sports
Ducks try to regroup
against UC-Davis
By MIKE GRADY
Of the Emerald
Tomorrow night at McArthur Court, the Oregon basketball team will
use its last non-league game of the season against the University of
Cal-Davis as a new beginning.
After three straight Pac-8 losses and with the tough road trip to
Washington and Washington State coming up next weekend, the Ducks
will be looking to recapture the intensity they showed in early January.
As pointed out by head coach Dick Harter, the Ducks’ problem in
recent weeks has been their inability to play with the adequate amount
of intensity over the full 40 minutes of a basketball game.
A prime example was last Saturday’s 62-48 loss to Oregon State
After playing the Beavers to a deadlock of 25 at the half, Oregon came
out soft and not ready to play in the second half.” according to Harter
They subsequently managed to hit only one field goal from a
measly five attempts in the initial 8:13 of that decisive half. With that
loss, their Pac-8 record dropped to 2-3 while their overall record slipped
to 11-6.
One aspect of the Ducks’ recent rough times that they can point to
with an optimistic attitude is the fact that they were in the same predica
ment last year and still managed to come through in good shape.
Starting on Jan. 13 of last season the Ducks hit their season’s low with
four straight losses (two to OSU, one to Washington State and one to St
John’s).
But then by finishing off strong and winning seven of their last 10
games, Oregon took second place in the Pac-8 and earned their third
straight trip to the National Invitational Tournament. With 10 games left
on this year’s schedule there can be no better time to point out the fact
history does repeat itself.
One belief is that the Ducks will be facing an easy time with
Cal-Davis. But not so. The Aggies, 13-5, who are coached by Bob
Hamilton, Oregon’s number 10 all-time scoring leader, are currently
12-5 and one of the best in their league.
Nothing would please Hamilton more than to beat his old team in
the building where he played from 1944-46. In their only previous game
against Oregon, Hamilton’s Aggies lost at Mac Court in December of
1973, 82-59.
The way things have been going for the Ducks, Harter sees every
game for the remainder of the year as important and holds a respect for
every opponent he faces.
They re pretty good,” said Harter about Cal-Davis. “Every game is
important for us now. We have 10 left and it’s important that we start
playing better.”
Oregon will once again be without the services of junior guard Rob
Closs. Another mid-week x-ray of his foot showed no damage, but a
persistent pain when he jogs on it may indicate that it is a stress factor.
“I was hoping he’d be ready for next weekend,” Harter said, “but
now I don’t know. It must be a stress factor because if it was the muscle it
should have healed by now.”
DUCK NOTES —- Mike Clark, Oregon’s freshman who led the
Ducks in scoring the last two games, has moved into third in the Oregon
point total, averaging just over nine points. Dan Hartshome still leads
Oregon, scoring at a 10.4 per-game dip. Phil Bamer is third with
9.6.. ..Kelvin Small's 7.2 rebounds a game rank him number one for the
Ducks and ninth in the Pac-8. Hartshome is second for Oregon with
6.2.. .The highest active Oregon player in conference statistics is Mike
Drummond, who is third in assists (4.9) behind UCLA’s Roy Hamilton
and Cal’s Gene Ransom. Rob Closs, sidelined again this weekend, is
second in free throw percentage....Felton Sealey is currently the most
aggressive Duck, having fouled 69 opponents. For his efforts Sealey
has been disqualified eight times.
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Felton Sealey, here rebounding against Oregon State will be looking along with his teammates for some
stability this weekend against Cal-lrvine. Sealey has fouled out in eight of the Duck’s 17 games.
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