Jan 4, 2009 3:36 pm US/Pacific
No. 12 UCLA Holds Off Oregon 83-74
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) ―
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Darren Collison (file)
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Darren Collison scored 22 points and Josh Shipp added a season-high 17 as No. 12 UCLA held off Oregon's second-half rally for an 83-74 victory on Sunday.
Tajuan Porter scored 24 points for the Ducks (6-8, 0-2 Pac-10), including 15 in the second half as Oregon pulled within three points after trailing by 11 at halftime.
But Collison and Shipp helped UCLA (12-2, 2-0) keep its lead. Collison went 3-for-6 from the field and 7-for-7 from the free-throw line in the second half. Shipp missed only one 3-point attempt in making a season-high five shots from beyond the arc. He came into the game shooting 21.6 percent (8-for-37) from 3-point range this season.
The Bruins lost most of their 40-29 halftime lead when the Ducks went on a 9-2 run early in the second half.
A three-point play by Joevan Catron started Oregon's rally and was followed by layups from Matt Humphrey and Catron and a runner in the lane by Porter that cut UCLA's lead to 46-43 with 14:48 to play.
But the Bruins scored the next five points on a layup by Collison and a 3 by Shipp to extend the lead to 51-43.
Oregon again cut the deficit to three points as Porter banked in a short jumper, Kamyron Brown hit a 3-pointer and Porter made a floater to make it 53-50 with 11:32 to play.
The closest the Ducks would get after that was when Porter drained a deep 3 with 6:09 left to make it 64-60.
The Bruins scored the next eight points, including Shipp's final 3-pointer of the game, to take a 72-60 lead with just under 3 minutes to play.
Alfred Aboya and Nikola Dragovic both had 12 points for the Bruins.
Catron added 13 points for the Ducks and LeKendric Longmire had 10.
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