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Sporadic Ducks win at hit-and-yawn, 72-59 By BOB WELCH Of the Emerald Oregon compressed a hot-cold season into one game Thursday ng ht and wound up with a strange 72-59 Pacific-8 win over Stanford that left most Kamikaze fans baf fled as they left McArthur Court. For the record, it was the Ducks’ second biggest Pac-8 win since Dick Harter arrived and evens Oregon to 3-3 in league play. But if it looked impressive in the record book, it wasn't on the floor. We played in spurts,” said Har ter. "Greg Ballard was consistent: other than that, we played well only in spots. We re thankful we caught a team tonight on an off mght.' Oregon wasn t exactly on. Then again, the Ducks weren't exactly off. They were both, outscormg Stanford 14-1 at one point in the first half and not hitting a field goal for nearly eight minutes in the second half. In spots we moved the ball and when we did, we got the good shots," said Harter. We had some good opportunities to break it open, but didn t and we re just thankful for the win.” Stanford, obviously, was not Oregon State The Cards shot 327 from the field—.217 in the first half—and managed only four assists while committing 21 tur novers. Oregon, meanwhile, hit 429 from the field, got three less re bounds than the Cards (48-45), got 15 more assists (19-4) and eight more steals (12-4). Ballard was the Ducks chief weapon, scoring 15 points and grabbing 15 rebounds The turn ing point of the game was Ballard s play,” said Harter. Ron Lee. averaging 32 points in his last three games, nosedived in the second half—he was 0-6 from the field—but still wound up with 17 points and 10 assists. Lee injured a knee late in the game but, according to trainer Larry Standifer, there was no lig ament or cartilage damage The game itself wouldn't win any awards for excitement. Ex cept for Oregon s brief first half flurry, the most exciting thing that happened was when Oregon State s one-pomt loss to California was announced Both teams played tight, ag gressive defenses to begin with and both were shaky on the offen sive side of things. The Ducks reeled off 10 straight to jump into a 14-7 lead but the Cards narrowed it to 14-11 before Oregon went into high gear. Dan Hartshorne hit a banker with 10:43 left in the half and the Ducks were off. Everybody got in the act, including the defense, which yielded only one Stanford field goal in the last 11 minutes of the opening half. That spurt killed us,” said Dick DiBiaso, the Cards rookie coach. We committed four turnovers, two offensive charges and took two bad shots—Oregon con verted everyone s mistake into points.” Besides poor shooting, both from the field and the line, DiBiaso hinted that the reffmg wasn t ex actly jim dandy. Asked "how he saw the game, DiBiaso replied: Better than a couple of people.” Most people who did see it won dered why Oregon didn't blow Stanford from here to Palo Alto once it built a double-figure lead. We just didn't have a good week of practice, said Ballard. And it was evident tonight.” For all practical purposes, the game could have been called at the half and fans could have saved their yawns for another time. Gary Nelson and Greg Bal lard were the only Ducks to hit a field goal in the second half until Stu Jackson hit underneath with 7:15 remaining. Lee, meanwhile, couldn’t hit any thing and Harter scowled on the sideline as the offense stalled. The Ducks probably won t beat Cal Saturday night with a repeat performance. We ve got to im prove on offense, especially on our rebounds,” said Harter. As tor our defense, well, it played just good enough to get the win.” STANFORD 25 34—59 OREGON 34 39—72 STANFORD (59)—Schwctzer 21, Perry 10, Pat terson 7 Bratz 6 Simons 6 McHugh 5 Carter 2 Gcvaccrttn 2 Schader Dohrmann. Fitzner OREGON (72)—Lee t7 Balard 15 Jackson 11. Graham 9 Netson 8 Hartshorne 5. Barwig 5 Mack 2 Geo ft Nelson Moreck Coldren Drummond F»e*d goals—Stanfod 17-52 ( 327). Oregon, 27-63 ( 429) Free throws—Stanford 25-37 ( 676). Oregon 10-28 ( 643) Fouled out—Hartshorne Gary Netson (UO) Bratz Carter ( Stanford) Attendance— 10 500 Photo by Kernie Stetnhauer Leaping for rebounds or going after loose balls, Greg Ballard was Oregon’s brightest spot Thursday night. Friday, Feb. 6 Men's gymnastics, California. USC and Stanford at Berkeley Men and women's swimming. Dolphin Championships at Leighton Pool Women's basketball. Seattle Pacific at Seattle Saturday, Feb. 7 Men's basketball. California at McArthur Court 3 30 pm (televised live) Mens gymnastics, California USC and Stanford at Berkeley Wrestling, Southern Oregon State College at Ash land Men s and women s swimming, Dolphin Championships at Leighton Pool. Women’s basketball. Washington at Seattle Women's gymnastics. Seattle Pacific at B-54 of Gerlmger Annex Sunday, Feb. 8 Men's swimming, Dolphin Championships at Leighton Pool. 3pm 9^\Racquetball e ktg lon if plaVers Berg’s is headquarters in Eugene for Racquetball equipment and ac cessories. We have Racquets by Ektelon, Leach and Champion (Ektelon and Leach Demo Racquets) Tennis Racquet Restringing and Regripping _ Bergs Nordic Sport Shop r Hac-b DasKetDan rouna-up Cal shocks Beavers, 73-72 UCLA Washington Washington St Oregon Stale Otegon California Stanford Southern Cal W L Pet 5 1 833 4 2 666 4 2 666 4 2 666 3 3 500 3 3 500 1 5 166 0 6 000 GB 1 1 1 2 2 4 5 Thursday s results California 73. Oregon State 72 UCLA 92 Washington 87 Washington St 80, Southern Cal 72 Oregon 72. Stanford 59 From AP reports CORVALLIS — Gene Ran som, a 5-9 freshman guard, hit a 25-foot desperation shot in the last second, as Cal came from behind to upset Oregon State, 73-72. Oregon State led by as many as 15 points in the first half and never trailed until Ransom won it for the Bears. Lonnie Shelton went to the free throw line for two shots after an intentional foul, but Shelton missed both and California got the rebound. Ransom finished with 25, in cluding 17 in the second half and Carl Bird had 23. UCLA, 92-87 SEATTLE — A baffling zone defense and Marques Johnson's 25 points Thursday night led the ninth-ranked UCLA Bruins to a 92-87 Pacific-8 basketball upset of sixth-ranked Washington. UCLA switched from man to-man to the zone defense with about 12 minutes to play in the first half when it trailed 24-20. The Bruins then scored 10 straight points and never trailed again though Washing ton cut their deficit to 47-46 early in the second period. Washington State, 80-72 A quick ten points by Edgar Jeffries at the start of the sec ond half helped spark a come from-behind 80-72 victory for Washington State over South ern Cal. Jeffries' effort helped WSU outscore USC 18-4 in the first eight minutes after intermis sion to give the Cougars a 42-41 advantage. USC had led at half 37-24. Steve Puidokas, Ron Davis and Norton Barnhill each scored 18 points to pace the Cougars. Casey Jones was high man for USC with 20. LUCKY MALT LIQUOR Buy it first because it’s priced lower than any other malt liquor— Buy it again because it tastes better. Murray Distributors 915 Shelley Eugene-Springfield Industrial Park 726-1461
