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Ducks resurrect themselves, blast Bears
By JOHN HEALY
Of ttw Emerald
Mike Clark found the center of
his dreams Monday night in the
form of California's Mark
McNamara and poured in 22
points to power Oregon to an
87-80 victory over the Golden
Bears.
And in the process of notch
ing their first conference win
after three straight defeats, the
Ducks welcomed back wayward
Ray Whiting to the Oregon line
up.
“Usually I'm a power player
but tonight I relied on finesse. I
felt confident I could take the
hole and when he took that
away from me I figured I could
hit my jumpshot,” said Clark,
who hit on nine of 14 shots from
the field on a variety of inside
drives and short jumpers.
“I thought we played well at
both ends of the court,” said
Oregon coach Jim Haney. “Of
fensively, I thought we played
good throughout. Defensively,
we played a good 40 minutes,
although we weren’t much of a
factor on the boards in the first
10 minutes.”
Although the highlight of the
night — if fan noise was an in
dicator — was Whiting’s return
to Mac Court, this wasn't a
game where he did much — he
played only 17 minutes and
scored four points.
Rather, the spotlight be
longed to the Ducks’ defense
and the individual per
formances of Clark, freshman
guard Fred Cofield and junior
forward John Greig.
The Ducks held Cal scoreless
for the first one-and-a-half min
utes of the game after the Bears
won the opening tip-off, a far cry
from their lackluster defensive
performance against Stanford
Saturday night.
But the Bears converted on
that posession — and their next
nine — as they bolted to a quick
25-14 lead in the first nine min
utes, including four baskets on
offensive rebounds.
'We got our first defensive
rebound with nine minutes to go
in the first half,” recalled Haney.
“But I honestly believe some
times things can happen too
easily. When we were down by
11 against Stanford I felt like we
were in trouble. Tonight against
Cal we were down by 11 and I
wasn’t worried.”
Oregon managed to
neutralize the Bear’s height —
they measured 6-7, 6-11 and
6-10 across the front line and
started a 6-6 guard — in the first
half once they got their zone
press in gear and Greig got the
ball.
Greig managed 12 first-half
points on a six-for-seven effort
from the field, while the Ducks
forced eight Cal turnovers (and
four steals) to tightrope to a
42-41 halftime lead.
Opening the second half with
a 10-2 surge, led by forward
Felton Sealey's six points,
Oregon staved off a late Cal
challenge to raise their season
record to 8-5 and conference
mark to 1-3.
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The first half of Monday's
game will probably go down in
the memories of Oregon fans as
the night of “Ray’s Return.’’
Haney, obviously waiting for an
appropriate moment to insert
Whiting into the Oregon lineup,
sent in his most valuable player
from last season with 11:38 left
in the half.
Whiting, subdued but ob
viously happy, explained that he
came back because of his “love
for the game, the team and the
program."
And what of his knee prob
lems and personal troubles? An
icepack on Whiting’s right knee
was all the information needed
on the former topic, but of his
personal problems and general
health Whiting remained true to
his form over the last month —
noncommital.
Oregon 42-45 87
California 41-39 80
Oregon - Clark 9 4-5 22, Cofield 7 4-5 18.
Greig 7 1-115, Sealey 3 4-4 10, Bain 32-28.
Brantley 2 2-2 6, Cheatham 2 4. Whiting 2 4
Total - 35 17-20 87
Cal — McNamara 8 4-5 20, Potter 8 1-217.
Singleton 7 2-4 16, Hays 3 3-3 9. Chavez 4 8.
Total-34 12-17 80
Total fouls — Oregon 18, Cal 20. Attendance
- 8,774.
Photos by Steve Dykes
Mac Court fans were wowed by the return of Ray Whiting and he answered with a second-half dunk
(left). Meanwhile, Mike Clark (right) was steady with 22 points.
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