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Dante makes hook shot with 37 seconds left and Oregon holds off UCLA 68-66 in Pac-12 tourney

AP
Mar 14, 2024

LAS VEGAS (AP) N’Faly Dante scored 22 points, including a jump hook with 37 seconds left, for his fourth 20-plus game of the season and No. 4 seed Oregon held off a late rally to beat No. 5 seed UCLA 68-66 on Thursday in the Pac-12 Tournament.

Oregon (21-11) advances to play top seed and sixth-ranked Arizona in the semifinals on Friday. The Ducks dropped both meetings with the Wildcats this season, most recently a 103-83 defeat on March 2 in the last Pac-12 game at Arizona's McKale Center.

Dante got a friendly bounce on the baseline hook shot for a 65-62 lead and he nearly blocked a shot at the other end, but Dylan Andrews sank a floater with 11.1 seconds left.

Oregon and UCLA traded free throws, before Jackson Shelstad went 1 of 2 at the stripe to make it 68-66. UCLA, without a timeout, went the length of the court but Andrews’ shot hit the back of the rim as time expired.

Shelstad finished with 12 points for Oregon. Jadrian Tracey, Jermaine Couisnard and Kario Oquendo each added 10.

Andrews was 10 of 21 from the field for 24 points to lead UCLA (16-17). Sebastian Mack added 16 points and Adem Bona was held to eight points in 17 minutes due to foul trouble.

Bona, a 6-foot-10 forward, was called for his third foul with 15:40 left in the second half, and his fourth came at 10:14 with UCLA trailing 50-47.

Oregon opened the second half on an 8-2 run to take its first lead, 37-36, since it was 8-7. Oquendo's 3-pointer at 16:16 put the Ducks ahead for good.

Oregon took the first double-digit lead of the game, 63-53, with 4:13 left on Shelstad’s wide-open layup, off a nice pass from Dante. But the Ducks would not score again until Dante's hook shot in the closing seconds.

Andrews’ steal and fast-break layup capped UCLA’s 9-0 run to get within 63-62 with 1:34 to play. Oregon made just enough free throws down the stretch to hold off the Bruins.

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1st Half
UCLA
Bruins
34
ORE
Ducks
29

