Hoop Team Wins Two PAC Tilts
OUKGON’S Jim Harnett confer* with Duck coach Steve Belko
during Friday’* Wehfoot W ashington basketball game in McArthur
Court. Barnett went on to tally 29 points for the eycning and
Itelko’s Ducks went on to halt a five game losing string and dump
the Huskies, 7I<»2. Jim Chaskin photo
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By RANDE WILMARTH
Sports Editor
It couldn’t have happened at a
better time.
In fact, Oregon coach Steve
Bclko stated that his Duck bas
ketball squad’s 71-62 win over
Washington Friday in McArthur
Court “may have been the most
important game we’ve played in a
few years.”
The nine-point victory meant a
lot of things to the Webfoots:
• It snapped a five-game los
ing string this year.
• It broke a 10-game AAWU
losing string dating back to the
1965 season.
• It continued the Duck’s jinx
over the Huskies this year, having
beaten Washington in December.
• And it showed Oregon fol
lowers just how good Jim Barnett
really is.
The Oregon senior scored 29
points and raised his point total
for the Ducks in three years of
play to 1,017, good enough for the
seventh best position in Duck
scoring history.
But Barnett’s point production
was only half of the story—he
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Webfoots Top Cougar Squad
By I). I 80NNICHSEN
Sports WriU*r
Coach Steve Buiko's Oregon
basketball squad achieved some
thing Saturday night that es
caped them all last season, as the
Ducks defeated Washington
State, GG 58. at McArthur Court
Oregon’s second straight Pa
cific Eight victory
.Never during the 1 !>G4 G5 cam
paign could the Wehfoots con
coct better than a one game vic
tory "streak" in all important
league play. Sadly though. Sat
urday's win did not bolster the
hopes of partisans who felt they
might be viewing the emergence
of a "new Duck" team after their
heartening conquest of Washing
ton the previous night
Mad the scoreboard been out
of order, the 5,500 spectators
might have been unable to dis
tinguish winner from loser.
WSU's inability to get a second
or third attempt at the basket ne
gated their far superior .460
shooting percentage Oregon hit
only 303 from the floor, attempt
ing 11 more shots than the Slat
ers could manage.
WSU Presses
After a fust half that saw Ore
gon accumulate their eventual
eight-point victory margin, the
accurate shooting of guard Nick
Jones kept Belko's boys in front
despite an error-filled final pe
riod. I
Many second half mistakes were |
a by product of State's full - court
press, which forced the Ducks
into committing 12 turnovers aft
er intermission. Subtract Jones’
floor accuracy and the consistent
play of John l’inkstafl from the
total Oregon effort, and Washing
ton State might have done more
than play the hometowners to a
37-37 second • half tie. atfer trail
ing, 20 21 at the midway mark.
Cougar center Jim McKean, a
69 soph, gave final energy to
the short-lived WSU first half
lead when he hit a 12-foot jump
er for a 7-6 Cougar advantage.
However, Jim Harnett's 20-foot
er with 15:18 left put the Ducks
in command for good.
WSU In Bad Shape
Guard Tom Tommervik. a 5-11
hustler, and McKean, although
double-teamed by Boh Craven and
I’inkstaff, kept State within five
to seven points in the remaining
15 minutes of the second half. A
Harnett follow of Craven's jump
er with 1:01 left gave the Web
foots their 29-21 lead.
WSU started the second 20
minutes in worse shape than ever.
Already missing two regulars due
to injuries sustained in previous
contests, the Cougars returned
to the floor knowing starting for
ward Dennis Kloke would be lost
for Die remainder of the game;
due to a first half ankle sprain.
After Barnett converted a free
throw—the result of a technical
foul assessed to WSU coach Marv
Harshman for questioning Bar
nett’s final first-half lay-in—the
temporarily inspired Cougars
moved up to 30-27 before charities
by Jones and Pinkstaff and a
PinkstafT layup put Oregon in
front 34-27 with 17:26 to go.
