Oregon’s unbeaten streak is over, but it took a miracle shot to hand the Ducks their first loss.
Dylan Andrews banked home a desperation 3-pointer with less than a second to play as UCLA upset No. 10 Oregon Sunday afternoon, 73-71, in a Big Ten men’s basketball game in front of 8,133 mostly stunned fans at Matthew Knight Arena.
The Ducks (9-1, 1-1 Big Ten) had only seconds earlier taken the lead on a deep 3-pointer from Jackson Shelstad as Oregon outscored the UCLA (8-1, 2-0) 13-3 in the final 3:34 before Andrews delivered the dagger for the Bruins.
The winning shot went through the net with .4 seconds left, leaving the Ducks with little ability to answer. An inbounds pass intended for Nate Bittle that went nearly the length of the court couldn’t be caught as time expired.
“I’m still in shock with what happened, honestly,” guard Keeshawn Barthelemy said.
Oregon’s 9-0 start to the season was its best since opening 13-0 in the 2013-14 season and also its longest win streak since that start 11 years ago.
Bittle led the Ducks with game highs of 22 points and 10 rebounds. It was his third double-double of the season.
“Everybody’s going to look at the last couple of minutes, but we had bad turnovers and their offensive rebounds really made a difference,” coach Dana Altman said. “… We didn’t dictate enough defensively and we made too many mistakes handling the ball.”
Barthelemy scored 13 point, Shelstad finished with 11 and Jadrian Tracey scored 10.
Eric Dailey Jr. led the Bruins with 19 points. Andrews finished with 10.
The Ducks trailed 67-58 with 3:34 to play when Tracey converted a three-point play to spark his team.
It was 70-66 Bruins when Barthelemy blocked an attempted dunk by Tyler Bilodeau that led to a putback layup at the other end by Bittle. A steal by Bittle set up the possession that ended with Shelstad putting the Ducks up by one point in the final seconds.
However, there was just enough time for Andrews put up a shot that first appeared to be off the mark until it banked through the net.
“It was a great defensive set by us and he just hit a tough shot,” Barthelemy said. “I mean, if that’s what it takes for us to lose a game, then …”
Up next for Oregon
The Ducks won’t play against until Dec. 15 against Stephen F. Austin in a 3 p.m. game at Matthew Knight Arena.
Chris Hansen covers University of Oregon football, men’s basketball, track and field, cross country and softball for The Register-Guard. You can reach him at chansen@registerguard.com and you can follow him on X @chansen_RG
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