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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 30, 1981)
sports For openers, a loss Kevin Magee, early miscues, seal Duck loss By DONALD COULTER Of th» EimtiW Going into Saturday’s season opener, Oregon basketball coach Jim Haney feared the first ten minutes of the game would be crucial Too much enthu siasm, he worried would cause the Ducks to take hurried shots on offense, and cause them to over-commit on defense and give up easy baskets His team did just that Despite a second half comeback that saw the lead cut to two points Oregon could never overcome early jitters —and a 17-point deficit—in los ing its first home opener in eight years, a 90-84 setback to Cal-lr vine "We dug ourselves in a hole early," Haney said after the game "I worried we would rush shots, and that's just what we did It took us 12 minutes to get into the flow of the game " By that time, Gal-lrvine had a 35-18 lead, forcing the Ducks to play catch-up the rest of the way The Cal-lrvine Anteaters threatened to make it a blowout early Irvine's All-American center Kevin Magee scored 13 points in the first si* minutes, most of them coming off lob passes and offensive rebounds Defended at first by Jerome Williams, and then by a 2-3 Oregon zone, Magee scored at will, and seemed destined to finish the night with at least 65 points But when Magee returned to action (after sitting out for five minutes because of early foul trouble), Haney gave forward John Greig the unenviable task of guarding the 6-8 senior Greig responded by shutting out Magee for the rest of the half As a result, the Ducks closed the gap to nine by half time "He's very basic—he does nothing fancy," Greig said of Magee "I just wanted to play him intelligently—to beat him to his spots " Greig's defense continued to Photo by Brooks Daretf Kevin Magee spark the Ducks after halftime Oregon grabbed control of the boards, took advantage of several Irvine turnovers, and rode the shooting of Fred Cofield and David Brantley to climb within two, 69-67, with ten minutes remaining The teams traded baskets for the next six minutes, as Magee came to life again offen sively Magee reeled off ten points during that stretch, and when he fouled out of the game with 4 00 to go, the Mac Court crowd of 6,652 sensed an opportunity for the Ducks to complete their comeback CASH For Textbooks Mon.-Fri. Smith Family Bookstore 768 E. 13th 1 Bl From Campus Ph 34 S-1651 Instead, Oregon started forc ing bad shots and making care less mistakes Meanwhile, the Anteaters chewed up the clock by going into a stall, and hung on for the victory "When they went into the semi-delay, we let them do any thing they wanted," Haney said "They made intelligent plays in the final minutes and we did not. We made a lot of foolish mistakes in the last three minutes which killed us When ever we got within two or four points we would turn the ball over or take careless shots " ' Continued on Page 8 Tht OKf.GON SHAKfSPf.AKfAP< rf.STIVAL Oh TOUR WITH ATHOL FUGARDS Appearing at sotTti EDGF.Mf moti sc Moot auditorium 19th Hr Milyard Streets fugrne December 4 (k S 1981 8 P.M. TICKETS »4 *€> Hr »8 - at EMU Main Desk Everybody* Records — Meier flr frank — Ught s Tor Musk Inc (Springfield i Starring J. Wesiry Must on and James Avery Directed by l.uther James Thr rapport brfuwrn fhrv arfors is rJrtrtinnlinMry Ihr N'ilUmrttr Y«llr> Obvrwi Itu- I'tCirul is n strung unrrtrntmg and exr rrdingly uW/ r r.tttni plau Thr Otrqon Journal rnidudl t»y Prop«r kx Vnillwn Akkjo Prrrdom ** German auto at Ft vie t r VWs-MERCEDES-BMWs DATSUN-TOYOTA-AUDI Reliable service for your foreign car 342-2912 2025 Franklin Blvd Eugene, Oregon W BIS SCREEN * ft,amts Nvrs footbau. J SL —T z-mJ 2^ V, ■ssasgs®" * /I ?gSg%«ss.-«®-** O'CALLAHAN S Incredible Edjb g ptwne 3«-\22\ 440 Coburft Road* Euficoe Take a train home this w You can ride the Willamette Valley Ex press home for less than half the cost of driving a car. And you get com plete food and beverage service! Save 35% Just buy a roundtrip ticket, and Amtrak will give you a 35% fare discount. Eugene — Portland, $20.50 roundtrip Eugene — Seattle, $49.00 roundtrip Easy come, easy g° NORTHBOUND IV Eugene AR Portland AR Seattle WVE W796 CS #14 6 25a 10 35a 9 20a 1 SOp 1 20p 6 05p WVE »752 4 10p 7 05p WVE = Willamette Valley Expiess SOUTHBOUND WVE #755 CS# 11 IV Seattle 11 25a IV Portland 8 30o 3 40p AR Eugene 1125a ft 10p WVE #753 8 OOp 11 OOp CS = Coast Statiigm Use Amtrak’s conve nient new computer reservation service: 1-800-421-8320 Reservations are required on the Coast Starlight for the Willamette Valley Ex press. just buy your tickel at the depot a tew minutes before departure 1 the V4IIMMETTE Ifll&EY EXPRESS Amtrak fares nor gooa on Coast Starlight these dates 11/25&29 12/23 24 27 & 31 1/3 & 4