State Cuts Lead
Three jumpers by the hot -
handed Jones gave the Orego
nians a 41-34 lead at 11:29, but
again the Cougars came back to
cut the lead to 47-44 with 6:27
remaining, on fielders by Mike
Werner and Doug Kloke.
The Ducks failed to drive the
middle against State—relying as
usual on long jump shots rather
than playing percentage basket
ball—and rarely shooting from
the key. Each time the Webfoots
would miss a series of 20 to 25
footers, the Cougars would close
the lead, but never enough to at
tain control of the game.
Washington State’s final threat
came with 3:46 on the clock, as
the 6-7 Werner hit a driving lay
in for 55-51. But Jones quickly
connected on a 15-foot jumper
after taking a pass from Bar
nett, and Craven hit a pair of
free throws to finally get the
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was continually setting up scor
ing opportunities with passes to
open teammates—by either the
conventional method of the for
ward pass or with behind the back
tosses—and using the fast break,
after defensive steals, to either
score or to allow a teammate to
score on the two-on-one situa
tions.
And Barnett’s performance —
along with the remainder of the
team’s—made the Friday night
show an “important game.”
“Our ball club was pressing,”
said Belko. “We were under a lot
of pressure; everybody was down
on us. But it sure feels good to
be back up there. We’re over the
hill now.”
Foul Trouble Comes
Although the Ducks were play
ing well in the first half, they
quickly ran into trouble of the
foul variety. Big 6-7 John Pink
staff picked up three quick fouls
and, with just a little more than
seven minutes gone in the first
half, left the game.
John Franz replaced PinkstafI
but he also was charged for three
fouls in the first half. Both were
whistled for two in the last half,
with Pinkstaff fouling out at 17:52
and Franz at 11:26.
Belko then sent in 6-6 Bill
Jennings and switched to a zone
defense. “We were afraid of their
board play,” Belko said, "and the
zone gave us men right there on
the boards. Jennings really help
ed us on the boards there at the
last.”
Jennings played only about ten
minutes, but he pulled down five
rebounds.
Forget about those few foul
problems and it was a great night
for the Ducks. It was also a great
night for the Huskies—in the first
half
Score Stays Close
Both teams stayed close on the
scoreboard in the first 20 min
utes, with three points being the
biggest margin separating the
squads. The lead changed hands
11 times and the teams were tied
in 12 instances, with Washington
leading by a single point at inter
mission, 35-34.
“We played pretty good the
first half,” said Husky coach Mac
Duckworth, but Washington grew
cold in the second half and could
only hit at a .231 percentage
after shooting .438 in the first
period.
“We were getting plenty of
shots, awfully good shots,” Duck
worth continued, “but we just
couldn’t get them in. Shooting 23
for-71 won’t win you any ball
games. That’s too many shots and
not enough baskets.”
Washington increased its half
time lead to 38-34 on a three
point play by 6-10 Gordon Harris,
but that was as far as they got.
Barnett sank two field goals in a
row on a lay in off a pass from
Bob Craven and a full court drive
and knotted the score at 41-41.
Jones Scores Two
And then with 13:39 left, Bar
net passed to Nick Jones on a
fast break and Jones sank the two
pointer to put the Ducks ahead
for good, 47-45.
From then on the Huskies *
could only sink five field goals—
the final goal being scored from
the mid-court line by Rob Fahne
stock while the final buzzer
sounded—and fell at one time to
an 11-point deficit.
Barnett earned praise from
both benches. “Barnett’s develop
ing into a real fine ball player,”
said Belko. “He’s finally realizing
his values. He made some plays
tonight you haven’t seen for a
while in Mac Court.”
Duckworth echoed Belko: "Bar
nett played real well; that’s the
best he’s played against us. Ore
gon compares about the same (as
in December when the Ducks
edged Washington, 63-61) except
Barnett played much better. We
did a better job on him up there
in Seattle.”
Dave Kafoury followed Barnett
in the scoring column with 17
points. “Kafoury played real
well,” added Belko. “He’s getting
confidence.”
Jones was third man for Ore
gon with 12 and Craven tallied
eight.
Harris was top man for Wash
ington with 20.
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