SACRAMENTO, CALIF. ? Just how tremendous is Oregon’s high-scoring trio of Luke Jackson, Luke Ridnour and Frederick Jones?

Good enough to beat hot-shooting Wake Forest in what seemed like a game of 5-on-3 and maybe good enough to go a whole lot further in the NCAA tournament.

Wake Forest's bench, including Brett Hickman, left, Josh Howard, center, and Vytas Danelius, react in the closing seconds. The Demon Deacons were defeated by Oregon, 92-87, during the NCAA Tournament on Saturday in Sacramento, Calif.

Jackson matched his career high with 29 points, Ridnour scored a career-high 28, and Jones had 24 as second-seeded Oregon survived a strong challenge from the Demon Deacons, winning 92-87 Saturday to advance to the Regional semifinals.

Jackson, Jones and Ridnour, who carried Oregon (25-8) to its first Pac-10 Conference title since 1939, accounted for all but 11 of the Ducks’ points as they held off the Demon Deacons (21-13) in a thrilling, end-to-end game with little defense but plenty of fireworks.

“We all expect this out of each one of us,” Jones said afterward while looking at his two teammates. “We have a lot of confidence in each other. We don’t think it’s anything new.”

Oregon’s three stars scored all of the Ducks’ points in the second half until three free throws by their teammates in the final 17 seconds.

“It was a great rhythm to the game,” Oregon coach Ernie Kent said. “That’s the exact way we’ve played in 30 or 31 other games running up and down the floor. Those three guys have stepped up the entire year.”

The Ducks, just two days removed from their first tournament victory since 1960, advanced to next week’s regional final in Madison, Wis., to face the winner of Texas’ meeting with Mississippi State in Dallas on Sunday.

Wake Forest coach Skip Prosser, who said his team lost one of its more satisfying games, compared Oregon’s trio to the high-flying NBA team that usually holds court at Sacramento’s Arco Arena.

“Those three kids we couldn’t find a way to even slow them down, much less stop them,” Prosser said. “Today, they probably could have played for the Kings.”

Wake Forest shot 55 percent for most of the game and made 11-of-19 3-pointers, but its chances evaporated when Craig Dawson, who scored 20 points, left with a dislocated shoulder with 7:45 to play.

Fans in the decidedly pro-Ducks crowd chanted, “Sweet Sixteen!” in the final seconds. During the first half of Indiana’s game against UNC Wilmington, Jackson and Ridnour climbed into the stands to hug family members and shake hands with fans.

There was plenty to cheer about as the Ducks’ trio was spectacular.

Jackson made all 10 of his free throws, including four in the final seconds, while Jones had six rebounds, five assists and two roof-raising dunks. But most thought the best game was played by Ridnour, who made 7-of-11 3-pointers one short of a school record and ran the team efficiently from the point.