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Article: Count on Brooks to be on target.(Sports)(Point guard has been the accurate one in Oregon's adventures at the foul line)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- February 17, 2005
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Byline: Bob Clark The Register-Guard
TUCSON, Ariz. - Here's a solution to Oregon's woes at the free-throw line: Let Aaron Brooks do it.
In the midst of the continuing struggles by the other Ducks when they shoot free throws, the Oregon sophomore stands out for his accuracy with an 87.0 overall percentage that is third-best in the Pac-10 and would tie him for seventh-most accurate for a season at Oregon.
Not that Brooks studies the numbers. Nor does he worry about any of it very much, which may help explain why it looks so effortless for him.
`I'm kind of loose and I know in my heart I'm the best free-throw shooter on the team,' Brooks ...