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Bruins gains possession)
19:37		Adem Bona turnover (traveling)
19:06		Jadrian Tracey misses two point jump shot
19:04		Dylan Andrews defensive rebound
18:51		Jackson Shelstad shooting foul (Dylan Andrews draws the foul)
18:51		Dylan Andrews misses regular free throw 1 of 2
18:51		Dylan Andrews misses regular free throw 2 of 2
18:51		Adem Bona offensive rebound
18:44		Sebastian Mack misses three point jump shot
18:42		Adem Bona offensive rebound
18:33	+2	Adem Bona makes two point hook shot	2-0
18:23		Jackson Shelstad misses three point jump shot
18:21		Lazar Stefanovic defensive rebound
18:01	+2	Dylan Andrews makes two point jump shot	4-0
17:53	+2	Jermaine Couisnard makes two point jump shot	4-2
17:25		Dylan Andrews misses two point jump shot
17:23		Brandon Williams offensive rebound
17:16	+2	Lazar Stefanovic makes two point jump shot (Brandon Williams assists)	6-2
16:59		Adem Bona personal foul
16:50		Lazar Stefanovic personal foul
16:40		Kwame Evans Jr. misses three point jump shot
16:38		Sebastian Mack defensive rebound
16:32		Brandon Williams misses two point layup
16:30		N'Faly Dante defensive rebound
16:23		Jermaine Couisnard misses three point jump shot
16:21		Sebastian Mack defensive rebound
16:01		Dylan Andrews turnover (bad pass)
15:35		Kwame Evans Jr. misses three point jump shot
15:33		Jermaine Couisnard offensive rebound
15:30		Aday Mara blocks Jermaine Couisnard's two point layup
15:30		Ducks offensive rebound
15:30		TV timeout
15:28		Jermaine Couisnard misses three point jump shot
15:26		Will McClendon defensive rebound
15:13		Berke Buyuktuncel turnover (bad pass) (N'Faly Dante steals)
15:02		Aday Mara shooting foul (N'Faly Dante draws the foul)
15:02		N'Faly Dante misses regular free throw 1 of 2
15:02	+1	N'Faly Dante makes regular free throw 2 of 2	6-3
14:49		Will McClendon turnover (Jermaine Couisnard steals)
14:44	+2	Jermaine Couisnard makes two point layup	6-5
14:27		Dylan Andrews misses two point layup
14:25		Jermaine Couisnard defensive rebound
14:20		Lazar Stefanovic shooting foul (Jadrian Tracey draws the foul)
14:20	+1	Jadrian Tracey makes regular free throw 1 of 2	6-6
14:20		Jadrian Tracey misses regular free throw 2 of 2
14:20		Jan Vide defensive rebound
14:04		Sebastian Mack misses three point jump shot
14:02		Brennan Rigsby defensive rebound
13:54		Adem Bona personal foul (N'Faly Dante draws the foul)
13:51	+2	N'Faly Dante makes two point jump shot (Jermaine Couisnard assists)	6-8
13:25		Jan Vide turnover (N'Faly Dante steals)
13:15		Jump ball. (Ducks gains possession)
13:13		Brennan Rigsby misses two point jump shot
13:11		Sebastian Mack defensive rebound
13:05		Brennan Rigsby shooting foul (Sebastian Mack draws the foul)
13:05	+1	Sebastian Mack makes regular free throw 1 of 2	7-8
13:05	+1	Sebastian Mack makes regular free throw 2 of 2	8-8
12:37		Sebastian Mack blocks Jadrian Tracey's two point jump shot
12:37		Bruins defensive rebound
12:16		Jadrian Tracey shooting foul (Sebastian Mack draws the foul)
12:16	+1	Sebastian Mack makes regular free throw 1 of 2	9-8
12:16	+1	Sebastian Mack makes regular free throw 2 of 2	10-8
11:59		Sebastian Mack shooting foul (Kario Oquendo draws the foul)
11:59		TV timeout
11:59	+1	Kario Oquendo makes regular free throw 1 of 2	10-9
11:59	+1	Kario Oquendo makes regular free throw 2 of 2	10-10
11:49		Sebastian Mack misses two point jump shot
11:47		Kwame Evans Jr. defensive rebound
11:24		Kario Oquendo misses three point jump shot
11:22		Jan Vide defensive rebound
