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Ducks puncture Bruins to share lead
By JEFF NIELSON
Emerald Sports Editor
UCLA Coach Gene Bartow has
struggled to escape the ghost of
former mentor John Wooden ever
since he came to Los Angeles last
year
And following Oregon s 64-55
upset win in McArthur Court
Saturday, the presence of
Wooden, who despised playing in
the Pit. crept into Bartow s post
game talk as he criticized the
Oregon fans
'I think it is bad for basketball,"
said the Brum coach. “It's a sad,
sad situation when those people
act like they do
Bartow, however, had little else
to talk about as the Ducks came
back from a 37-29 halftime deficit
and held UCLA to a measly 18
Pacific-8
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Oregon Stale 80. Sou&tem Cal 65
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f.al«torn4a 86 Washington 58
points m the second half to gain a
share of the lead in the Pacific-8
After jumping off to a 7-2 lead in
the first half by executing a patient
offense, the Ducks nearly fell into
the same trap as other teams be
fore them — trying to run with the
Brum fast break
And the only hope for Oregon
came in freshman John Murray,
who hit shot after shot from the
right corner to keep the visitors
from running away with the game
"That s the Bruce Coldren Syn
drome," said Murray. "Bruce told
me before the game that when
UCLA went to the 2-2-1 zone, the
right corner would be open
“It was mainly a confidence
thing — I knew I would make the
shots"
Coach Harter then implored the
Ducks to "play like men" in the
second half — and they did just
that
Senior guard Greg Ballard went
wild, scoring 16 of Oregon s next
18, and with nearly perfect de
fense, the Ducks caught UCLA
and started to dictate the tempo
Kelvin Small tipped one in with
just under nine minutes to play to
put Oregon up 51-49, Ballard
blocked a shot and got the re
bound, and Ernie Kent drove for a
lay-in to make it 53-49 Although
Marques Johnson sank two free
throws seconds later to close it to
two, the Brums never again re
gained the lead
Harter couldn t have been hap
pier
"The story of the game is that
we played defense in the second
half,' he said. We were just allow
ing them to do things offensively in
the first half. Luckily, John Murray
scored enough then to keep us in
it.
"Greg Ballard, as I ve said all
along, is the best player in the
Pac-8 He had a great offensive
performance, and Mike Drum
mond took charge and got things
going out there.
Ballard, meanwhile, claimed a
record.
“I'm even with the Bruins now,
smiled GB, who is 4-4 against
UCLA "I don't think there is any
other player in the country who
has a record like that
Oregon now has the biggest
test of the season ahead This
weekend, the Ducks travel north
to battle Washington State Thurs
day and Washington Saturday.
After that, they get to close in Mac
Court March 3 with Oregon State
The Bruins, however, play two
of their final three conference
games in the comfort of Pauley
Pavilion, against Stanford,
California and USC
Should the conference end in a
tie, a coin flip will determine a
home court where a playoff will be
held
But for Oregon, who has a
chance to take a conference title
for the first time since 1945, that
com flip is a reachable goal — and
a satisifying one, especially since
this was the year the Ducks
weren t supposed to do well be
cause of graduation and injuries
"For the first time this late in the
season, it's up to us now," said
Drummond "We don't have to
depend on anyone but our
selves."
UCLA (55) — Johnson 22. Greenwood 10,
Hamilton 11. Sptllane6. Vroman 2 Vandeweghe4
Wilkes Townsend
OREGON (64) Ballard 28. Drummond 8, Mur
ray 14, Kent 4 Closs 2, Small 8 Graham Mack
Moreck Nelson
Fouled out — UCLA Hamilton
Total fouls — UCLA 14 Oregon 15 Technical on
Dick Harter
Oregon won their third straight over UCLA with outstanding second-half defense, like this high-flying block
attempt by Kelvin Small The Ducks now hit the road as they visit Washington State Thursday and
Washington Saturday while UCLA hosts Stanford and California.
Wrestlers blank WSU
Oregon tuned up for its most
important week of wrestling
Saturday night, when the Ducks
blasted Washington State 49-0 at
McArthur Court.
This week the Ducks host Port
land State on Friday, then visit
Corvallis for a dual against
Oregon State on Saturday.
The win over the Cougars was
the 20th in 29 meetings and was
the most lopsided win ever. It was
the eighth straight for Oregon
The triumph was the 17th of the
year and snapped Oregon's all
time dual meet win mark of 16 set
in 1975 when the Ducks finished
16-2-1. Oregon is currently 17-3
Oregon Daily Emerald
with only two matches left before
the Pacific-8 tourney, March 4-5
One match the Cougars were
slated to win ended in a disqualifi
cation victory for the Ducks Norm
Knight when WSU’s Mark Grind
staff couldn't continue at the 5:01
juncture.
