Ucla Captures Ncaa Berth Bruins Edge Ducks In Home Finale To Win Third Consecutive Pac-10 Championship

Tears flowed as UCLA seniors Charles O’Bannon, Cameron Dollar and Bob Myers were introduced at Pauley Pavilion for the final time in their careers.

Oregon nearly caused more tears before the 10th-ranked Bruins rallied from a 16-point deficit to beat the Ducks 74-67 in Los Angeles on Saturday and win their seventh straight game.

“I tried to play it down and tell the team it’s a regular game,” said O’Bannon, who had 23 points and nine rebounds. “No tears, but my mom shed enough for all of us.”

Sadness turned to cheers when the Bruins (19-7, 13-3 Pac-10) clinched the conference’s automatic NCAA berth.

They ensured at least a tie for their third consecutive Pac-10 title.

“We have plenty of things to work on,” said UCLA coach Steve Lavin, whose team blew a 17-point lead against Oregon State Thursday before pulling out a win. “We have two games on the road, but in the last two (home) games, we have learned that we cannot be complacent. We’re not a good enough team to go half-speed and get Ws.”

The Ducks (16-10, 7-10), who beat UCLA 87-85 in overtime a month ago, threatened for much of the game to complete a season sweep.

They led by 16 points twice in the first half, and were still on top 64-63 on two free throws by Jamal Lawrence with 4:14 remaining.

“They came out with a lot of emotion, but we kept our poise and were able to chip down the lead,” O’Bannon said. The Bruins, started by O’Bannon’s putback, rallied with a game-closing 11-3 run. Toby Bailey had five points in the spurt, including a game-ending reverse slam dunk.

UCLA 74, Oregon 67

Oregon (16-10, 7-10) - Milling 5-9 1-4 11, Madden 2-7 3-4 7, Ramaker 2-3 1-3 5, Wilkins 4-8 4-4 14, Lawrence 6-15 2-2 17, Larry 0-3 0-0 0, Carson 1-3 1-2 3, Curry 1-3 0-2 3, Brown 3-8 1-3 7, McShane 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-59 13-24 67.

UCLA (19-7, 13-3) - O’Bannon 8-16 5-9 23, Henderson 6-12 3-6 15, Myers 0-0 0-0 0, Bailey 6-13 3-4 16, Dollar 2-9 0-0 5, McCoy 3-6 3-5 9, Loyd 2-7 0-0 6, Johnson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 27-64 14-24 74.

Halftime-Oregon 36, UCLA 33. 3-Point goals-Oregon 6-17 (Lawrence 3-8, Wilkins 2-2, Curry 1-2, Ramaker 0-1, Larry 0-1, Brown 0-3), UCLA 6-25 (O’Bannon 2-5, Loyd 2-7, Dollar 1-5, Bailey 1-8). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Oregon 42 (Milling 10), UCLA 40 (O’Bannon, Henderson 9). Assists-Oregon 14 (Wilkins 4), UCLA 19 (Dollar 9). Total fouls- Oregon 20, UCLA 21. Technicals-Henderson, Larry. A-12,341.

(25) Stanford 73, Cal 63

Kris Weems and David Moseley scored 16 points each to lead Stanford as Cal played for the first time since losing Pac-10 scoring leader Ed Gray to a season-ending injury.

Arthur Lee added 10 points and Peter Sauer and Mark Madsen had nine points each for Stanford. Brevin Knight had 13 assists and nine rebounds in addition to five points as the Cardinal (18-7, 10-6) remained unbeaten at Maples Pavilion in 10 games this season.

Randy Duck had 16 points and Tony Gonzalez, who replaced Gray in the starting lineup, added 14 points and nine rebounds for Cal (19-8, 10-6), which lost its second straight after winning nine of the previous 10.

California (19-8, 10-6) - Grigsby 2-7 0-1 4, Gonzalez 5-16 4-8 14, Stewart 1-2 3-4 5, Duck 6-13 0-0 16, McGruder 3-7 1-2 7, Jones 3-9 1-2 7, McQueen 2-4 0-0 5, Marks 2-7 1-3 5. Totals 24-65 10-20 63.

Stanford (18-7, 10-6) - Sauer 3-8 2-2 9, Young 3-9 2-2 8, Weems 6-10 1-1 16, Lee 4-9 0-1 10, Knight 1-6 2-2 5, Madsen 4-5 1-2 9, Moseley 6-12 0-0 16, Seaton 0-1 0-0 0, Jackson 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 27-62 8-10 73.

Halftime-Stanford 36, California 29. 3-Point goals-California 5-11 (Duck 4-7, McQueen 1-3, McGruder 0-1); Stanford 11-22 (Moseley 4-10, Weems 3-4, Lee 2-4, Knight 1-1, Sauer 1-2, Jackson 0-1). Fouled out-none. Rebounds-California 43 (Gonzalez 9), Stanford 38 (Knight 9). Assists-California 13 (McGruder, McQueen 4), Stanford 22 (Knight 13). Total fouls-California 16, Stanford 16. A-7,391.

USC 83, Oregon St. 62

Seniors Stais Boseman and Jaha Wilson, playing their final home game, led the Trojans past the Beavers.

Boseman had 22 points, five rebounds, four assists and three steals, and Wilson, a reserve, had 21 points and seven rebounds for the Trojans.

Freshman Corey Benjamin led Oregon State with 11 points.

Freshman Jarvis Turner scored 12 points and senior Rodrick Rhodes came off the bench to hand out 11 assists for USC.

Oregon St. (7-19, 3-14) - Woods 2-3 2-3 6, Knight 1-6 0-0 2, C. Benjamin 3-7 4-4 11, Bickerstaff 2-4 3-5 7, Cunningham 2-5 2-2 7, S. Benjamin 3-5 0-0 6, Marshall 3-4 3-3 9, Grady 1-5 2-2 4, Vaden 0-2 0-0 0, Riggs 0-1 2-4 2, Edwards 2-5 0-0 4, Petrovic 1-1 0-0 2, Pryor 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 21-52 18-23 62.

USC (16-9, 11-5) - Williams 2-5 2-2 6, Boseman 9-18 0-0 22, Crouse 2-3 0-0 4, Johnson 0-3 0-0 0, Ayuso 2-9 2-2 6, Walker 2-6 0-0 6, Rhodes 1-5 2-5 5, Wilson 8-10 5-6 21, Turner 5-5 2-4 12, Shoukry 0-0 1-2 1, White 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-64 14-21 83.

Halftime-USC 32, Oregon St. 27. 3-Point goals-Oregon St. 2-11 (C. Benjamin 1-3, Cunningham 1-4, Riggs 0-1, Vaden 0-1, Edwards 0-2), USC 7-24 (Boseman 4-11, Walker 2-6, Rhodes 1-2, Johnson 0-1, Ayuso 0-4). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Oregon St. 32 (Woods 6), USC 37 (Wilson 7). Assists-Oregon St. 11 (Cunningham 5), USC 20 (Rhodes 11). Total fouls-Oregon St. 22, USC 22. Technical-Cunningham. A-4,431.