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03/08 00:45 CST Kwame Evans Jr. scores final 9 points, Oregon beat Washington
in regular-season finale
Kwame Evans Jr. scores final 9 points, Oregon beat Washington in regular-season
finale
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) --- Kwame Evans Jr. scored 20 points, which included the last
nine of the game, and Oregon blew a 21-point lead before the Ducks rallied to
beat Washington 85-79 on Saturday night in the regular-season finale for both
teams.
Evans was fouled on a 3-point shot and made the and-1 free throw to give Oregon
a one-point lead with 11.5 seconds left. Evans stole the ball from Hannes
Steinbach, who quickly fouled, and Washington coach Danny Sprinkle, who thought
Steinbach had been fouled, erupted. He was assessed back-to-back technical
fouls and was ejected before Evans made 5 of 6 from the free throw line with
five seconds left to seal it.
Takai Simpkins scored 18 points and Nate Bittle had 15 points, seven rebounds
and five assists for Oregon (12-19, 5-15 Big Ten). Dezdrick Lindsay added 11
points and Drew Carter 10.
The Ducks started 11-of-14 shooting --- 7 of 7 from 3-point range --- and used
a 16-0 run to take a 21-point lead midway through the first half. Oregon shot
58% (15 of 26) and hit eight 3s and had 13 assists in the first half to take a
44-30 lead into the intermission.
Steinbach had 26 points on 9-of-11 shooting and grabbed 13 rebounds for
Washington (15-16, 7-19). Steinbach, a 6-foot-11 freshman, has 20
double-doubles this season, tied with Justin Neely of UNC Greensboro for second
most nationally behind UNC Greensboro's Delrecco Gillespie (21).
Steinbach scored 13 points in a 29-8 run that gave the Huskies a three-point
lead with 24 seconds left.
Up next
Both teams will be waiting for the Big Ten Tournament pairings to come out
Sunday to find out who and when they'll play at Chicago next week.
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