EUGENE, Ore. — Dylan Andrews wasn’t supposed to take the shot his team needed to make to wipe out so much that had gone wrong in the final minutes.
With UCLA trailing Oregon by one point and 6.4 seconds left Sunday afternoon inside Matthew Knight Arena, the play was designed to go for Tyler Bilodeau or Lazar Stefanovic.
When Andrews took the inbounds pass near midcourt and immediately stumbled on a wet spot, it seemed as if fate might not be on the Bruins’ side. The Ducks compounded the situation by switching on every screen, taking away the top scoring options and leaving Andrews confronted by center Nate Bittle as Andrews drove toward the left wing.