Wilkins’ Shot Beats Stanford

Kenya Wilkins, who had been shooting 30% in Pacific 10 games, capped a 30-point outburst by making an 18-foot shot at the buzzer that gave Oregon a 64-62 victory over No. 20 Stanford Saturday at Eugene, Ore.

Stanford, 16-6 overall and 9-4 in conference, had its winning streak stopped at six and now trails Pac-10 leader UCLA by two games. Oregon has won four of its last five to improve to 13-11, 6-7.

After Stanford guard Dion Cross, a 94% free-throw shooter, made two with seven seconds left to tie the game, 62-62, Wilkins took the inbounds pass, dribbled down the court and was gradually forced to his left by point guard counterpart Brevin Knight. Wilkins started an off-balance shot with three seconds that he had to adjust in mid-air as Knight flew by him. Wilkins somehow managed to get enough touch on the shot to make it.

Wilkins made 13 of 19 shots while Cross and Knight missed 18 of 23 while scoring a combined 16 points--nearly half their season average.

OTHER GAMES

Guard Isaac Fontaine scored 20 points and made six consecutive free throws in the final two minutes to lead Washington State (13-8, 5-7) to a 76-66 victory over Washington (14-7, 7-5) at Pullman, Wash. . . . Guard Randy Duck scored all of his eight points in the final 3:13 as California (14-8, 8-5) was a 57-51 winner over Oregon State (3-19, 1-12) at Corvallis, Ore.