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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
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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
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