University of Washington
Oregon
No. 14 Washington Dunks Oregon Ducks, 77-56
January 13, 2005 | Men's Basketball
Jan. 14, 2005
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By TIM KORTE
AP Sports Writer
SEATTLE (AP) - Tre Simmons and Bobby Jones each scored 15 points, and Nate Robinson and Jamaal Williams added 14 apiece, leading No. 14 Washington to a 77-56 victory over Oregon on Thursday night.
Simmons added a career-high 12 rebounds, and Jones, usually Washington's defensive stopper, was 2-of-3 from 3-point range to help the Huskies (14-2, 4-1 Pac-10) win their 16th straight at home.
Freshman Bryce Taylor scored 16 points, and another freshman, Maarty Leunen, had a career-high 10 rebounds for Oregon (10-3, 2-2), which sustained its worst loss of the season. The Ducks have lost two of their last three after a five-game winning streak.
The Ducks trailed 40-29 at halftime but quickly trimmed it to 40-36 on a basket by Malik Hairston, a 3-pointer by Aaron Brooks and a tip-in by Taylor. But Jones answered for Washington, banking in a 3-pointer to begin a 9-2 burst.
The Huskies kept rolling after a timeout, with Jones hitting another 3-pointer before his play of the night. He made a steal in the backcourt, then spun past Oregon's Maarty Leunen in the paint, drawing a foul.
Jones finished the three-point play, and Washington led 55-38 with 15:24 to go.
The advantage was comfortably in double figures the rest of the way. Former Ducks standout Luke Ridnour, now with the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics, watched elbow-on-chin from behind the Oregon bench.
Oregon's Aaron Brooks, a standout at Franklin High School in Seattle, had nine points and four assists in his first game against Washington. He missed both games as a freshman last season because of a broken bone in his right hand.
Brooks fouled out after giving Jones a forearm to the face with 8:55 remaining. Over his previous five games, he had averaged 24.8 points, with a career-high 34 points in a Dec. 31 win over USC.
The Ducks came in leading the Pac-10 in shooting percentage at just over 50 percent but shot a season-low 37 percent this time. Oregon also committed a season-high 22 turnovers.
The Huskies were eager to make up for last weekend's loss at UCLA, where they blew a 21-point first-half lead and saw their nine-game winning streak snapped.
The looked hungry Washington overwhelmed Oregon through the first eight minutes with punch after punch of points off turnovers. The Ducks had nine of their 13 first-half turnovers in the first 7 minutes.
Oregon trailed 25-5 midway through the first half when coach Ernie Kent went into a zone defense. It slowed Washington enough to help the Ducks cut it to 32-24 after two long 3-pointers by Bryce Taylor during a 9-2 run.
