Collison leads UCLA past Oregon

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01/04/2009 - Eugene, OR (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Darren Collison scored 22 points and had nine assists to lead the 12th-ranked UCLA Bruins over the host Oregon Ducks, 83-74, Sunday at McArthur Court.

Josh Shipp was 5-for-6 from beyond the arc and scored 17 points to help UCLA complete a sweep of its trip to Oregon. UCLA (12-2, 2-0) opened Pac-10 play on Friday against Oregon State with a 69-46 victory.

Oregon (6-8, 0-2) was led by Tajuan Porter's 24 points and Joevan Catron's 13 points. Oregon also opened the Pac-10 portion of its schedule on Friday, falling to USC, 83-62, in front of a home crowd.

With 15:51 remaining in the opening half Oregon closed the Bruins' lead to 7-6, but UCLA built the advantage to 17-8 with 12:29 left in the half. The Ducks came back to trail 18-15 with 9:17 remaining, but the Bruins pushed their lead to 30-20 with 5:20 left and were able to reach halftime leading 40-29.

The second half saw Oregon cut the deficit to 44-39 with 16:59 to play, and the Ducks trailed 46-43 after Porter's layup with 14:48 left. Kamyron Brown's three-pointer made the score 51-48 with 12:36 to go.

Shipp drained a three with 8 1/2 minutes left to put UCLA up by seven, but Porter's three with 6:13 left cut the Oregon deficit to four, 64-60.

Shipp nailed another three-pointer with 4:16 remaining to give UCLA a 69-60 advantage, and Collison completed a three-point play with 2:50 left to make the score 72-60.

Oregon got to within 77-70 with a minute to play, but the Ducks took too long to get off their shots, and the Bruins made their free throws down the stretch, allowing UCLA to take the victory.

Game Notes

UCLA leads the series with Oregon 80-25 and has won four straight versus the Ducks...The win was the eighth in a row for the Bruins this season...UCLA's Alfred Aboya fouled out with 2:44 remaining to finish with 12 points, and teammate Nikola Dragovic also had 12...Oregon's Lekendric Longmire added 10 points.

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