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Luke Jackson rebounded from a cold-shooting first half to score 19 points and lead Oregon to an 88-70 victory over Portland on Monday.
The win avenged a surprising loss that Oregon (5-2) suffered at Portland (5-5) two years ago.
``Losing here two years ago might have been the worst loss I can remember since I've been here at Oregon,'' Jackson said. ``I wanted this win so bad for everybody who was on that team.''
Jackson made only 2-of-9 shots in the first half, but the Ducks hit 6-of-9 3-pointers to get a 34-28 lead by the half.
Jackson heated up in the second half but he didn't get his first basket of the period until the 10:45 mark. Then he scored on a slam dunk after driving to the baseline. That put the Ducks ahead 59-46.
The 6-foot-7 senior followed that with a layup and two 3-pointers to push Oregon's lead to 67-52. Oregon had its biggest advantage of the game when Andre Joseph hit a 3-pointer to make the score 74-54 with 6:22 remaining.
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``We never had a run in the second half and I thought that was the difference,''
said Portland coach Michael Holton.
For the game, the Ducks made a season-high 15 3-pointers out of 21 attempts, for an astounding 71 percent.
``It doesn't hurt whenever you shoot in the 70s from the 3-point line. We'll take it,'' Jackson said.
James Davis led the way by making 5-of-8 3-pointers. He finished with 18 points. Jackson and Joseph, who wound up with 15 points, both hit a trio of 3-pointers.
Even 6-foot-11 Ian Crosswhite got in on the act by hitting his only 3-point attempt. He finished with 18 points and a game-high nine rebounds.
``We were really unselfish and kind of got them running all over the place,'' Crosswhite said. ``James, Andre, Luke and Brandon (Lincoln), everybody was stepping up and knocking down the threes.''
Eugene Jeter led Portland with 19 points but was only 1-of-7 from beyond the arc.
Portland entered the game as the nation's third-best 3-pointer shooting team. The Pilots improved on their percentage, hitting 8-of-19 for 42 percent but they couldn't keep pace with the Ducks.