Oregon (0-1) started its season out on a sour note, falling 78-64@@http://www.goducks.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=500&SPID=235&SPSID=4294@@ to No. 7 Vanderbilt@@http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-men/d1@@ (1-1)@@http://www.vucommodores.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/vand-m-baskbl-sched.html@@ in a season-opening road game in Nashville on Friday night.
Commodores@@CE@@ forward Jeffery Taylor@@changed from Jeffrey: http://www.vucommodores.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/taylor_jeffery00.html@@ dominated the game, scoring 21 points and grabbing 11 rebounds,@@download box score at: http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=235&DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=205332115@@ and shooting guard John Jenkins@@http://www.vucommodores.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/jenkins_john00.html@@ added 24 points on 7-of-16 three-point shooting.@@see box score@@ The Ducks were led by center Tony Woods,@@roster: http://www.goducks.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=500&SPID=235&SPSID=4295@@ who had 12 points and four rebounds,@@see box score@@ and forward E.J. Singler@@roster@@ and reserve guard Brett Kingma@@roster@@ added 10 points apiece.@@see box score@@ Oregon point guard Johnathan Loyd@@roster@@ only had two points but grabbed five rebounds, dished out eight assists and nabbed two steals.@@see box score@@
The Ducks took their biggest lead of the game eight minutes into the first half, leading by six,@@http://www.vucommodores.com/sports/m-baskbl/stats/2011-2012/111111m.html@@ but they lost the lead for good with 2:10 left in the first half.@@see previous@@ Oregon fell behind by 20 with 13:35 left in the second half, but turned in a 14-0 run over the next four minutes to narrow the gap to six points.@@see previous@@ The Ducks got within five points with five minutes left, but the Commodores scored 16 of the final 23 points to seal the game.@@see previous@@
The Ducks gave up 20 turnovers,@@see box@@ one more than they had given up in any game in 2010-11, of which the Commodores scored 24 points.@@see box@@ Oregon also surrendered 17 offensive rebounds,@@changed from 15, see box score@@ compared to the 11 it grabbed,@@changed from six, see box score@@ and shot a dreadful 35.3 percent from the free-throw line.@@see box score@@ This overshadowed the team’s collective 49.1 percent shooting performance from the field,@@see box score@@ giving the Commodores a win despite only shooting 41.0 percent@@changed from 40.1 (27/66)@@ from the field themselves.
Vanderbilt was upset Sunday by Cleveland State, falling 71-58 at home.@@http://www.vucommodores.com/sports/m-baskbl/200607teamstatsMBB.html@@ The Ducks’ next game is at home against Eastern Washington on Thursday, Nov. 17.@@http://www.goducks.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=500&SPID=235&SPSID=4294@@
Oregon men’s basketball stumbles in season-opening loss at Vanderbilt
Kenny Ocker
November 12, 2011
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