March 2, 2000
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Darius Wright hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer as Oregon rallied from four points down with less than four seconds to go to defeat Arizona State 76-74 on Thursday night.
Eddie House made two free throws to give the Sun Devils (16-11, 8-7 Pac-10) a 74-70 lead with six seconds left in the game. But the Ducks' Ben Lindquist fired a perfect full-court pass to Alex Scales, who drained his sixth 3-pointer of the night with 3.6 seconds left.
Arizona State's Kyle Dodd then launched a half-court inbounds pass that went off House's fingertips and out of bounds giving the ball back to Oregon (20-7, 11-5) under the Sun Devil basket with 3.4 remaining.
House had a chance to save the game for Arizona State when he nearly intercepted Lindquist's subsequent inbounds pass for the Ducks. But the ball slipped right through House's hands and Wright scooped it off the floor and unleashed an off-balance, high-arcing shot that swooped through the net just as the buzzer sounded.
Scales scored a career-high 31 points for the Ducks, who have won 20 regular season games for the first time since 1945. Oregon also assured itself of no worse than a third-place finish in the Pac-10 as it tied its record for most conference victories in a season at 11.
House led the Sun Devils with 15 points.