Thursday, February 3, 2011

Oregon Blasts Washington State 69-43

Joevan Catron had 17 points and nine rebounds, and Oregon recorded the most convincing win Pac-10 Conference to be in five years 69-43 victory at Washington State on Thursday night.

Jay-R Strowbridge added 15 points off the bench, had 13 and Garrett Sim EJ Singler had 10 points for the Ducks (11-11, 4-6 Pac-10), derived from the opening basket.

Klay Thompson, who leads the Pac-10 with 22.3 points per game, has looked at 12 points on 4-of-13 shots, including 2 of 8 from line 3-pointers for Washington State (15-7 , 5-5).

Catron dazzled offense, scoring on jumpers to disappear, spinning layup and 3-points. The striker was top 7 of 12 on the ground.

The Ducks shot 43 percent overall and won a conference game by their largest margin since defeating Washington State 67-37 on February 18, 2006, at McArthur Court.