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Ranked women face UW
Ducks venture
north, spring
to 18th in polls
Coming off an impressive vic
tory over their archrival Oregon
State and a jump to 18th in the
latest polls, Oregon’s women’s
basketball team heads north
tonight to meet league foe
University of Washington.
The Ducks, 13-5 this season
and 3-0 in league play, will face
the Huskies, 9-4 and 1-1, at 5
p.m. in the first game of the
Duck-Husky doubleheader. The
men’s game rounds out the
ticket.
Despite Oregon’s statistical
dominance over the Huskies,
the Ducks are taking the game
seriously, says 6-0 forward Ma
ryAnn Stoican.
"Some of us saw the new
Washington coach (Sue Krus
zewski) at a clinic during the
summer,” Stoican says. “She
looks like a real hard worker — a
tough coach.”
The Huskies want Kruszewski
to help turn the UW team from
mere winners to champions.
The Huskies have never had a
losing season, but they have
had trouble in recent years get
ting to nationals.
“Obviously, I want to be a
contender in this region,” Krus
zewski says. “And the Universi
ty (of Washington) wants to be a
national contender.”
The Washington squad leads
the series 8-5 against the
Ducks, but has lost every game
the last two years.
Statistically, the Huskies fall
into the middle of the league,
shooting 42.4 percent from the
floor and 63.3 percent from the
line, while averaging 48.8
rebounds.
Photo by Dennis Tachibana
Allison Towriss (11) brings the ball down court during Oregon's
73-64 victory over Oregon State University.
Oregon, meanwhile, is shoot
ing 49.7 percent from the floor
and 62.8 percent from the line,
with an average of 44 6
rebounds.
Individually, the Huskies
depend upon 6-0 junior center
Carlin McClary, who averages
15.5 points and 11.2 rebounds a
game.
The Ducks’ high scorer is for
ward Bev Smith, who is averag
ing 18.6 points and 11.7
rebounds.
“This is a transition year for
us,” Kruszewski says. “I have a
lot of respect for Oregon any
team ranked is a good solid ball
club.
"But I also know they have a
lot of pressure on their
shoulders," she says. “Anytime
they go into a game against a
non-ranked team, everything
rides on it. We have nothing to
lose."
Smith won’t be caught look
ing past Washington.
"We have to take each game
as it comes," she says. "We
can’t take anyone is this league
lightly.”
Men cagers invaae i-iusKies
Oregon’s recent roller-coas
ter men’s basketball team
swoops on tonight when the
Ducks face the University of
Washington at 7:30.
The last time an Oregon team
won in Seattle was a 61-60
decision in 1977. On the other
hand, Oregon will have the
"advantage’’ of coming off an
82-55 stomping by Oregon
State.
In the last three games,
Oregon has alternated from hot
to cold faster than a bell pepper
tossed into a freezer. The Ducks
fell apart against Stanford, then
played one of their best games
this year against California. That
was followed by the turnover
plagued loss to the Beavers.
Oregon’s opportunity to
bounce out of the Pacific-10
Conference cellar tonight is en
hanced by Washington’s 2-4
record. The Ducks are 1-4.
As is often the case with
neighboring schools, tonight’s
match involves reunions of
players who once played on the
same courts or were prep stars
in the other state.
John Greig of Oregon and
Dan Caldwell of Washington
were teammates two years ago
at Wenatchee Community Col
lege.
Their current credentials are
similar. Grieg has averaged 11.4
points and 6.1 rebounds as a
starting forward, while Caldwell,
also a forward, went into last
weekend’s action averaging 9.8
points and 6.3 rebounds.
Bob Fronk, an Oregon prep
all-state selection at Sunset
High School, has averaged 12.8
points for the Huskies after 13
games. Ron Burns, a former star
at Foss High in Tacoma, is the
backup center for the Ducks.
But while Oregon was
preparing for tonight’s game,
physicians announced that
Gary Gatewood, sidelined with a
broken wrist, will have to sit out
the season.
Gatewood, a sophomore
guard, was injured during the
fifth game of the season, against
Athletes in Action in December.
Gatewood should be eligible to
play three more seasons for the
Ducks, but the University will
have to petition the Pac-10 to
get the extra year of eligibility.
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