No. 3 Arizona extracts gain in tight done with Oregon St.
Nick Johnson claimed the Oregon State group entered the game during the 2nd fifty percent and affected his Arizona team.
So he kept shooting.
"I felt pretty good firing the ball over the past couple of games, so I simply attempted to visit it. ... Specifically in tough atmospheres such as this, I attempt to take control a little bit," Johnson shared.
Johnson scored 25 factors, and No. 3 Arizona beat Oregon State 74-69 on Wednesday evening in a back-and-forth game that had not been made a decision up until the final mins.
Kaleb Tarczewski included 12 factors and 9 rebounds for the Wildcats (28-2, 15-2 Pac-12), who currently had actually clinched the regular-season seminar title. The Wildcats have actually won 5 straight with their last loss Feb. 14 at archrival Arizona State.
"We intend to complete this period out as sturdy as feasible. We do not wish to take an L, not play hard, because, I suggest, that carries over to the following game," Johnson said. "We have ourselves a little drive going below.".
Roberto Nelson scored 25 factors, and Devon Collier had 14 points and 11 rebounds for the Beavers (15-14, 7-10).
Arizona constructed several leads throughout the game but could not draw away from a fiery Oregon State team.
Arizona opened up the game on a 7-0 run before Oregon State responded and took a 10-9 lead on a take and layup by Hallice Cooke at the 14:13 mark.
The Wildcats slowly crept away, and an alley-oop from T.J. McConnell to Johnson for a dunk put the Wildcats up 31-22 with 3:53 left in the half, their biggest lead of the game. Arizona led 36-33 at halftime.
The Beavers went on 46-44 after successive 3-pointers by Cooke, the latter at the 15:15 mark.
Arizona went on a 7-0 run that finished with a jumper by Johnson that made it 58-51 with around 10 minutes left, yet Oregon State once again reacted, connecting the game at 58 on a layup by Eric Moreland with 8:13 left.
The Wildcats forced turnovers on three straight possessions and took a 69-64 lead with 1:36 left. With 30 secs left and the score the exact same, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson shut out a shot by Cooke. Hollis-Jefferson finished with 13 factors and six boards.
Oregon State outrebounded Arizona 43-34, simply the 6th time Arizona has actually lost the rebounding fight this period.
"No team in the 30 games we have played has actually penalized us on the glass like Oregon State did," Wildcats trainer Sean Miller claimed.
"I would put their physicality, their dimension, against any kind of cutting edge in the nation. ... To be outrebounded while driving and still gain, we'll take it," he added.
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The Wildcats crushed the Beavers on the boards 39-24 in the teams' previous conference Feb. 9, which host Arizona won 76-54.
The Wildcats compelled 17 turn overs and dedicated simply 8.
"You conform with eight turn overs, you're always visiting be in it," Miller stated.
Collier stated the turnovers cost Oregon State the game.
"We minimize them and we gain the majority of our games. We have actually merely reached shield the round much more," he claimed.
"You cannot beat a team that's that great, that's that very rated without doing most of the things right," Beavers train Craig Robinson stated. "You could get away with making some mistakes but you can not make too many mistakes against a team like that. They're simply as well excellent.".
Arizona won its 108th game in the past four years, the very best four-year stretch in college history.
Oregon State hasn't beaten a top-five team because it dismayed No. 3 Arizona 70-69 in Corvallis in 2000. It hasn't already defeat a top-25 team in more than three years.
Nelson entered into the game leading the Beavers with a 20.6-point average. He is on rate to come to be the initial Oregon State player to lead the conference in scoring since Gary Payton in 1990.
Cooke, a freshman point guard that was 7-of-31 from the industry in his previous 4 games, doned with 10 points on 4-of-7 capturing.
