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No. 7 Oregon gets past No. 10 BYU behind big effort from reserve forward Elgin Cook

Johnathan Loyd

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Morry Gash

MILWAUKEE -- No. 7 seed Oregon was mired in foul trouble in the middle of the second half against No. 10 seed BYU on Thursday in a West Region Round of 64 contest. Senior forward Mike Moser picked up his fourth foul with 14:22 left in the half and senior big man Waverly Austin also had three fouls early in the half. BYU cut Oregon’s lead to, 56-53, with 12:03 left and the Cougars looked like they had a lot of momentum after three, second-half three-pointers.

Enter Elgin Cook.

The redshirt sophomore -- and Milwaukee native -- scored on a three-point play on the next play to give Oregon (24-9) a 59-53 lead and it ignited a 31-15 Oregon run to lead the Ducks to an 87-68 win over the Cougars at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.

Cook picked a great time to have the best game of his career as the son of former Milwaukee Bucks All-Star guard Alvin Robertson went for 23 points and eight rebounds off the bench on 8-for-9 shooting from the field.

Cook had scored in double-figures once since December 12th and it was only his eighth double-figure outing of the season.

Oregon junior guard Joseph Young added 17 points and senior guard Jason Calliste contributed 14 points off the bench as well for Oregon.

The Ducks ran past BYU -- who they defeated 100-96 in overtime on December 21st in Eugene -- despite shooting only 15 percent from the three-point line (2-for-13). But Oregon pounded the ball on the interior as they shot 50 percent (27-for-54) overall while also going 31-for-38 from the free throw line.

Despite cutting Oregon’s lead to three points in the second half, BYU (23-12) could never seem to get it going as they shot 32 percent from the field (20-for-61) and 26 percent from the three-point line (5-for-19). Tyler Haws led four Cougars in double-figures with 19 points while Erik Mika (15 points), Matt Carlino (15 points) and Frank Bartley IV (10 points) also contributed.

No. 7 seed Oregon advances to face No. 2 seed Wisconsin in a Round of 32 contest in the West Region on Saturday in Milwaukee.

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