday, March 6

Eugene, Ore.

5:00 PM

University of Oregon

Washington State

Photo by: Eric Evans/GoDucks.com

03/07/10 | Men's Basketball

By: GoDucks.com

EUGENE, Ore. -- Junior forward LeKendric Longmire had 17 points and 10 rebounds to lead the University of Oregon men's basketball team to a 74-66 home win over Washington State in the regular season finale for both schools.

Four Ducks scored in double figures in the win, the third in the last four games for Oregon. Freshman forward E.J. Singler had 15 points, while senior guard Tajuan Porter and sophomore forward Jeremy Jacob had 12 and 11 points, respectively. The Ducks 50.0 percent from the field (26-of-52), while limiting the Cougars to just 35.7 percent shooting (20-of-56).

Klay Thompson had a game-best 22 points for WSU. DeAngelo Casto added a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds.

A near sell-out crowd of 8,761 watched the Ducks beat the Cougars (16-14, 7-11) to prevent a last-place finish in the Pac-10 for the second straight season.

Oregon (15-15, 7-11 Pac-10) will have rematch with Washington State in next Wednesday's match-up between the No. 8 and No. 9 seeds.

POSTGAME NOTEBOOK

SENIOR NIGHT: Oregon's Tajuan Porter and Joevan Catron were honored as Oregon's seniors in their final game of the season.

CAREER NIGHT: Oregon's LeKendric Longmire had the first double-double of his career with 17 points and 10 rebounds.

BALANCED SCORING: The Ducks had four-of-five starters in double figures with Tajuan Porter scoring 12, Jeremy Jacob with 11, EJ Singler with 15 and LeKendric Longmire with a team-high 17.

SECOND TIMES THE SAME: Klay Thompson led the Cougars with 22 points against the Ducks on Saturday afternoon. He had a game-high 33 for Washington State against Oregon in Pullman. DeAngelo Castro had a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds on Saturday and also had a double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds.

PORTER GETTING CLOSE: Tajuan Porter had two more 3-pointers on Saturday and needs just five more in the conference tournament to break the Pac-10 career record set by Salim Stoudamire.

LAST PAC IN MAC: A crowd of 8, (largest crowd this season) packed inside Mac Court to send the historic venue off in style. It was the last Pac-10 game to be played in the venue with Matthew Knight Arena scheduled to open up after the non-conference season next year. It was head coach Ernie Kent's 145th career victory inside Mac Court and his 234th overall career win leading the Ducks.