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SURVIVAL CENTER Presents: Projects 1981 Student Earth Week CSPA 200 TLN 8024 help celebrate the Earth by working on projects for Earth Week, 1981. For further information Contact Barbara Powell 686-4356 Oregon State presses Ducks, justifies number-one ranking By JOHN HEALY Of the Emerald Undefeated Oregon State showed why it’s the top-ranked basketball team in the country Saturdy afternoon in Corvallis, easily disposing of Oregon 82-55 in a Pacific-10 Confer ence encounter. In the process, the Ducks of fered convincing evidence as to why they're currently sitting at the bottom of the conference standings with a 1-4 record. Oregon shadowed the Beavers for most of the opening half, trailing by a 35-25 margin after the first 20 minutes and then cutting the lead to 35-29 early in the second half But then 6-10 center Steve Johnson erupted for 18 points and eight rebounds in the final half — fin ishing the game with a perfect 10-for-10 from the field — to power the Beavers to their 13th win of the season and their fifth consecutive conference victory. The Ducks’ undoing was a rash of turnovers that began early and continued for 40 min utes, said Oregon coach Jim Haney. “If you have 30 turnovers in a game, you just aren’t going to win,” Haney said. “They gave us problems with their press, but I felt more of our turnovers came in half-court situations when we traveled or turned the ball over on our own." Both squads looked extreme ly tight early in the game, as they traded turnovers and missed shots. Johnson picked up his second foul just two minutes Food Service Fishbowl Open 8:30-1 1:00 pm M-F 10 am-1 1 pm S;it 12-11 pm Sun Photo by Steve Dykes OSU's Ray Blume (left) applies the type of defensive pressure to Duck Paul Bain (right) that Oregon suffered under Saturday. into the first half, and the Ducks appeared to be in good shape until the Beaver's Ray Blume canned a 20-footer to give OSU a 9-8 lead Oregon State slowly built its lead to 10 points at the half, thanks in part to the Ducks’ 7 of 19 shooting from the field After closing the gap to 35-29, Oregon could only watch as Mark Radford shook loose for a pair of long-range jumpers and Johnson hit for nine points to boost the Beavers to a 50-31 lead. "It wasn't until about four minutes left in the first half when we got some continuity and got back in the game," explained Haney But then Johnson decided to assert himself, and a double foul called on Johnson and Mike Clark gave Clark three fouls. "They just tried to isolate him. Michael (Clark) did a good job of containing him in the first half, but once they called the dou ble-foul Michael couldn’t be as aggressive and they started getting Johnson the ball.” Even though Oregon lost by 27 points, Haney felt the final score wasn’t indicative of the differences in talent between the two teams. “It’s easy to be down 15 and then fall behind by 30 points on the road against a team that plays the type of tempo OSU does.” OSU - 35-47 82 Oregon — 25-30 55 OSU - stoutt 1 0-1 2. Sitton 3 6, Johnson 10 4-7 24, Radford 6 0-1 12, Blume 2 2-2 6, Tait 0 0-1 0. Conner 1 3-4 5, Brew 1 2-2 4, McShane 4 8, Holbrook 4 5-6 13. Evans 1 2 Total: 33 16-24 82 Oregon — Greig 2 6-6 10. Sealey 4 4-5 12, Clark 4 2-4 10, Cheatham 2 0-1 4, Brantley 2 2-2 6, Bain 1-2 1, Walker 2 4, Whiting 1 2. Burns 2 2-2 6 Total: 19 16-24 55 Attendance 10,125 s-emu Cultural Forum Presents •former editor of Mother Jones and Ramparts •Economics Doctorate from Oxford Speaking on “Economics: The Coming Dark Ages” Tuesday, Jan. 20 8 p.m. EMU Ballroom Free Admission
