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Oregon makes ’Cats eat cake
Ducks bow out with win;
seniors exit to applause
By JODY MURRAY
Ot the Emerald
Birthday-boy Jim Haney got
his wish Saturday night as his
men’s basketball team put the
frosting on a frustrating season
with a 79-75 comeback win over
Arizona in Mac Court.
The year’s final game was
also a fitting celebration for
Oregon seniors Mike Clark and
Felton Sealey, whose 18 and 14
respective points helped blow
out the Wildcats' candle.
But like many of Oregon’s
games this season, this one was
no cakewalk. The Ducks battled
back from 12 points down with
10:28 to play to go ahead, 77-75,
on two free throws by John
Greig with 12 seconds left.
“Not to get misty-eyed, but I
think the game was a mirror of
the season," Haney said.
“Coming back to win — maybe
that’s the way the season
should end. A team refusing to
quit, when others might expect
them to quit.”
Arizona tried to spoil Ore
gon’s going-out party, outscor
ing the Ducks 27-12 after inter
mission to take a 69-57 lead. But
as soon as the Wildcat’s lead
peaked, their scoring dried up
and Oregon outscored them
15-2 in five minutes to forge a
72-71 lead.
After a free throw by Clark tied
the game at 75 with 1:18 left, the
Wildcats decided to work for the
last shot. But Arizona freshman
Jeff Collins had other ideas. He
drove up the key with 50
seconds left and released an
8-footer, which caromed off the
backboard and into the hands
of Oregon’s Ray Whiting.
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“We wanted to go to the
basket with 15 seconds to play,’’
said Arizona coach Fred
Snowden. “But Jeff Collins got
to within four feet of the basket,
and made a freshman mistake.
But if he had made the shot,
he’d have been a hero.”
Instead, that role was
bestowed upon Oregon's John
Grieg, who was fouled by Ricky
Walker with 12 seconds left and
calmly made two free throws to
give the Ducks a 77-75 lead
Grieg finished the season with
35 consecutive free throws and
a second-place Pac-10 finish in
free throw percentage (88.2).
"I was real surprised (Walker)
fouled me so soon. I was going
to put the ball on the floor, but I
saw him coming and held onto
it,” Grieg said.
Arizona’s Ron Davis, the
game's leading scorer with 25,
launched the Wildcats’ last
gasp from 25 feet away with five
seconds on the clock. It was far
off the mark. Clark rebounded
and was fouled.
Haney then took Sealey out,
embracing him at half-court
amid cheers from 9,067 Mac
Court fans. Clark’s moment of
glory had to wait until he made
his free throws.
“I had to sink those last ones,
because I was a little jealous of
Felton,” Clark joked. “I thought
if I didn’t make them, they were
going to keep me in.”
Clark dropped in the game’s
final points and left Mac Court’s
floor for the last time.
"I’m just elated for them,”
Haney said of his seniors. “If we
had had a comfy lead, the game
Photos by Steve Dykes
Mike Clark wrapped up his Oregon career with 18 points against
Arizona, including this shot over Robbie Dosty (21) and Russell
Brown (10).
might not have been so sig
nificant for them, but this one
was."
Oregon finished 13-14 in a
season stunted by injuries plus
academic and personal
problems. They compiled a 6-12
Pac-10 record, enough for
seventh place in the confer
ence. Greig paced the Ducks
with 22 points, followed by Clark
and Sealey and Whiting’s 11.
Baseball team
opens season
with two wins
Oregon's baseball team
opened its season in wild
fashion Friday, coming from
behind twice to sweep
15th-ranked Gonzaga 8-7 and
4-3 in a doubleheader at Howe
Field.
In the first game, the Ducks
seemed headed for certain
defeat, down 6-3 with two outs
in the bottom of the seventh But
pinch-hitter Eric Mann drew a
walk and Kyle Keaton followed
with a two-run homer. Leadoff
hitter Mike Black then singled,
stole second and scored the
tying run on Steve Crum’s
single.
Oregon went on to win it in the
bottom of the ninth when Black
doubled and Crum singled him
home. The duo led the Ducks
for the entire game, with Black
scoring four runs and Crum go
ing 4-4 with a home run and
three RBI’s.
The second game featured a
pitching duel between Oregon’s
Dean Kegler and Gonzaga’s
T R Bryden, with the Ducks on
the short end of a 3-2 score
heading into the bottom of the
seventh. This time pinch-hitters
Crum and Bob Krueger drew
walks to open the inning. A
sacrifice and an error brought
Crum home with the tying run
and pinch-hitter Randy Porter
doubled home Krueger for the
game winner. Kegler went the
distance to pick up the win for
Oregon.
“I can't be more pleased,
coming from behind twice to
win. Gonzaga is a very good
ballclub,” coach Mel Krause
said
“I was surprised by our
power," he added. Crum,
Keaton, Mike Carr and James
Nutt clubbed homers.
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