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sports Sun Devils slip by Oregon in overtime By JODY MURRAY Of the Emerald Oregon put the fifth-ranked basketball team in the country on its heels in the first half only to lose to Arizona State in over time, 78-77, in a cardiac arresting Pacific-10 Conference contest. "It was a heartbreaking loss, and typifies the way this season r has gone,” said coach Jim Haney, referring to the seemingly endless number of games the Ducks have dropped in the closing minutes. The Ducks, now 12-14 and 5-12 in the conference, led by 10 at the break after a scorching .633 shooting performance compared to 462 for ASU But the Sun Devils slowly cut the lead in the second half and "I VWs-MERCEDES-BMWs DATSUN-TOYOTA-AUDI Reliable service for your foreign car 342-2912 2025 Franklin Blvd Eugene, Oregon STRETCH YOUR TRAVEL DOLLARS TO EUROPE Contact EUGENE TRAVEL for details 687-2825 Food Service s Refectory Featuring: French Roast Coffee GYROS Sandwiches Vegetarian Sandwiches Open 9 a.m. to 2 p.m finally went ahead 71-69 with 18 seconds to go. After John Greig missed a 10 footer on Oregon’s end, a Sun Devil batted the ball out of bounds with five ticks to go. Fred Cofield took the inbound pass, dribbled twice and sank a 20 footer with a second left to force the overtime In the overtime, ASU went ahead 73-71 on Walt Stone's 18-foot jumper with 3:12 left. Cofield countered quickly with an 18 footer. Then ASU’s Lafayette Lever grabbed Ray Whiting, who dropped in two with a minute left. Sun Devil center Alton Lister then muscled in for a layup, missed, but was fouled by John Grieg. With 8,906 Mac Court fans blistering his ears, Lister made one of the two and Ore gon was still up by one, 75-74 Both teams then traded two quick baskets — a 15-footer by Walt Stone followed by a 20-footer by John Greig — and Oregon remained ahead, 77-76, with nine seconds left. But Stone, ASU's Sun Devil of the hour, dropped one in from 18 feet with five seconds left to end Oregon’s dreams of a stun ning upset and winning season. "My man (Mike Clark) didn’t respect me enough. I was open, that’s my shot, so I shot,” Stone said matter-of-factly. Stone’s "man” disagreed about his coverage. “I couldn’t get any closer without fouling him." Haney agreed with his senior center. "Stone hits a shot with Mike Clark right in his face. It’s not the shot you would take with so little time left, but he took it and it went in the hole.” Oregon still had five seconds to pull it off, but the Sun Devils smothered the possibility of a long inbounds pass Cofield was forced to drive up the court and launch a 30-foot prayer on the left side that brushed the net. "I wanted to go down mid court, but there was too much r Photo by Steve Dykes Oregon defenders Mike Clark and Ray Whiting made Arizona State's Alton Lister work for all of his 21 points. pressure,” Cofield said. "I saw I had only had a couple seconds, so I took what I could.” The game was a stark turna round from the 104-64 loss to ASU two months ago, but Clark wasn’t satisfied with whatever measure of respect Oregon may have regained from Thursday's game. “Screw respect," Clark said. “To always be on the losing end (of the close games) is really frustrating. Every game we lose, it seems to hurt a little bit more.” Seniors Clark and Felton Sealey have one more game, against Arizona Saturday. Clark’s pain and a team’s pride will be on the line. “We've played with class all year,” Haney said, "and we will bounce back Saturday with class and dignity.” CANCER IS ON ITS WAY OUT Do you want: to become aware of an ANSWER TO CANCER? a FREEDOM OF CHOICE in cancer therapy? ALTERNATIVE, NON TOXIC therapies? to develop the means to OVERCOME CANCER? to be continuously DECEIVED/BETRAYED by the cancer establish ment and the medical profession? Come to Harris Hall in the Eugene Public Service Bldg, on Sunday, March 8th from 3-5 P.M. or 7-9 P.M. where you will see the film strip, “World Without Cancer”; you will talk with guest speaker, Dr. Esnesto Contreras, M.D., Director/General of the world-reknown Centro Medico Del Mar in Tijuana, Mexico; talk with people who did overcome cancer by way of an alternative form of cancer therapy and are healthy and happy today. No admission charge. (Sponsored by Cancer Control Center, an affiliate of Spiritual Enterprises, Inc., a non-profit corporation of Eugene, OR).