11:15		Dylan Andrews misses three point jump shot
11:13		Kwame Evans Jr. defensive rebound
11:04		Jan Vide personal foul (Kwame Evans Jr. draws the foul)
11:04		Kwame Evans Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 1
11:04		Bruins defensive rebound
11:03		Kario Oquendo personal foul
10:49		Jackson Shelstad blocks Jan Vide's two point jump shot
10:47		Jackson Shelstad defensive rebound
10:40		Jackson Shelstad misses two point layup
10:38		N'Faly Dante offensive rebound
10:28		N'Faly Dante misses two point layup
10:26		Jackson Shelstad offensive rebound
10:17		Brennan Rigsby misses three point jump shot
10:15		Dylan Andrews defensive rebound
10:11	+2	Dylan Andrews makes two point jump shot	12-10
9:53		Kario Oquendo turnover (lost ball)
9:37	+2	Dylan Andrews makes two point jump shot	14-10
9:10		Jermaine Couisnard misses two point jump shot
9:08		Kenneth Nwuba defensive rebound
8:50		Sebastian Mack misses three point jump shot
8:48		Jermaine Couisnard defensive rebound
8:32		Jermaine Couisnard turnover (bad pass) (Kenneth Nwuba steals)
8:29		Jackson Shelstad personal foul
8:27		Kenneth Nwuba offensive foul
8:27		Kenneth Nwuba turnover (offensive foul)
8:13		N'Faly Dante misses two point layup
8:11		Kenneth Nwuba defensive rebound
8:01		N'Faly Dante shooting foul (Sebastian Mack draws the foul)
8:01		TV timeout
8:01	+1	Sebastian Mack makes regular free throw 1 of 2	15-10
8:01	+1	Sebastian Mack makes regular free throw 2 of 2	16-10
7:46	+2	N'Faly Dante makes two point layup	16-12
7:23	+2	Sebastian Mack makes two point jump shot	18-12
6:57	+3	Jackson Shelstad makes three point jump shot (N'Faly Dante assists)	18-15
6:26		Brandon Williams misses three point jump shot
6:24		Kenneth Nwuba offensive rebound
6:20	+3	Sebastian Mack makes three point jump shot (Kenneth Nwuba assists)	21-15
5:51		Kenneth Nwuba shooting foul (N'Faly Dante draws the foul)
5:51	+1	N'Faly Dante makes regular free throw 1 of 2	21-16
5:51	+1	N'Faly Dante makes regular free throw 2 of 2	21-17
5:36	+3	Will McClendon makes three point jump shot (Sebastian Mack assists)	24-17
5:11	+2	N'Faly Dante makes two point dunk (Jermaine Couisnard assists)	24-19
4:44		Jan Vide misses two point jump shot
4:42		Bruins offensive rebound
4:36		Dylan Andrews turnover (bad pass) (Kwame Evans Jr. steals)
4:15	+3	Kario Oquendo makes three point jump shot (N'Faly Dante assists)	24-22
3:45	+2	Jan Vide makes two point layup	26-22
3:24		N'Faly Dante offensive foul
3:24		N'Faly Dante turnover (offensive foul)
3:24		TV timeout
2:58		Jump ball. (Bruins gains possession)
2:56	+2	Sebastian Mack makes two point layup	28-22
2:56		Kario Oquendo shooting foul (Sebastian Mack draws the foul)
2:56	+1	Sebastian Mack makes regular free throw 1 of 1	29-22
2:37		Jermaine Couisnard misses two point jump shot
2:35		Mahamadou Diawara offensive rebound
2:28		Aday Mara blocks Jermaine Couisnard's two point jump shot
2:26		Kario Oquendo offensive rebound
2:13	+2	Jackson Shelstad makes two point layup	29-24
2:07		Sebastian Mack misses three point jump shot
2:05		Ducks defensive rebound
1:58	+2	Kwame Evans Jr. makes two point layup (Jackson Shelstad assists)	29-26
1:51		Bruins 30 second timeout
1:36	+2	Jan Vide makes two point layup (Dylan Andrews assists)	31-26
1:05		Mahamadou Diawara turnover
0:52	+3	Dylan Andrews makes three point jump shot (Aday Mara assists)	34-26
0:29	+3	Jadrian Tracey makes three point jump shot (Jermaine Couisnard assists)	34-29
0:00		Jan Vide misses three point jump shot
0:00		Bruins offensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
UCLA
Bruins
32
ORE
Ducks
39

