Ducks blasted in Pac-8 openers
Gagers leveled
by UCLA 95-61
By BEN KALB
Of the Emerald
College basketball fans are
still looking for their “David,”
but as far as Steve Belko is con
cerned, UCLA’s Goliaths will
not falter. After the game, Bel
ko bluntly said, “I don’t know
who can beat them. . . It has
to be someone in the NBA. They
have the best front line I’ve ever
seen in college basketball and
against us it was just a case
of a bunch of young kids get
ting shell shocked.”
Belko's Webfoots, like numer
ous other teams in the past,
were completely “psyched out”
by Lew Alcindor and his
friends. Alcindor led his team
mates to a 93-64 trouncing over
the local Ducks before over 10,
500 fans at Mac Court.
Belko, too, had praise for the
7-1 '/2 senior. “Alcindor is all
over the court. He’s like a cat.
He intimidates you. We had
good shots, but with Lew out
there we were tense.”
Oregon Tense
Indeed, the sophomore stack
ed team was tense from the
opening tip. John Vallely, junior
college transfer, sank an eight
foot jumper from the corner to
give the Westwood Wonders a
lead they never surrendered.
The Bruins played their
usual style of ball, using a fast
break and a well-polished sharp
shooting offense. Alcindor, Valle
ly and sophomore Curtis Rowe
paced the Bruins during the
first half thereby providing lit
tle hope for a Webfoot come
back.
UCLA extended their lead to
as many as 31 points in the
first half, before taking a 54-26
lead into the dressing room.
Rowe shot 5-6 to pace the visi
tors with 14 points at half.
Alcindor Hits 27
The second hall' was just a
continuation of the first. With
Love and Holliday in foul trou
hie, the Bruins kept feeding Al
cindor and when the superstar
left the court, he paced all scor
ers with 27 points.
Oregon, because of many turn
overs, fell behind by. as many
ns 41 points before Bruin Coach
John Wooden started to clear
liis bench with nine minutes re
maining in the game.
The bright highlights for the
Ducks, in an otherwise disap
pointing game, were Holliday
and sophomore 5-9 Carlton Sla
ter. Slated, who had to fill in
for the flu-ridden Billy Gaskins,
was the sparkplug in getting
past the Bruins’ full court press.
In fact, one fan even noted, “lie
looks like O. J. Simpson. He
finds a hole and goes through.”
Holliday was given the as
signment of covering Alcindor
and did a credible job consid
ering his 11 inch height dis
advantage.
Love Scores 18
Besides Alcindor, the visitors
were paced by ltowe and Valle
ly with 16 and 14 and front
line sophomore Sidney Wicks
with 11. Oregon’s scoring was
led by Love with 18, before he
fouled out, Holliday with 11
and forward Bill Drozdiak with
12.
UCLA shot a .505 range from
the floor, while the losers hit for
only .481. Oregon was out-re
bounded 50-44.
After the game winning
Coach Wooden would not con
cede that this is the finest team
he has coached. “They will have
to improve some, before they
can match last year's squad.”
said the live-time NCAA cham
pion mentor. In defense of Ore
gon's team. Wooden said, “the
loss of Gaskins definitely hurt
them.”
The Bruins returned to their
Westwood campus with their
perfect record (11-0) still in
tact. The Ducks returned to
their campus looking toward
next week and college basket
ball fans returned to their
homes still wondering when Da
vid will slay Goliath.
Photo by Dean Brickey
7-1% FORWARD LEW ALCINDOR
Jim Henry Tries to Defend Against UCLA “Goliath”
USC tops Webfoots
By STAN HORTON
Of The Emerald
Oregon had trouble and shoot
ing seemed to be the problem.
The Ducks, trying to bounce
back from their Friday loss to
UCLA, had real problems from
the floor and the foul line as
the lost to USC, 86-75, in Sat
urday night action.
The Ducks were behind from
the start as USC jumped to a
10-2 lead in the first two min
utes. Oregon's first field goal did
not come until Stan Love hit
an eight-foot jumper with 16:50
left.
And then it seemed that every
thing Oregon threw to the hoop
hit the rim and slid off. The
Ducks could manage to make
only 11 of 30 shots in the first
half and 26 of 67 for the game.
USC, meanwhile, converted
half of their shots (27-54) to
take their first Pac-8 confer
ence win of the season. They led
by as much as 14 points during
the first half but staved off a late
Oregon rally to maintain a 39
31 edge at halftime.
The Ducks hit five straight
shots from the field, one of the
few times they hit consistently
during the entire game, to pull
within six at 35-29 but USC hit
two field goals to maintain their
lead.
Oregon shooting did not pick
up in the second half although
they were able to convert 14
of 17 free throws to offset some
what their bad showing from
the field.
Oregon began to move during
the final minutes when Gaskins
connected on a lay-in and a jump
shot to put Oregon to within
three at 50-47. But USC used
their press and great shooting
to take a comfortable lead and
coast to victory.
Stan Love had to be the Web
foots’ biggest disappointment of
the night as he connected on
only two of 15 shots from the
floor and two of nine from the
free throw line.
Although still weak from his
bout with the flu, Billy Gaskins
still put in a creditable perform
ance as he led Oregon scorers
with 19 points. Gaskins played
most of the first half and much
of the second and looked ex
hausted when he finally left the
game with Oregon still behind.
Oregon Coach Steve Belko
commented that “Gaskins ran
out of gas. I guess he’s still
having dizzy spells. He just
couldn’t go anymore.”
Belko added that Oregon as
a team “played very loose bas
ketball. They (USC) shot awful
ly well the first half (.552) and
we had to go get ’em. USC has
fine talent and they’re all very
quick.”
Oregon now stands 0-2 in con
ference play and 6-5 for the
year. The Ducks take on the
winless University of Portland
Pilots in a Tuesday night game
in Portland and face Washing
ton State in a Saturday afternoon
TV game in Pullman.
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Frosh defeat
OCE, Portland
Coach Frank Arnold’s Frosh
troops worked around an 18
point halftime bulge and went
on to crush the Oregon College
of Education JV’s, 100-6G Fri
day night at Mac Court, before
returning to the same scene
Saturday evening to bury the
University of Portland Frosh,
93-75.
The Ducklings in rolling to
the one-sided victories Friday
and Saturday maintained their
unbeaten skein, which n o vv
numbers seven triumps.
All 13 Ducks who suited up
for Friday’s game entered the
scoring column, with a four-man
double figure parade leading
the way. Guard Ken Strand’s 22
paced Oregon scorers, while
ltusty Blair’s 16. Steve Shaw’s
14 and Mark Bailey’s 13 tallies
were right behind.
Portland fell back, 8 0 as the
Frosh hit its first four attempts
from the field Saturday. The
Pilots called time out with 18:25
remaining in the first half to
try and snap the Oregon mo
mentum, but by then it was
already too late.
The Ducklings continued to
pull away from their guests,
storming to leads of 16 and 17
points throughout the opening
12 minutes. But the Pilots
caught fire with just over seven
minutes left and edged within
five points on several occasions
before the Oregon Frosh could
again get going. At intermission
it was 53-42 for the Lemon and
Green.
Steve Shaw’s 22 points led the
balanced Duckling offense. Shaw
was followed by Ken Strand
with 15, Rusty Blair with 14.
and Mark Bailey and Bobby
Moore with 10 apiece.
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