Low Riders Larry Craig (top) and Loren Cushing go through
strength and shooting drills during preparation for their upcoming
games against the Rolling Rebels from Portland next weekend.
Low Riders roll to wins
Basketball
on wheels
provides
competition
Four basketball players zip
down the floor. A fifth dribbles
the ball, bringing it down slowly,
looking for an open man.
Five defenders mill around,
setting up a zone defense, wait
ing for a pass and chance at an
interception.
Finally, a pass sets things in
motion. The ball travels right,
then back to the point, then
right again. A player snatches
the ball, drives to the basket and
shoots
Two points are added to the
scoreboard.
This basketball game, played
by the Lane County Low Riders,
varies little from any other bas
ketball game — except for the
wheelchairs.
The Low Riders were founded
in 1977 as the Eugene Kami
kazes.
Wheelchair basketball has
the distinction of being the only
organized team sport for han
dicapped athletes, says Chester
Faller, point guard for the Low
Riders and director of ALERT, a
University organization for the
handicapped
"We view it as football for the
disabled.”
The Low Riders are 10-1 so
far this season, but "are proba
bly in a comparable position to
the (Oregon) women’s basket
ball team last year,” Faller says.
“We deserve to be ranked, but
the rest of the league is weak."
While no national statistics
are kept for wheelchair basket
ball, the shooting percentage is
only slightly lower than that for
college teams, says Bob
Crandall, a member of the Low
Riders. In their last two games,
both against the Puget Sound
team, the Low Riders averaged
48 percent and 53 percent from
the floor, shooting 22-46 and
17-32.
From the line the Low Riders
shot 7-22 and 6-17, 32 percent
and 35 percent. Free throw per
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centage is less than the college
teams for two reasons, Crandall
says. "We’re considerably
lower, close to four feet further
from the basket, and we don’t
have any leg push off.
"Any line shot is basically a
standing set shot, but we have
some momentum on floor
shots.”
High scorer for the Lane
County team is Gerry Fleming,
with over 11 points a game,
Faller says. Other top scorers
and rebounders include Loren
Cushing and Roger Anderson,
who wheeled to a first-place
finish in his division in the Nike
marathon.
”ln our last two games we
only took one shot outside of 10
feet,” Faller says. "It’s a matter
of team work and getting the
ball inside.”
There is a good chance the
team will make it to regionals,
says Low Rider coach John
Smith. "We hope our percen
tages will be enough to take us
through the league to regionals
and maybe sectionals.”
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"We’re not shooting for na
tionals, yet,” Crandall says.
But that possibility remains
strong Faller says. "This team
has the potential to make it.”
The National Wheelchair
Basketball Association, which
insituted the first national
wheelchair championships in
1947, only one year after the
NBA, boasts 138 teams in 25
conferences, including the
Oregon-Washington confer
ence, Faller says. "The league
provides college and pro ball
activity all together."
There is little difference, rule
wise, between wheelchair bas
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