Time		Play	Score
19:47	+2	Jermaine Couisnard makes two point layup	34-31
19:22	+2	Adem Bona makes two point jump shot	36-31
18:57	+2	Jackson Shelstad makes two point layup	36-33
18:44		Lazar Stefanovic misses two point jump shot
18:42		Kwame Evans Jr. defensive rebound
18:33	+2	N'Faly Dante makes two point hook shot (Jermaine Couisnard assists)	36-35
18:21		Jermaine Couisnard personal foul
18:19		Lazar Stefanovic misses three point jump shot
18:17		Kwame Evans Jr. defensive rebound
18:09		Jackson Shelstad misses three point jump shot
18:07		Adem Bona defensive rebound
17:55		Kwame Evans Jr. personal foul (Adem Bona draws the foul)
17:45		Adem Bona turnover (traveling)
17:30		Brandon Williams personal foul (N'Faly Dante draws the foul)
17:25		N'Faly Dante misses two point jump shot
17:23		Sebastian Mack defensive rebound
17:18		Jermaine Couisnard personal foul (Sebastian Mack draws the foul)
17:15		Dylan Andrews misses three point jump shot
17:13		Jackson Shelstad defensive rebound
16:54		Jermaine Couisnard misses three point jump shot
16:52		Jadrian Tracey offensive rebound
16:47	+2	Jadrian Tracey makes two point layup	36-37
16:34	+2	Brandon Williams makes two point layup (Adem Bona assists)	38-37
16:34		Kwame Evans Jr. shooting foul (Brandon Williams draws the foul)
16:34		Brandon Williams misses regular free throw 1 of 1
16:34		N'Faly Dante defensive rebound
16:16	+3	Kario Oquendo makes three point jump shot (Jermaine Couisnard assists)	38-40
16:00		Adem Bona misses two point layup
15:58		N'Faly Dante defensive rebound
15:40		Adem Bona personal foul
15:40		TV timeout
15:34		Jermaine Couisnard misses two point jump shot
15:32		Dylan Andrews defensive rebound
15:19		Lazar Stefanovic misses three point jump shot
15:17		Ducks defensive rebound
15:17		Kenneth Nwuba personal foul
14:47		Kario Oquendo misses three point jump shot
14:45		Bruins defensive rebound
14:27		Dylan Andrews misses three point jump shot
14:25		Ducks defensive rebound
14:10	+2	N'Faly Dante makes two point layup	38-42
13:38	+2	Dylan Andrews makes two point jump shot	40-42
13:31		Dylan Andrews personal foul (Jackson Shelstad draws the foul)
13:20		Will McClendon personal foul
13:06	+2	Jadrian Tracey makes two point layup	40-44
12:50		Kwame Evans Jr. shooting foul (Sebastian Mack draws the foul)
12:50		Sebastian Mack misses regular free throw 1 of 2
12:50		Sebastian Mack misses regular free throw 2 of 2
12:50		Kwame Evans Jr. defensive rebound
12:34	+2	Kario Oquendo makes two point layup (Jadrian Tracey assists)	40-46
12:30		Bruins 30 second timeout
12:30		TV timeout
12:25		Dylan Andrews offensive foul
12:25		Dylan Andrews turnover (offensive foul)
12:13		Kario Oquendo turnover (lost ball) (Will McClendon steals)
11:54		Mahamadou Diawara shooting foul (Adem Bona draws the foul)
11:54		TV timeout
11:54	+1	Adem Bona makes regular free throw 1 of 2	41-46
11:54	+1	Adem Bona makes regular free throw 2 of 2	42-46
11:31		N'Faly Dante turnover (lost ball) (Adem Bona steals)
11:24		Adem Bona turnover (lost ball)
11:24		Jadrian Tracey misses three point jump shot
11:22		Adem Bona defensive rebound
11:13	+3	Dylan Andrews makes three point jump shot	45-46
10:50		Dylan Andrews shooting foul (N'Faly Dante draws the foul)
10:50		N'Faly Dante misses regular free throw 1 of 2
10:50	+1	N'Faly Dante makes regular free throw 2 of 2	45-47
10:35	+2	Adem Bona makes two point layup	47-47
10:14	+2	N'Faly Dante makes two point layup	47-49
10:14		Adem Bona shooting foul (N'Faly Dante draws the foul)
10:14	+1	N'Faly Dante makes regular free throw 1 of 1	47-50
9:53		Dylan Andrews misses three point jump shot
9:51		Will McClendon offensive rebound
9:45		Jan Vide misses two point jump shot
9:43		Kario Oquendo defensive rebound
9:26		Kario Oquendo misses three point jump shot
9:24		Dylan Andrews defensive rebound
9:20		Jermaine Couisnard personal foul (Dylan Andrews draws the foul)
9:20		Dylan Andrews misses regular free throw 1 of 1
9:20		N'Faly Dante defensive rebound
8:54	+2	Brennan Rigsby makes two point layup (N'Faly Dante assists)	47-52
8:27		Kwame Evans Jr. personal foul (Will McClendon draws the foul)
8:27		Will McClendon misses regular free throw 1 of 1
