Off-Target Trojans Still Win : College basketball: They attempt a school-record 38 three-pointers, but make only 10 and barely get past Oregon, 73-67.

USC ended its three-game losing streak Thursday night at the Sports Arena, but by no means did the Trojans end their slump.

The Trojans, playing the Oregon Ducks, who are winless in the Pacific 10 Conference, barely outlasted them, 73-67, in another exhibition of poor shooting.

After a fast start in which they scored 22 points in less than eight minutes, the Trojans went back to their sloppy ways.

The Ducks (7-15 overall, 0-10 in the Pac-10) overcame deficits of 11 and 10 points to get back into the game in the second half.

A three-point basket by Andre Collier put Oregon ahead, 64-62, with 4:10 to play.

But the Trojan defense tightened and the Ducks did not score again for more than three minutes.

Lorenzo Orr, who returned to the starting lineup in another of Coach George Raveling’s shake-ups, scored six points during a 9-0 run that put the Trojans back in command. They improved to 12-7 and 5-5.

Orr’s dunk tied the score with 3:33 to play. The next time down the floor, Phil Glenn, who missed the previous game because of a knee injury, made a three-pointer to put USC ahead to stay.

Remarkably, it was only the second basket from long range in 15 second-half attempts by the Trojans, who attempted a school-record 38 three-pointers but made only 10.

Raveling said he was not really surprised that it was such a tough game.

“I think since Sunday I have felt we just needed something to stop the bleeding,” he said. “We needed the kids to experience how it feels to win. You don’t often come busting out of a slump. Often you have to struggle and scrape.

“I did feel we had more enthusiasm than we have shown lately. And, our offense did a fine job of setting up. I never saw so many wide-open three-point shots. If we had been hitting the easy ones, we would have set an NCAA record for three-pointers.”

The Trojans had to overcome a fine shooting exhibition by Oregon’s Antoine Stoudamire.

In the first meeting, a game of atrocious shooting last month at Oregon, Stoudamire was only two of 13 and missed all eight three-point attempts.

His turnaround almost did the Trojans in. He finished with 25 points on eight-of-13 shooting and made three of five three-pointers. Orlando Williams made five of 11 three-pointers to help keep the Ducks in the game.

The Trojans, who scored only 91 points in two games in Washington last week, made six of their first 12 three-pointers, but only four of 26 thereafter.

The Trojans shot only 38.8% (26 of 67) from the field. Mark Boyd had 12 rebounds and Orr eight to go with his 14 points. Rodney Chatman and Glenn, who shot well early, had 17 and 18 points, respectively.

As it turned out, returning Orr to the lineup paid off. In addition to his scoring and rebounding, he blocked five shots. Oregon Coach Jerry Green credited the 6-foot-7 sophomore with a tremendous game.

Glenn, who attempted 17 three-pointers, was only four of 16 when he made the one that made the difference.