BERKELEY, Calif. — Game-winning shots are becoming old hat for Oregon’s Dillon Brooks. Doing it on the road to silence a partisan crowd was a bit of a change. ADVERTISING BERKELEY, Calif. — Game-winning shots are becoming old hat for
BERKELEY, Calif. — Game-winning shots are becoming old hat for Oregon’s Dillon Brooks. Doing it on the road to silence a partisan crowd was a bit of a change.
Brooks hit a 3-pointer with 0.2 seconds to play to cap a comeback from 16 points down and No. 6 Oregon beat California 68-65 on Wednesday night to keep its hopes alive for a Pac-12 title.
Brooks had previously hit game-winning 3-pointers to beat Tennessee in the Maui Invitational and UCLA at home in December before pulling off the trick once again to stun the Golden Bears.
“Especially on the road it feels so good,” he said. “You look at every single crowd member out there and look at them look down at themselves. They thought they had the game and we stole it from them.”
The Ducks (25-4, 14-2) trailed by 16 points early in the second half and were down 10 with just over 4 minutes left before rallying for the win that moved them a half-game behind Arizona for first place in the conference. Oregon holds the tiebreaker.
Brooks led the Ducks with 22 points and Chris Boucher added 18.
“We’re trying to fight for the Pac-12 first seed,” Brooks said. “We would have been really sick if we lost this.”
Jabari Bird scored 20 points to lead the way for the Bears (18-9, 9-6), whose hopes for an NCAA Tournament berth were dealt a big blow with this loss.
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