8:27		Will McClendon offensive rebound
8:08		Dylan Andrews misses three point jump shot
8:06		Brennan Rigsby defensive rebound
8:02	+2	N'Faly Dante makes two point dunk (Jackson Shelstad assists)	47-54
8:02		Kenneth Nwuba shooting foul (N'Faly Dante draws the foul)
8:02	+1	N'Faly Dante makes regular free throw 1 of 1	47-55
7:49		Jadrian Tracey personal foul (Aday Mara draws the foul)
7:49		TV timeout
7:49	+1	Aday Mara makes regular free throw 1 of 2	48-55
7:49	+1	Aday Mara makes regular free throw 2 of 2	49-55
7:30	+2	Jackson Shelstad makes two point jump shot	49-57
7:09		Kario Oquendo personal foul (Sebastian Mack draws the foul)
7:09	+1	Sebastian Mack makes regular free throw 1 of 2	50-57
7:09	+1	Sebastian Mack makes regular free throw 2 of 2	51-57
6:53		Kenneth Nwuba shooting foul (Jadrian Tracey draws the foul)
6:53	+1	Jadrian Tracey makes regular free throw 1 of 2	51-58
6:53	+1	Jadrian Tracey makes regular free throw 2 of 2	51-59
6:38	+2	Dylan Andrews makes two point jump shot	53-59
6:07		Jermaine Couisnard misses three point jump shot
6:05		N'Faly Dante offensive rebound
6:01		Aday Mara blocks Jermaine Couisnard's two point layup
6:01		Jermaine Couisnard offensive rebound
6:01		Aday Mara shooting foul (Jermaine Couisnard draws the foul)
6:01	+1	Jermaine Couisnard makes regular free throw 1 of 2	53-60
6:01	+1	Jermaine Couisnard makes regular free throw 2 of 2	53-61
5:38		Sebastian Mack misses three point jump shot
5:36		Jadrian Tracey defensive rebound
5:09		Kario Oquendo misses three point jump shot
5:07		Sebastian Mack defensive rebound
4:59		Sebastian Mack turnover (lost ball) (Jadrian Tracey steals)
4:52		Jackson Shelstad misses three point jump shot
4:50		Lazar Stefanovic defensive rebound
4:38		Dylan Andrews misses three point jump shot
4:36		Jadrian Tracey defensive rebound
4:13	+2	Jackson Shelstad makes two point layup (N'Faly Dante assists)	53-63
4:07		Bruins 30 second timeout
4:07		TV timeout
3:59	+2	Dylan Andrews makes two point jump shot	55-63
3:29		Jackson Shelstad misses two point jump shot
3:27		Lazar Stefanovic defensive rebound
3:14		Will McClendon misses three point jump shot
3:12		Lazar Stefanovic offensive rebound
3:00		Dylan Andrews misses two point jump shot
2:58		Lazar Stefanovic offensive rebound
2:56		Jump ball. (Bruins gains possession)
2:54	+3	Lazar Stefanovic makes three point jump shot (Dylan Andrews assists)	58-63
2:29		N'Faly Dante turnover (lost ball) (Lazar Stefanovic steals)
2:29		N'Faly Dante personal foul (Lazar Stefanovic draws the foul)
2:29	+1	Lazar Stefanovic makes regular free throw 1 of 2	59-63
2:29	+1	Lazar Stefanovic makes regular free throw 2 of 2	60-63
2:11		Jermaine Couisnard misses two point layup
2:09		Jermaine Couisnard offensive rebound
2:07		Jermaine Couisnard misses two point layup
2:07		Jermaine Couisnard offensive rebound
2:07		Jump ball. (Ducks gains possession)
1:47		Jackson Shelstad turnover (lost ball) (Dylan Andrews steals)
1:42	+2	Dylan Andrews makes two point layup	62-63
1:34		Ducks 30 second timeout
1:27		Jermaine Couisnard misses three point jump shot
1:25		Lazar Stefanovic defensive rebound
1:07		Dylan Andrews misses two point jump shot
1:05		Jermaine Couisnard defensive rebound
0:38	+2	N'Faly Dante makes two point jump shot (Jermaine Couisnard assists)	62-65
0:11	+2	Dylan Andrews makes two point jump shot	64-65
0:11		Bruins 60 second timeout
0:10		Sebastian Mack personal foul (Jermaine Couisnard draws the foul)
0:10	+1	Jermaine Couisnard makes regular free throw 1 of 2	64-66
0:10	+1	Jermaine Couisnard makes regular free throw 2 of 2	64-67
0:10		Ducks 30 second timeout
0:05		Jermaine Couisnard personal foul (Dylan Andrews draws the foul)
0:05	+1	Dylan Andrews makes regular free throw 1 of 2	65-67
0:05	+1	Dylan Andrews makes regular free throw 2 of 2	66-67
0:04		Dylan Andrews personal foul (Jackson Shelstad draws the foul)
0:04		Jackson Shelstad misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:04	+1	Jackson Shelstad makes regular free throw 2 of 2	66-68
0:00		Dylan Andrews misses two point jump shot
0:00		Ducks defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Ducks defensive rebound