Oregon State
Oregon
Beavers Fall To Rival Ducks
March 11, 2000 | Men's Basketball
March 11, 2000
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Senior forward A.D. Smith scored 21 points in his final appearance at MacArthur Court on Saturday as Oregon soundly defeated Oregon State 83-65 in both teams' final regular season game.
It was the fourth-straight winning game for the Ducks (22-7, 13-5 Pac-10), who have recorded the most regular season wins since 1945 and are headed for the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1995. It was also Oregon's 13th victory against the Beavers in 14 games.
Fellow Oregon seniors Alex Scales (15 points) and Darius Wright (10 points) combined with Smith to score 46 points, grab 11 rebounds and dish out seven assists.
But while the night belonged to the seniors, it was a pair of sophomores who helped unite the Ducks. Frederick Jones, in the best all-around performance of the night, scored 18 points, had six assists, four rebounds, three steals and two blocks, and Anthony Norwood came off the bench in the second half to score 11 points and connect on all three of his three-points attempts.
Deaundra Tanner led Oregon State with 19 points and six assists.
Jones fueled an early second-half run for the Ducks, with a three-pointer, a dunk and a pair of assists, as Oregon outscored the Beavers 11-2 to turn a 38-32 half-time lead into a 49-34 advantage with just more than 4 minutes played.
Oregon maintained a double-digit lead for the remainder of the game.
Smith, who just two weeks ago broke his left cheekbone against Southern California and 11 days removed from surgery to repair the break, won 7-9 from the field and 6-7 from the free-throw line for the Ducks.
It was a free-throw by Smith that broke a 25-25 tie with 5 minutes to play in the first half that gave Oregon the lead for good.