118—Norm Knight. UO, won by disqualification
over Mark Grmdstaff. WSU. 5 01 126—Susumu
Hagihara, UO. d Tom Goodwin. WSU. 17-5.
134—Reynold Capps. UO. p Mike Quann, WSU.
3 23 142—Scott Bliss. UO won by forfeit
150—Dan Hollembaek, UO. d Glenn Zuroske,
WSU. 5-1 158—Jim Dickason. UO. d Allan Ache
son. WSU. 9-5 167—Tim Strobe!. UO. d Mike
James. WSU. 11-5 177—Buck Davis won by for
feit 190—Bob Bragg UO. p Kim Paul. WSU. 1 22
HEAVYWEIGHT—Brian Dunagan. UO. do Bryan
Pfeiffer. WSU. 18-2
TEAM SCORES—Oregon 49, Washington State
0
Women trim Beavers,
clinch winning season
Although it will probably be re
membered as just another close
win in what is developing into a
fine season, the Oregon women s
basketball team s 46-43 victory
over Oregon State Saturday in
Corvallis should not go ignored for
one very good reason.
By rallying from a halftime de
ficit to drop the Beavers, Coach
Elwin Heiny's club upped its re
cord to an outstanding 9-3. And
the win guaranteed the Ducks of
their first winning season since
1971.
That may not seem impressive
except when it's compared with
the futility which encompassed
the women s program before this
year. And miracles weren't being
promised at the start of this sea
son
But using five freshmen and two
sophomores, Heinys squad has
been something of a minor mira
cle, and easily the surprise of the
Northwest College Women's
Sports Assn.
It was an old-timer who was the
deciding factor'against OSU,
however. Junior Maggie Bonn dril
led home five points in the final
four minutes to carry Oregon to
the win. Bonn only totaled six
counters for the game, but her
contributions down the stretch
enabled the Ducks to grab the win.
Freshman Julie Cushing led the
Ducks with 19 points and 11 re
bounds
Oregon had to rally from a
24-21 deficit at intermission to
secure its sixth straight win. It is
the Ducks eighth win in their last
nine outings against college com
petition.
Ducks get second
SEATTLE—Coach Don Van
Rossen had to eat a few of his own
words this weekend, and it was
probably the sweetest meal
around as his Aqua Ducks
finished second in the Northern
Pacific Swimming and Diving
Championships.
Racking up a total of 390 points
in the three-day meet, Oregon
finished behind Washington's 440
%, far better than Van Rossen had
expected
Before the meet, Van Rossen
had all but conceded first and
second place to Washington and
Simon Fraser because of his
team's lack of depth, and he was
even wondering if the Ducks
could handle third place.
Yet with nine teams participat
ing, Oregon picked up six firsts in
13 swimming events and sent
Simon Fraser dog-paddling to
third, 25 points behind the Ducks.
Oregon’s Steve Hamilton grab
bed firsts in the 100-and 200-yard
backstroke and the 200-yard indi
vidual medley, which qualifies him
for the NCAA champsionships in
each event. Hamilton's times in
both the 200 backstroke, 1:53.73,
and the individual medley,
1:54.58, are meet records.
Also for Oregon, Bruce Wales
won the 50-yard freestyle, in
21.65, Jay Evans captured first in
the 200-yard freestyle with a
1:43.45, and Ron Wigham netted
the 200-yard breaststroke in a
winning time of 2:11.76.
In the diving, John Uoyd placed
second in both the one-and
three-meter boards, with 468.85
and 490.90, respectively.
TEAM—Washington 440V Oregon 390. Simon
Fraser 365. Puget Sound 340. Montana 287. Cen
tral Washington State 238. Portland State 230.
Idaho 132. Htghfane Community College 92
Gymnast win
behind depth
SEATTLE—The Oregon wo
men’s gymnastics team compiled
its second highest score of the
season as it defeated Seattle
Pacific 126.45-123.55, Saturday.
The Ducks didn't win any of the
four individual events but Wendy
Halberg placed second in the vault
ing, balance beam ad floor ex
ercise while Karolyn Wold nabbed
second in the uneven bars and
third in the balance beam to pro
vide the needed depth.
Oregon’s previous high was
127-90 against Nevada-Reno last
week. The Ducks travel to Hay
ward, Calif., Saturday to compete
in the Western Hemisphere
Games before facing Chico State
and Long Beach State in a three
way meet in Chico, Calif., Sunday.
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